Feeling the effects of Sandy...but we are very fortunate!

Cooking class at church! 

Nothing like an endless table of toppings to decorate your very own cupcake with!

So thankful all these little guys got to be together for a little while! 

 9 grandsons does not slow down Grandpa!

 Mom and her babies....

 

4 hotties....from head to toe.

 Little guys!

 Big guys!

Silly guys!

 This is literally within 5 minutes after we got there.  Caleb just fit right in!

 Thanks for all the little treats, Grandma!

 Seriously, it isn't all craziness...:)

Battle of the minds!  :)  

 All the boys are so kind, so sweet and so fun! 

 9 grandsons, yes...9. 

Try to imagine this picture in 10 years!

 Birthdays, birthdays!

 Aunt Leah, Aunt Becca, Jude, Solomon and Caleb ALL had October birthdays!

 PANDA!!!!!

YUM!

Bruce's first 5K run and he wins a trophy!!!!

I, on the other hand, get a participation medal.

Which, now that I think about it, doesn't mean a whole lot since Caleb got one too and he didn't participate!!! Still, it was a great morning AND we also got a banana!  :) 

 Beckley 5K walk/run with the girls from work...SOOO proud of them all!

Bruce is able to take Caleb to work once in a while....

nothing like "The Pirates that Don't Do Anything" on a big TV!  :)

Working hard!  When Dad is in the garage, usually within a five foot radius is Caleb.

Constant reminder...little eyes are watching, little ears are listening and little mind is learning.

Church picnic!

 Ken and Caleb...best buddies!

 Some patient friends teaching Caleb "hillbillie golf"...he was actually pretty good!

 Austin helping Caleb walk on what is now called the "tape measure".  :)

 Yep, it's a purple bike! 

Rhododendrons are the BEST for climbing!

This is a good day!

The quietness made Mom extreemly nervous...

what a sweet surprise!  :) 

Oh how we love our cereal in the mornings! 

And now we need to "read" the box while we eat! 

(which takes a slow eater in the first place even LONGER to eat) :)

 Our care group had a lunch outing and Caleb got to ride on the bus! 

Super exciting with all his great friends!

Went to a wedding this weekend.  When they started the dinner, the caterers came around with special bags for all the children!  It had chicken nuggets, mac and cheese, juice and a cookie!  It was so nice...especially since Caleb's dad was in the wedding and sitting at the "big" table.  Congratulations Tyler and Paula!

 Last week was a little rough.  Fever and strep throat knocked this little boy out for a while.

Thankfully, ice on the head and as a treat seem to help!

There are a group of amazing ladies in our church who make dresses for orphans all around the world.  One of them is Jessie and she is 99 years old!  What a great testimony of continual service to the Lord.  She took the scraps of the ones we took to New Mexico this summer and made our family a quilt!  It's beautiful!  And....it's the only blanket Caleb wanted covered up with all week while he was sick!  :)  

Sorry it's been a while since we put up a picture...technical difficulties. :)

Have to go way back to the Olympics...we were invited to a Opening Ceremonies party and had a blast with a ton of great friends and food!  Some of the specials of the night included:

Blue, White and Red Velvet cake....

 Apple pie (of course)

 Hot dogs

and popcorn!

My dad and mom decided to do a crazy race together!  It was called the Tribal Quest and every half hour 200 people raced into the unexpected.  They said they had fun, all I know is that I had a really fun time with Aunt Dana and playing in rain and mud!  Can you see my parents...they have their hands up waving at me!

 This was the strategy on the 3 walls.....Dad do the work and put Mom over them all!  Then my Super man Dad jumped over!  It worked! 

 Off they go...into the adventure together!