All Saints Day

 

Waking up to the gifts from the Switch Witch, Parker was so tired he was pretty out of it. He definitely likes his new toy, a Spy Gear voice changer, what in the world was that witch thinking!

 

Parker and Iris had to pick a Patron Saint and write 5 sentences about them. Today on All Saints Day they got dressed up as their saint and participated in the mass. They all sang beautifully to 'Thy Word'. Mom had a hard time getting good pictures.

 

 

Camden is 4 months! Weighing in at 19lbs, 12oz., and 27 1/4" long, he is in the 99% for both height and weight. He is wearing a 12 mos PJ in this picture, it has a little room to grow but not much.

Happy Halloween!

 

Captain America and Iron Man

 

Super Hereos and Princesses, our little Incredible Hulk has grown so much I had to cut open the bottom of his costume for his legs and feet.

 

All smiles!

Happy Halloween!!

 

In their Halloween shirts for school today.

 

Carving Pumpkins

 

Dad is getting all the candy ready for the Switch Witch to come, Parker finally relented and decided to keep and small bag and leave the rest for the Switch Witch, hopefully he won't be disappointed in his toy tomorrow morning!

October Fun

 

Here is our 'Little Pumpkin', 3 months old already!!

 

Our annual apple picking adventure. We each had to buy a bag to go in, we have oodles of apples!

 

Gabe decided to fix his own hair with Iris' hair cream, the joy of being 2!

Camden

 

2 months old, weighing in at 14 lbs. 14 oz, 25" long for a whopping 97% ---even bigger than Gabe at that age and has grown 5 inches in 2 months!

 

Another amazing baby! Let's Mommy sleep, loves to smile and coo!

 

Gabe helping Mommy make frosting for the cupcakes for his big brother and sisters when they get home from school. Just like his brother Parker he kept dipping in for more frosting!

 

Happy Birthday to Parker

 

 

Singing Happy Birthday to Parker, Iris really hamming it up! He turned 7!

 

Camden in his baptismal outfit before we left for church.

First Day of School

 

Parker, Iris and Tia on the 1st day they all went to school in their uniforms. They are really loving school and meeting new friends. Parker and Iris said their favorite class was religion and when I told Tia that she had homework she exclaimed, Yes I love homework!. Hopefully they will always be this excited to learn and go to school!

 

Gabe having a playdate with his friends Max and Joel (which is one name to him and used for both).

 

Daddy enjoying some smiles and coos from Camden

Boys Trip

 

 

 

 

Parker got to go with Daddy to take Grandpa to the baseball game for his 60th Birthday. They made the most of their weekend and went to DC and the beach!

Back Home, a visit from Grandma

 

 

Gabe could not pedal before we left for Alaska and had no practice there but started pedaling 'his car' (as he likes to call it) once we got home. They were all happy to get home and back to their toys, especially their bikes.

 

Grandma came in for a special girls weekend since Parker got to go away with Daddy for a boys weekend. The girls got their nails done and they show everyone everywhere we go and tell them Grandma took them.

Good-bye Alaska

 

We finally spotted a male moose (just a young one) on our last week in Alaska. Gabe loved looking for moose and didn't want to leave, we watched him eat for at least 10 minutes.

 

Our house in Alaska

 

Our sweet ride in Alaska....like the tin foil on the windows...glad to be away from the midnight sun!

 

The kids wanted to do another ride with the sled dogs since it was their favorite thing in Alaska, this time daddy got to go!

Train Ride and Transportation Museum

 

 

We went to Alaska Live Steamers for a train ride, it is about 20 min long through the woods. The kids loved it. It was totally weird. A family of 3 and the grandparents live in old motorhomes that no longer run on the property. They were all strange and had built the train tracks and trail. Good thing the kids just loved it and are too young to realize how strange it was.

 

After the train ride located next to it was the Alaska Transportation Museum. The kids loved getting in and out of all the old vehicles and trains.

At Hatcher's Pass, an old Gold Mining Camp