Lots of catching up to do!!!

Grandpa Choo Choo sent the kids a "special delivery" in one of Aaron's packages for work.  Candy!  Colton ate his sweet tarts at lunch....we sent Grandpa a picture of Colton and said "thanks for the sour candy, grampa!"

The kids didn't have school a couple of Friday's ago.  What a better time to hang out with our friends Asher and Avi at Jump 'n Party!!  Think they were hot?  Look at the red cheeks!

I tagged along with the 1st graders on their greenbluff apple orchard field trip.  Isn't this picture STUNNING!?!?  These are peach trees that are quickly turning orange and becoming dormant.

Parker with his friends Jacob and Joel.  They were tasting apple butter.

Parker and Connor on the tractor getting ready for the apple orchard tour.

Parker's First Grade class.  Mrs. Donahoe is on the right hand side of picture.  22 great kiddo's in this class!

Parker's most perfect pumpkin



Parker and Asher



The kids (Parker on far Left) looking in the barn to see how apple cider is made.  The machines were crazy!!



Let's interupt the field trip for a homework break!  Parker and Dad sitting at the counter doing nightly homework



Another Saturday Lego Creation.  This one stood taller than Colton!



Parker and Friends showing off their pumpkins. (L to R) Abby, Martin, Andrew, Parker, Emma

These apples were DE-LICIOUS!!!  Isn't he a cutie?!

My "mom friend'' Bryna (pronounced Bry-na).  I met her last year in Kindergarten.  She is Brook's mom

On the bus getting ready to go to Walter's Fruit Ranch!

Parker, Joel, and another boy whose name I can't remember!  ;)

Waiting to make sure he can really eat it.

All of the kiddo's got to pick their own apples

Parker working VERY HARD on a grocery store coloring contest.  See finished product below.  ;)

Finished!  He LOVE LOVE LOVES to color.  He says it is his favorite subject in school.  He always uses a lot of colors and makes quite the designs and abstracts using his crayons and creativity.

This is a japanese maple that is turning colors in our back yard.  I loved this picture because of all of the different colors in the leaves.

On that Friday that the kids didn't have school, I was downstairs just cleaning and picking up.  The boys closed the door to their room and said I couldn't come in.  When I was told to enter, they had CLEANED, DUSTED, and VACUUMED their entire room (which was a mess, just moments earlier) WITHOUT me even having to ask them to do it!  WOW!!  PROUD MOM MOMENT!

Parker and Aaron's latest Saturday Creation.  Seems like every Saturday they build Lego's for an entire morning.  This Lego tower stood taller than Colton!!

I ordered and received 80# of chicken breasts this week.  I spent a night and half a day preparing, pre-making meals, and freezing chicken!  Guess what we had for dinner that night?  Chicken!?  Are you kidding!?  NO!!  Beef! :)