Halloween

Self-explanatory:

Ben's Birthday Party

The birthday boy:

Party time:

Lunch:

Prayer before eating:

Off to find a treasure:

Birthday Cake:

Saying goodbye to guests:

After the party, celebrating a Clemson win:

Found a snake on our way to Grandma's. Had to get a closer look.

Pretending to screw the helmet into David's head:

Enjoying the pretty fall day:

When kids make salad:

Some random shots from our school day. These were all during math "class".

I know I've said it before, but kids just don't need expensive toys. Here they are playing with plastic grocery bags.

I just took this picture because it seemed awfully ironic that both of these things were sitting on my counter: store-bought apple sauce and homemade apple jelly.

Today we told the kids that they were going to have a new baby brother or sister. We had a cake with 6 little question marks and one big question mark in the middle. They were supposed to figure out what it meant. It took them a long time and they needed a few hints. They were ecstatic at the news!

Had the kids school yearbook pictures taken today. While they were dressed nicely I wanted to grab a nice one of them all together.

Then we had to do a couple a bunch of silly ones:

(And no, I'm not sure why the death stare constitutes "something silly" to Sam)

Then Tina and Taryn didn't mind sticking around and letting me get a few more. Managed to take a few really great ones that I love.

Celebrating Rebekah's birthday a little late because we were at the beach on her actual birthday.

Another school day at the library.