Emily's New Bike...

Emily got a big girl bike all fixed up for her birthday.  She loves to do what the big kids do.

Preschool Field Trip

On one of the most beautiful days of Fall back in October we loaded up and went to Camel's Back Park in Boise with Emily's preschool group.  My big kids were out of school that day and we even had a couple of extra kids with us.  We hiked straight up that big hill and took trails all around top of the hill.  We had a picnic lunch when we were done.  The kids had a great time.

Katie's Fall Choir Concert

Katie loves singing in choir.  Their fall concert they did some fun music that and I got to accompany them on the piano too.  Emily loved going to school each day when I would go and practice with the choir.  She would get to see her sister and buddy Carson would meet us after choir and parade his sister around the lunch room, showing her off to all of his friends.

I love to see the kids singing in choir and enjoying themselves.

Halloween 2011....

Emily was a Lady Bug this year.  She was thrilled to go around the Ward trunk-or-treat party to collect her treats.  Everytime she would see one of the other costumed children she would just giggle.  It was fun!

Happy Birthday Katie!!!

Katie turned 13 on November 24th, Thanksgiving day.  She is finally a teenager! We were in Washington for Thanksgiving so she got to have her party at her Murphy grandparents' home.

Katie is a fun girl with a great sense of humor and drama!

We were at the Point Defiance zoo in Tacoma and Katie decided to strike a pose on the stage where a sign is posted "Employees Only"  Apparently at 13 we can no longer read....

Cozy Feet...

Warming up their feet after the day in the rain. They all layed down in front of the fireplace when we were at Grandma and Grandpa's house in Washington.

Snoqualmie Falls....

It rained and rained and rained during our visit to Washington in November.  Since there was so much rain Grandpa thought the Snoqualmie Falls would be fun to visit.  The falls were amazing!  We got completely drenched walking from the car across the street to the viewing area for the falls.
The white mist around the falls is actually mist from the amazing amounts of water pouring over and crashing at the bottom of the falls.

Carson the Wrestler....

Carson finally has a place to wrestle where I won't send him to his room for doing it!

Carson lost his first wrestling match. He wrestled against a kid who won a state championship last year.

Logan sings...

Last night Logan performed in his first high school choir concert. He looked mighty handsome in his Tux too! He seemed to walk a little taller being in his Tux! They sang 3 songs and did very well. It is fun to see my kids really enjoying themselves and Logan looked like he was having great fun!

Apples....

We went last Saturday afternoon to pick apples with Grandma Lockhart. Of course no outing would be complete without Steve taking over 250 photos of the event! I must say he did get some cute shots of the kids! I am grateful for the enormous photo collection I have of my children. Sometimes the photos and memories are all we have left... I miss my Jonny!

These are a few of my favorite shots from our apple picking adventure.
The slideshow below shares more of the kids having fun.