Thanksgiving week!

As usual, we spent the whole week down in Nashville with my family.  I did not get as many pictures as I should have-bad me!  We did a lot of fun stuff-zoo, hockey game, board games and so on, but it just didn't get documented!  One day we went for a hike around Radnor Lake.  It is such a perfect hike for the little people-about and hour and not too hilly!  Liz and Conor are checking out the turtles

  

while Trefor, Brennen and Lotta watch the birds.

 We even saw deer!!

 And of course, we have the annual turkey trotters!  Yes-even the little people ran (5 MILES is a long way!)!

Girls Weekend in New York City

Last weekend, the boys were all together in Las Vegas for the Big Smoke, so Marilyn decided that all of the girls needed a weekend away also!  We did a lot of shopping and site seeing and we had a great time together.  I hope that this can become an annual tradition!

  

 I did not realized how huge the 911 memorial was or how much I would be affected by it.  It was haunting.

It's go time!

I have been training for many, many months for my half ironman-1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile swim.  It is finally time to race!  I did well, completing the race in 5 hours and 36 min. and finishing 3rd in my age group.  It was harder than I thought and more fun than I thought!  We'll see-there just might be another one in my future!

Halloween

 It's a good thing that the kids only had a half day of school today, otherwise we might not of had time to carve our pumpkins before Trick-or-Treating tonight!

 Time to get ready for the big candy night!

 Papa (chicken) takes the kids out this year!

 Skylar stays behind to pass candy out to the Trick-or-Treaters!

 Our Jack-o-Lanterns light up the night!

As always, the kids were very happy with their haul of candy:)

Brennen's first swim meet

 Brennen is so excited for his first meet!  He has been working hard in practice:)

Let's go get some Pumpkins!

I need to get my pumpkins for my annual fall display, so it's time to head to Pumpkinland!  We have to pet the kittens first though, so while the big kids do the big corn maze, we head to the animal farm.

 Then we had to ride the ponies!

 Brennen loved it!!!

 Then it was my turn for the corn maze!

 The big kids were still doing their maze, so we headed to the kid maze.

 Then we did the tractor rides:)

 Papa relaxing.

 Skylar was not amused by the blonde joke!

 Finally, time to get pumpkins!

Now, I can head to the shop and buy my pumpkins:)

First Day of School!

Skylar almost missed the bus, so she didn't have time for a picture!