Soccer is almost over!! We've had a great time though. Elizabeth had her soccer party and recieved her very first trophy!! She is very proud of it too, polishing it every hour or so!! Unfortunatley, the pictures from the party didn't come out at all. But she actually played very well saturday, and those of you that know her, know that is rare!!! She loves it when she is "into it". But when she's not, she will be everywhere, but the game!!! You know, chasing butterflies, doing her hair, talking to her friends, doing cartwheels..... the list goes on!!! But of course, now that the season is over, she is actually playing!!! Well, next week is the last game of the year, and then we will have our Saturdays back!! Until Noah starts basketball after the New Year anyway!!!! I love being a Mom, even though sometimes it fees like you never stop!!! They will be grown before we know it!!

Well, I'm off to finish making the beds, and sorting laundry, a never ending chore at our house!!! We are excited that Grandma Bee is visiting for a week, we enjoy her company!!! I am blessed with a Mother in law that I absolutely love and enjoy being with! Until later!!!Have a great day!!!!

I love my Husband! He does so much for us, and I just thought that is what I would say tonight!!! The poor man is working a night shift job, that is probably the most boring thing imaginable, and he said that he would work for a great friend that needs his help for two days! I don't know how he does it!! I don't know when I will see him, but I know that we all miss him. When Jon was praying at dinner, he prayed that Daddy would come home safe and soon! The Lord provides and knowing who is in charge is what is getting us through this time.

But enough about that, tonight everyone is on edge for some reason, and I finally got everyone down to bed 7:00pm!!! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since we got home from school, I think that someone was whinning or screaming the entire time!!! Elizabeth I think will have a shinner in the morning from Jons foot slamming into her face after 5 warnings that if they didn't stop, someone would get hurt!! She'll be fine, but I hope she learned her lesson!!! Jon too!!! Well, off to cherish my evening time!!!!

Watching the Presidential elections last night with my kids, and trying to tell them the whole time that no matter what the outcome, we still need to be in prayer for our leaders, I have to really put that into action myself. Especially now!!!! I know that the Lord is in control of all things. The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works. Psalm 145:9As I tell my kids... the only thing that we can do is pray that His will be done, and know that He will take care of all of His children.

Well, enough about that, we have been busy this week already, and it isn't even half over!!! Tonight will be the second night this week that I have to be out, and for me, that is a lot. I never go out at night, I cherish the evening, when the kids are all tucked in bed, and I can have some quiet time with my lovely Husband!!! But having the kids in school, I am extremely involved with everything I can be involved with, hence evening ptc meetings!!! The kids love going to these, they get to just run around and play in the library, which of course is not allowed normally!!!

Well, for now, we are just enjoying the beautiful fall weather, we'll keep you posted!!!!

Well, I thought that I might start a blog so that all of our family and friends can see how fast the kids are growing, and keep up with us!! I will start with trick-or-treating. I didn't really want to take the kids out, but Noah is persistant!!! They all had a great time, and we now have three big bowls of candy that I have to hide!!!

We start off by coming home from school to carve our pumpkins. Elizabeth loved pulling out the seeds, but wasn't quite ready for carving solo!

Is't she a cute blueberry!! Leave it to her to want something I could't go and buy!!

Jonathon wasn't there for the carving, he was working with Daddy, but he has now been a cowboy for 4 straight days, and I think he may be on tomorrow for church!!! He has truly embraced his character!!

Noah was a combination of Harry Houdini, and James Bond. He called himself Double O'dinni!! He actually did his entire pumkin alone!

Sorry for the wierd layout here, but I don't really know what I'm doing yet!!! Bear with me.

Well, after carving, we headed out to meet some friends. We met up with a great group of kids, and parents, and saw a lot of kids from school and soccer. The houses were fun, and only had a couple of houses to scary for Elizabeth. By the end of the road, we were losing the cowboy and blueberry, so then we headed back home for a late supper.

Of course I had 5 kids doing the candy exchange in the back of the car, and the excitement rose quickly as they shoved all the could in their mouths!! My friend and I got them all inside where they continued to stuff their faces with candy!! An hour or so later, and I finally had dinner ready, and all of the kids actually ate!! The parents ate later, but I think we were more tired than the kids!!! We all had a great time though, fellowship is always fun!! Today, we just enjoyed being together, and enjoyed the rain from out cozy house, that we have grown to love. But I will post those pictures another day!! Happy Reformation Day!!