Lauren's Ballet Class

It's been so sweet to watch Lauren take ballet. She has her father's rhythm though, so I hope this can help her improve in that area. The boys have also enjoyed watching their sister and they think she is so cute!! Her teacher's name is Miss Ahna and she is a homeschooled girl who does this on the side. She is so sweet and awesome with the girls. Lauren has also made a "new" best friend Savannah and every week they greet each other with the biggest hugs. This time has been so precious since we are always watching her brothers do sports and now we get to watch her do some fun "girl" stuff as well.

Random Pictures from September thru October

This was our Pumpkin Patch field trip with our homeschooling group. We went with our friends, Robin and her children, Aaron, Zack and Leigha. They also go to our church and our kids use to go to Christian School together. They are great friends. They are now homeschooling this year as well. Yeah!!




Lauren & Leigha.



Zack & Caleb.



I also got to spend some great time visiting with an old neighbor and friend Crystal, who came to visit us for the week. The kids adored her and were so sad to see her leave and so was I.



Josh & Aaron in the patch trying to pick the coolest pumpkin!



Here were our selections. Lauren really didn't care for walking through the patch. She kept crying because her sandals were falling off and the growing weeds were causing her to fall as well. She is such a girl!!



A random picture of Lauren with Toby. Her baby and playmate while Mommy is homeschooling.



Another random picture of Josh and his select soccer team called "Virginia Rush" making a funny poise for the camera.




This was our first field trip in the beginning of September with our homeschool group. By mistake because a fire alarm was pulled (not by mine, thankfully), we ended up being able to have a tour of a new fire truck. It was really cool and the kids loved it.

September has come and gone...

Lauren loves to be mother "hen". She loved mothering Abby!! Forgive me, it's been a long time since I've blogged. It's so hard keeping up with posts let alone my scrapbooking, facebook and so on... Yes, I am addicted to facebook, I love keeping up with friends and family. But I know how important it is to blog to keep up with my family's happenings. It is now the middle of October and September has come and gone. I always say how crazy it is that time flies, it seems to fly faster each day!! Sarah and her three kids came down to visit with us in the beginning of September and to see my Dad's team play their championship game. It was a fun visit and always hard to say goodbye!!



Josh holding Abby, (he has a thing for his cousin)!! He is always commenting on how "cute" she is, and so tiny! And notice how Lauren has to be sitting next to Will as well.








My beautiful sister and her newest little one Nate!




Love this picture!! They are climbing in, under and through this cool maze at Fort Fun park.




Of course, even though Caleb is getting older he loves playing with the little ones. He is so entertaining and good with them as is Josh!!




I loved this wrap-thing my sister was sporting Nate in, how things change in just a few years. They always come out with these great ideas after I have children!




Lauren loved that she could jump up and hang from the rings there.




Will and Lauren having a blast. They did this forever!!



Sweet cousins!!










This was taken on Sunday after a long service thanks to Shaun, just kidding!! My Dad was exhausted from his whirlwind weekend and the season winding down. It didn't help that his team lost but still played so well!! Poppy was reading to Lauren and fell asleep or she was reading to him, I'm not sure. Thought this was too cute. Got to love Poppy spending time with his grandkids even while he is sleeping!!

Ocean City, New Jersey

The boys boogie boarded for hours!! They had a blast and the waves weren't too bad either.




Caleb riding a wave!!







Shaun trying to teach Lauren to boogie board.




Lauren wanted to jump the waves instead of the whole boogie board thing, not into that yet.




At least she tried.





Lauren & Paige. What sweet girls and play mates!! They were inseparable!




Working together on digging and filling a whole.




Josh loved playing in the sand as well!!










He didn't mind being covered in sand!




Daddy building the girls a giant sand dune.










Daddy and his girl!



Daddy and his boys!! It was awesome having lots of Daddy time and family time!!











We were heading out to the boardwalk for rides and treats!! This is Paige, Lauren and Hudson. It was a fun week and the kids didn't want to leave. Thanks Grandma and Grandad for this wonderful family treat!

Gigi & Mimi's Visit

Lauren hasn't gotten the courage to do the slide all summer, but once Mimi came here to play at the pool things changed. Lauren not only went down the slide, but after several times she didn't even need to hold Shaun's hand.




Sweet picture of Gigi and Caleb.



We had so much fun with Mimi and Gigi at Fort Monroe!! Thanks for coming to visit!!