Trick - Or - Treating

We went trick 0r treating with some of the families from our church.

Here's Jon, Nick, Adam, & Aaron enjoying the food at Trunk or Treat.

Here's a picture of some of the kids in their costumes.

Lion, Turtle, Thomas, & Buzz ready to go.

Another picture of our kiddos.

Carving Pumpkins

The finished pumpkins!

Another shot of the finished pumpkins!

Jon helping with the carving process.

Russell cleaning out his pumpkin.

Jon's Costume

Yes, even Jon dressed up last night!

(I was a turtle and Jon was a tourist.)

He even won a prize for his creative costume!

Harvest Party - Part 2

Here's some more pictures from the party last night!

Caleb & Kristie

Joel & Erica


Becca & Jen

Bert & Beki

Nick, Sarah, Madelyn, & Olivia

Small Group Harvest Party - Part 1

Here's some pictures from last night's Harvest Party at the Eikums.

Anna & Jason

Eric & Leah (A pair of blue jeans)


John, Sarah, & Will (The Bee Family)

Eric, Becca, Ava, & Hope (Ma, Pa, Laura, & Mary Ingalls)

Erin & Roman (A lady in mourning & a cow)

Auntie Mel

Here's Auntie Mel with the boys. On Mondays when I work, Grandma usually cooks dinner for all of us and then Mel comes over to join us for dinner when she gets done with work.

Here's an attempt at taking a picture with Mel and all four of the kids.

Our Karate Kid

Vaunder started taking karate, actually Soo Bahk Do, at the beginning of October at the Crystal Community Center. Here are some pictures of him during class.

Art on Monday

Here's the boys in their Halloween shirts that they made with Grammie on Monday for art this week. I have asked Grammie if she could be in charge of art this year for homeschool. We usually do school Tuesday through Friday (on the days that I don't work).

Grammie's Birthday Celebration!

Here's a picture of Grammie & Owen blowing out all 53 candles on her cake.

Here's a picture of the delicious cake that Melanie and Michele made for her birthday. We celebrated her birthday on Sunday because Grandpa was here for a visit this weekend. Her real birthday is not until this Friday, October 23rd.

Grammie and Grandpa. (In case you are wondering, Grammie is holding an invention that Russell made for her).

Rainbow Wednesdays

Deals at Rainbow Foods!

Only $25.14!!!

Did you know that Rainbow Food Stores have double coupons on Wednesdays? They double the first 5 coupons that you have up to $1.00 each (for an extra $5.00 off). You have to spend $25.00 before the coupons are applied. Look at what we got yesterday for only $25.14!!!



For more information on deals at Rainbow and other stores in our area check out this website Sarah suggested to me http://www.pocketyourdollars.com/. It also lists the coupon policies at various stories as well.

While we were shopping, Vaunder was looking through Rainbow's ad for more deals. As he was looking he said, "Look Mom, they have orange milk on sale for $2.99" Needless to say, we never buy orange juice in the gallon containers.

Visiting the New Park

When I was growing up all this space was just fields used for growing corn and hay. Now couple of new developments have gone in around my parents' house and it looks much more like city living. This huge park with 2 large play structures and many ohter features has recently been built across from the golf course on Sand Acres Drive.














Owen enjoying the playground equipment.
















Russell on the ladybug.















Vaunder playing on the spider web.














Addie enjoying the swings.

Playing at Grandpa & Grandma's House

Owen playing with the cash register at Grandma & Grandpa's House.








Vaunder playing with Uncle Luke's old Game Cube.






Russell playing with Uncle Luke's nerf gun.







Uncle Luke hanging out with Vaunder and Addison at Grandma & Grandpa's house.

The Wedding

My friend, Nicole, watched Addison while the rest of us attended the wedding at the church. Here's a picture of my cousin Nick and his bride Krystal.

Traveling to the Wisconsin Wedding

This past weekend, Vaunder, Russell, Owen, Addison, & I traveled to Wisconsin with my brother, Luke, to attend our cousin's wedding. Luke just starting working for James Hardie http://www.jameshardie.com/

Besides the new truck, another one of the perks with his new job is free gas even for personnal trips. The boys loved riding in Uncle Luke's truck. Addison on the other hand is still not very fond of trips that take over 1 hour.

Thanks Luke for driving!

Current Pictures

Here's Russell and Grammie in our backyard.

Here's Owen with his new "Elmo" pajamas. Thanks Grandma! He would wear them every night if I would let him!

Here's Addison with her bag from Grandma and her boots from Grandpa. Lately, she has been very interested in loading up purses and bags, walking around with them, and then unloading them.

Here's Vaunder practicing his piano.

Playing in the Backyard

A couple of weeks ago the boys were out playing in the backyard with a pile of lumber. When I looked out the upstairs window, this is what I saw. I asked them what they were doing and Vaunder responded by saying, "Playing Jesus." Next, I heard him ask his brothers, "Who wants to be Jesus?"