The Butterfly and Pirate

We had a wonderful Halloween this year - enjoying neighborhood potluck dinner and then off to trick or treat. Now if we could have taken the 85 degree weather, gnats and Jacob's swine flu out of the picture, it would have been perfect, but oh well. So cute to see how Charles got the hang of it this year as compared to last. We made it to about 5 houses, which was plenty of candy for our little pirate. His favorite part was handing out candy to the trick-or-treaters. He held the bowl out, and said "two for you, and two for you..." Adorable...

Children's Museum

Some sweet siblings of Jacob's (now my siblings too!) gave me a Children's Museum membership for my bday in September. I must say it is great. They have a series of rooms - ball room, boat room, water room, grocery store, and play room. Charles' favorite room is the boat of course and Frances' is the balls. We had a blast last week...they have fun and come home tired. Need I say more?

Julianna's Wedding

I am way behind on posting, but life has been a little crazy these days to say the least. Jacob's sister, Julianna, got married in August. Everything about the festivities was wonderful - the bride and groom, the family and friends, the parties, the food, you name it - it could not have been a more special weekend...except I did not take enough pictures! I snapped a few of the children around the actual ceremony so we don't have many to share - here is what I do have.