Halloween Classroom Parties

Lia and Jaxon both had Halloween parties in their classrooms - good times! :)

told Lia to smile at the camera...this is what i got

Lia's classroom all abuzz with Halloween excitement
jax waiting in line for a game in his class -
i swear he's having fun...but he doesn't care for me taking his photo...

Jaxon's cute class all together! :)

Skate Night

Every month the elementary school has a skate night at the local roller rink. In October the PTO was in charge of a skate night costume contest - so i took Lia and Jaxon and we hit skate night for the 1st time. Lia does pretty well on the rental roller skates - but would like a pair of Rollerblades this spring. For Jaxon roller skating is not an option with his neck and head - so he played a bunch of arcade games with his friends, which turned out fine because frankly none of the 1st graders were good skaters anyway. It was fun night, there were some great costumes, we had several categories so that we could hand out as many prizes as possible! :)

All the kiddos skating

my girl...i mean cat
lia and jax

here we are entering students in the contest

parents voting for their favorite costumes

do you love the 7Up costume...so clever

lia and her friend Cami

Lia's Baptism Day

Lia was baptized on the 16th of October. It was such a great day for all of us. We were fortunate enough to have both sets of grandparents, my sister Jennifer and Tyler's sister Kiley ...and lots of friends and neighbors join us for this special day. We love Lia so much, she is such a special girl, it's hard to believe she is 8.

Here are some pictures - Her baptism was in the afternoon, then we had treats at the church with friends and went to dinner with our families.
Congratualtions Lia - we LOVE you!

grandpa's b-day, apple picking

Jim, Kathy and Kiley came into town on grandpa Jim's birthday (Oct.14th). We went out to eat to celebrate and gave grandpa some new Packers gear. The day after that we took them apple picking at one of our favorite orchards. It was so fun to have them here, even for a short time.

Reading Books

happy birthday g. jim
out to dinner

Kiley took this picture of downtown Appleton while she was shopping...she did her best to support our local economy! :) We appreciate it Kiley! :)

Vagabond Imports hopes to see you again soon.

on a walk through the park

they love their aunt Kiley

beautiful girls

jim and kathy at the orchard

tyler and i picking apples )pic courtesy of Kiley

my boys being silly

apples off the tree.....so yummy

even better dipped in caramel

maggie fell in love with his halfway rotten pumpkin and couldn't be talked into another one...

so we took it home - free of charge thanks to the nice orchard lady

decisions, decisions

fun times...