Good-bye October

     So long October, hello November and, hello to these handsome “chefs”.

     And, of course, in the last week of October, we celebrate Isaac’s birthday. 

The big 2-4!

     We also had these adorable photos shared with us of our sweet Reese.

That face!

     And I got a great set of gel nails just in time for Halloween.

 

These kids are ready for some practice Trick or Treating on Main St.

These sunsets are killer.

     Happy Halloween! I’ll let you know next week how many candy bars I have left. (Starting number 225.) 

       

      Oh, and the time changes this weekend, that snuck up on me just like General Conference.

Another week in October

       It’s been another simple week in October. I did get to spend several hours with cute Elliot and Hudson Thursday. (Kayli was on a field trip to the zoo with Beau and her classmates.) My first order of  business is always to get this girls hair in order. She insisted on photo evidence of her braids. And the rest of the time was pretty leisurely, especially for Hudson.

He’s getting so big!

      And, if you’re like me, it’s shocking, but true, we’re down to our last week in October! Make it a good one.

P.S. Not photographed, but worth mentioning, we had a great surprise dinner out with Ben and an even better visit.

Not my fun

  We’ve had another simple week with no photos. Our Sunday evening ice cream gathering was a bust, thanks to the weather. We still set up and tried gathering in the garage, but very few were willing to brave the weather. We’ll try again this Sunday.

     Isaac and Morgan are the ones that had a fun week and I’m quite sure they have way more photos but here’s the ones I’ve seen and felt needed to be shared.

Thank goodness Isaac can drive a stick shift so he could take Grandma Elaine’s cool car for a spin.

       It is currently fall break for the school kids, and it would’ve been super fun to go to the Oregon coast, but, alas, no money and Greg’s water responsibilities make it impossible. Thank goodness the P.I. water is officially off, though, and now Greg can, maybe, take a little breather in the near future.

       I did find out this week that I’m OLD and my feet are tired of repetitive exercise. (Another ridiculous punishment for trying to take care of myself.) I am now a victim of plantar fasciitis. Getting old is DUMB!!

Less exciting week

      This week has been far less eventful of fun things to photograph. There have been less exciting things that I didn’t think to photograph, like the flat tire I discovered after my nail appointment. That led to getting a new set of tires that same day. (Bye-bye savings account!)

       I also did not photograph kids going to the dentist and thankfully not having any cavities but finding a substantial bill waiting from the two older boys who did have cavities recently. (Thank goodness they have money to pay for that themselves.) So all I have to share this week for photographs is my first set of fall gel nails for this season.

Love!

      General conference weekend was great and now we get to look forward to Greg getting a break from the water chores and fall break for the school-kids. 

McClane is 16!

        McClane has hit a massive milestone this week! Meet our newest licensed driver and 16 year old guy.

Fun gifts from Charlie and the parents

We love our Costco chocolate cake.

      And now that fall has officially arrived I feel good about putting out my Halloween decorations.

Greg grew many, many pumpkins, 34 in all. (We shared the majority of them with family and friends.)

Spooky but mostly cute.

       And now photos from McClane’s actual birthday.

Balloons, energy drinks, candy and underwear make it a real party.

And here we see McClane “maugging” for the camera. (That’s the teenage verbiage for “mugging”, I think.)

     Now on to a quiet General Conference weekend.

Ok, it’s now fall

        A fun start to fall. First a little 'photo-shoot' of Carter wearing the great hat Andy found for him out on one of our off road adventures. He wears it well! 

    

        And we are excited to present October's calendar photo! 

Spooky!

    And then today, Charlie, Kayli, the kids and me, went for a super fun morning adventure to Gardner Village to see witches, take lots of photos and have a little treat/carmel apple. 

Handsome Hudson was just along for the ride and was a good sport the whole time.

Proof I was part of the fun.

    And lots of fun photos of the girls.

This was Elliot's go to 'smile' for a lot of the photos.

    It's officially fall and its starting with a bang! 

Coming soon, our 6th driving child!

Family photos and big purchases

        Carter did a thing last Saturday. He bought a 2016 BMW 340i or, as I like to call it, my "Wednesday" car! Ha ha He actually did let me drive it Wednesday but not before giving me strict driving instructions, like, "Don't tailgate. Don't hit the brakes too hard. If the check-engine light comes on you have to fix it." etc. He's funny! 

Carter's back to owning 4 vehicles, but rumor has it, he may be trying to sale the Harley.

     Sunday we gathered everyone for an updated family photo. We didn't do any kind of coordinating and we just used a tripod, but it's updated!

Not too bad considering we didn't have anyone to help us.

Our cute couples/families.

The current home-dwellers.

And some fun 'bloopers'.

    There was a little birthday celebration, Sunday, for our friend, Gina, hence the birthday hat Brock is wearing while he made a new friend.

These photos are courtesy of my friend, Stephanie, who was getting a real kick from Brock's commentary on the grasshopper.

    And this photo of Smalls if just to document his aversion to the mega lightening and thunderstorm we were having just this morning. He wouldn't let me out of his sight all morning.

What a 'scaredy-dog'.

    

        Summer is ending with some great rainstorms and lots of amazing lightening and thunder, my favorite. I'll be enjoying the last few days of summer for sure!