Trick or Treat

Giraffe CHEESE!
His I'm gonna tackle you poise.

Hiking, leaves, sore muscles, oh my!

Went to Giant City State Park with J's parents last week. It was of course, beautiful. We hiked around for about an hour and then had a picnic.

Blue Hornet

Blue Hornet is the neighbor's cat that decided to have kittens under our deck about a month ago. We've finally been able to see the kittens the last few days. We actually pulled up a loose board in our deck to do it...we just couldn't wait any longer. And to our surprise, their were 3 kittens, as we've been only able to see 2 through the cracks the whole time. The kids are so enjoying this "season" of cats as the neighbors are moving in a few weeks and will be taking them with them. I overheard Ellie the other day saying to herself, "This is my family. My brother Owen, my Mommy, my Daddy and Blue Hornet." I'm sure it will be quite the shock when the mama cat and kittens go...

Weekend Fun

We visited my folks this weekend. Went to the city museum, zoo and Cards game. This is O's baseball stadium made out of legos.
Zoo

Hi Fredbird!!

Owen dreaming about playing when he gets bigger. "Mom, I want to play for the Cardinals, Mets, Yankees, A's, Twins...." And then I lost track b/c he named about all the teams.

We actually made it through all 9 innings w/ a 4 and 2 year old. O was focused the whole time. And E just made friends with all the people around us, danced to any music and made a big ol' mess with nachos.

Pics of the Kids

Thanks Andy for taking these!

What is the age of the child?....ummm...32.

Apparently, our community center doesn't get very many adult birthday parties, but that is where we celebrated Justin's big day recently. We played in the gym and also some "Minute to Win it" games. Happy birthday Justin! We love you!

Paul & Alana

Who are Paul & Alana? Also known as...Paul-Lana, The Renters, Mr. Paul & Ms. Alana or Lasagna...Only the amazing couple that we were privileged to have rent our apartment for the last 2 years. They left last week to head onto bigger and better things...also known as seminary. We went into the apartment yesterday, and Ellie asked, "Where Paul-Lana?" I said that they had moved. She said, "They coming back?" Sigh...no. Then, the other day Owen and I are talking about where we would live if we could live anywhere. Owen says N. Carolina. I ask why and he says, "Because that's where Paul and Alana live." Sigh again. You all are loved and missed! We hope that it's going well and know that God will use you for great things!