Who could it be?

47:52 Mystery

Someone is wearing Daddy's Batman mask... hmmm... who could it be?

Unhappy

46:52 Sudden

It's tough being four.

Familiar

45:52 Familiar

Emma wearing my wedding shoes

Act Like Men

Our family is so blessed to have Brian as husband and father.  This past weekend he attended an amazing conference in Indianapolis along with over 12,000 other men...  We missed him but we were so proud that he cares enough about us and about his relationship with the Lord to make something like this a priority.  It was a great opportunity for some guy time and some God time.

Work or Play

44:52 Work or Play

To Give or Not to Give

43:52 Give

Again... Sigh

My Let's Do 52 Project has been hard to keep up with lately... I was really slowed down when two weeks in a row I had to do a "self-portrait" photo... not only more difficult logistically, but also something I didn't really want to do.  

Finally, I am done with the second one and I'm ready to move on!  Since I was doing this with three of my kiddos around I had to just kind of wing it... 

42:52 Self Portrait (Again)

Another shot that I love even though it is out of focus...

Pumpkins and such

The weekend before Halloween I was recovering from minor surgery and had a fever so I stayed home while Brian took the kids to the pumpkin patch for their annual visit!  They enjoyed every minute of it and brought home a bit of our favorite fudge!

The Corn Box is always a big hit!

While they were gone I worked on our pumpkins.  I had specific requests from each child on how to prepare or begin work on their pumpkin.  

When they got home we carved the ones that were to be carved, and put finishing touches on them... roasted pumpkin seeds, and had pizza movie night.

Lucas and his Mickey pumpkin

 Samuel wanted the Batman symbol

 Emma decided on a kitty

 Nathan's was a Minion from the movie Despicable Me

That same weekend, the kids went to a pumpkin party at Grandma's church.  The younger three entered the dress like a pumpkin contest:

Samuel won for the "sweetest pumpkin", Emma was the "cutest" (which was the award she REALLY wanted), Lucas was the "newest" (he joined the party at the end since it was during his nap time), and Nathan was the "coolest" big kid helper.

Lucas, Samuel, and Emma entered a Pumpkin coloring contest in our local newspaper.  They all did a great job!

 Emma WON in the age 6-10 category and her picture was published in the newspaper on Halloween day!  She received the orange pumpkin bag full of little prizes and shared them with her brothers.  

A little Halloween treat of jello filled oranges

Diggin in

Self Portrait

41:52 Self Portrait

I am SO much more comfortable behind a camera... this one belonged to my father.

Halloween- take 2!

Our city allows two days of trick-or-treating.  That is just fine with us because we enjoy staying home one of the nights and giving out candy just as much as we enjoy trick-or-treating on the other night!  

The kids decided they wanted to wear different costumes than what they wore for trick-or treating.  Lucas put his together himself and was a "police guy", Emma had already planned to be Belle, but Samuel had trouble deciding.  He finally found a snowman hat and thought that seemed fun, so I had the perfect costume for him!  

 It was the costume I made for Nathan in 2003!

Samuel wore it with pride!  Several people said he looked "adorable" and he just ate it up!

Ready for the night!