Emily's Art Work~

Emily got all A's and one B on her first 5th grade report Card.
Caleb did awesome too.  I am so very proud of both of them!!!
I hope you enjoy the paintings Emily made at school.
I think they are beautiful.

Caleb's First Hunting Trip 2011~

Well, my baby went hunting for the first time this year.  He's not technically old enough to hunt, but he went along to observe, and still get the feel of it.  The hope is he gets to go Pheasant Hunting next year.  He is my only child out of the four who has the desire to hunt, so I think its great that Troy is willing to bring him out and let him have these experiences. 

He's grown so fast....but then again....don't they all?





Raking leaves at Grandma and Grandpa's House~

What a beautiful day to help my mom and dad out raking leaves in their yard.  Unless you know what their back yard is like, this is not something you can fully appreciate.  How my dad has done it by himself each year is beyond me.  We did not get done, but we did a lot.  I am grateful for a strong, healthy body, and for my strong, healthy children to come along and help.  It was hard work, but also a lot of fun.  Even Gabe enjoyed his time romping around in the crisp fall air.  Emily and Grandma kept busy sweeping spider webs, while me, Jon, Caleb, and Josh got busy with the leaves. 

Skinny Love......a song.

I know this isn't something everyone will like, but that's the beauty of having my own blog.  I share what I like.  This is a song that my oldest son, Michael played on the guitar and sang to me, and I just love it.  I wish I could put him singing and playing on here, but I can't.  So this will have to do. 

http://youtu.be/aNzCDt2eidg

Halloween Parade 2011

On Saturday Me, Jon, Emily, Caleb, and Koriah met up with my Mother in Law for the Anoka Halloween Parade.  It was a nice time, the kids had a lot of fun.  The thing I like most about it is the people watching.  I LOVE to people watch, and believe me there are plenty of different walks to look at there...Anyway, enjoy some pics, which I'm sure will take several different posts to post since they changed it on me...

IT WORKED!!!  IT WORKED!!!  IT REALLY REALLY WORKED!!  I didn't have to make 3 different posts for all my pics!!!  :O)

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I don't like this new picture limit thing....don't know how one can change that though...so here are the rest of the pics...

Pumpkin Carving~

Me, Emily and Caleb went down to a small Pumpkin Patch last night and they each picked out a pumpkin. Jon doesn't "get into that" anymore, so it was just the 3 of us. We got home and the kids got busy. I was pretty proud of how well the pumpkins turned out. They each did one themselves, and the booklet of designs said 'for 12 or older'.....LOL