Halloween 2010

My mom has an annual Halloween Party for my kids every year- they started bugging her about when it would be starting Oct 1st this year. By the 18th they had their way.

Don't you wish to be her grandchild so you could attend?

Someone was a little sleepy

We also went to the church Trunk-or-Treat and chili cook-off

Our neighborhood held trick-or-treating on Saturday night since Halloween was on a Sunday this year. They do a chili/soup dinner before trick-or-treating. There are no pictures of my kids that night since I was at a birth and Josh had all 5 by himself (can we say Super-Dad?) Just another reason he's the best. And he's mine.......

2010 Annual Fishing Trip to NC Coast

This year was the first year that Josh took Jack fishing with him at the NC coast- they went to Portsmouth Island

They said Jack was an angel (well, of course- he was being spoiled the whole time!)

In addition to the truck they took, they also had a four-wheeler and a Rhino.

The wildlife was abundant (this one was dead!)

This was the camp they set up next to the dunes (Josh and Jack's tent was the one closest to the cooking shelter)

Five generations of fishermen before they left at 5:15am! (From L to R) Josh, Papaw (my grandpa), Jack, my dad and my brother Garrett

Jack & Josh in Pittsburgh- September 2010

In September Jack and Josh went on a Father-Son trip to Pennsylvania.

They went and saw the Pirates play the Nationals. One advantage to going to a game for a crummy teams is that you get close tickets on the cheap.

They also went to the Steel City Motocross Races. Those tickets weren't so cheap.

The boys had a ton of fun. I think it's time for a Mother-Daughter trip now, eh?

Um.....May, June, July, August and September all in one post

I’ve been hearing about how much of a blog slacker I am for the past 5 months. So I am going to summarize the past 5 months into one post. (with pictures at the end!)

*Quick (24 hour!) trip to Louisville for Everett and I to see Megan graduate (with a second Bachelor’s degree!)

*Josh, Everett and I went to the LDS home school conference at SVU (May)

*Taylor graduated from High School (June)

*Morgan’s Piano Recital (June)
*Raelyn’s Dance Recital (June)

*Took the big girls to see Wicked, the Broadway musical (June)

*Summer day camps for Morgan, Raelyn and Jack (June & July)

*Took all the kids by myself to see Megan & Mike in Louisville (July)

*Wrightsville Beach for a week!!!!! (August)

*Josh started school (August)

*Jack turned 4 (August)

*Everett turned 1 (August)

*Our homeschool year 2010-2011 began (August)

*Josh and Jack went to Pittsburgh on their first Father-Son trip (September)

*Morgan and Jack playing soccer at the Y (September & October)

*Raelyn had her first horse show- and won first place! (September)

*Josh and Jack went camping/fishing at the beach- like actually camping ON the beach (October)

And that is just the big stuff........just didn’t think things like doing 10 loads of laundry in one day qualified for the list.

(ok, the pictures are backwards on the timeline- sorry!)