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As I was teaching school this morning, Brianna yells up from downstairs,

"Mom, come here! Mom, come here! Keaton did something! The T.V. is fuzzing!!"

Keaton must have pushed a button on the remote to turn it fuzzy. :)

Hunting trip

Aaron has taken both Alex and Taylor on seperate hunting trips this year. They went somewhere close to home, which was nice. This picture is right before Alex and Daddy left for their afternoon adventure. Alex wasn't sure about the glowing orange hat (with all of her high fashion sense she's got now.)

Alex spotted a deer late into the afternoon! Aaron turned and got ready to aim with his bow and arrow. He ended up taking the shot and hit the deer! It was really exciting for both of them. It was too dark, however, to go track the deer that night (since they had forgotten to bring a flashlight), so they had to come home empty-handed that night. Alex told the whole story when she got home and they decided that they would go back out the next morning to try to spot the deer.

They got up bright and early and went with Darin to go track down the deer. They found it!!! Alex got to experience a hunt from start to finish. She really enjoyed having that time with Daddy. And now we have some meat in the freezer!!

Daddy's Birthday!

It was Aaron's birthday a few weeks back. Just getting the pics on here now... :) We went to BWW for dinner (where Aaron could get his favorite wings!) and then came home for birthday cake. We had to get a little creative with the candles to make his age since we couldn't find a "3". :) No, he's not 1,115. What do you think??
We had pizza for lunch.

Happy Birthday, honey! I hope you felt God's grace and blessings on you!

We love you!

Fall leaves

Yeah, so I know this is past due... But so cute! The kids really enjoyed the fall leaves falling this year. Daddy let them mess them up a couple times before he took care of them. :)

Whatcha been learnin', Keats?

I'm learnin' how to sweep with Mom. Sometimes, I even do it on my own!

I've learned how to climb up on the table and get my mommy to laugh just long enough to take my picture!

I love to "read"!

Reading the mail with Daddy....

You should see Keats face when we ask him if he wants to feed the dog. He starts "jumping" up and down as he starts to squeal with excitement and runs to the door! He goes and scoops the food (with a little help) from in the garage and then brings it through the house to the deck outside where Scout eats.

Scout waits with much anticipation!!
What a big helper!

Good job, Keats!
You're getting to be such a big boy, Keaton! We love you.

What's been happenin? Part one.

Nan was practicing taking pics. Pretty good, huh?

"I think Halloween is my favorite holiday. Candy!!!" Can you see the leftovers?

Somehow, I missed getting pics of Alex and Taylor in their costumes, but they were all fairies, just like this pic of Brianna. It was even warm enough to not have to wear coats!

Keats was a lion. :)

Cleaning out the stuff in the pumpkins. Even Keats was helping! They did such a good job working together. And didn't get too messy, either! :)

Our "orange" lunch for Halloween. :) I even let them have orange pop with caffeine!!!

Field trip at home. Keaton learning what the garbage truck does. He was amazed!

K, so I know it's past this time now, but it is too pretty not to share. This is my favorite tree in our backyard in the fall. It turns the prettiest pink/red you've ever seen!

It brings me to think of the awesomeness of God.

Keats was learning how feed himself with a spoon here. I think he was getting ice cream!

Yeah! High fives!

So, we've been keeping busy... We are a blessed family!

Our country

My heart is extraordinarily heavy and burdened today for our country. I cannot help but be in a constant state of prayer to our God. I have prayed and pleaded with God: God, PLEASE save our nation! We have forgotten you. We have told you to leave. We have not trusted in you. We have lived for idols rather than you. We have not loved you. We do not deserve you. We do not deserve you to save our nation! I am so sorry. Please change us! But God, I again ask. PLEASE save our nation! I thank You that You still love us through Jesus. I thank You that You still have given us the Gospel! I thank You that You are still wanting what is for our best. I thank You that Your Will will still be accomplished!!!

Amen!