Here she is! My dear friend Kara's little precious girl. Joelle Caroline was born Nov. 11 and weighs 6 lbs. 2 oz. We are soooooo excited for this new family. This little angel was prayed for and loved from the very beginning! Welcome Joelle!

Upside down stunt flying.....

Jet fighters (I think I captured the sonic boom it made here)...

Pretending to fly helicopters....

Enjoying a couple of rides one afternoon before having dinner on the boardwalk at Kema.

Ok, time for a day with Dad at the deer lease. Camo shirts, check. Camo pants, check. Camo hat, check. Mud boots, check.

All set to go! Before.....

And after! So much for the mud boots keeping them from getting covered in mud.

I'd say he liked getting dirty, wouldn't you?

We took our annual trip to the Christmas Tree Farm/Pumpkin Patch, and the kids had a blast as usual. So much to do, so little time!

Daddy and Braeden on the train ride.

Mommy and Austin getting ready to start the train ride.

Frankenstein and the boys.

Getting ready to leave the house decked out in our pirate costumes. Aarrrggg! Trick-or-treat mateys. Give us all your candy!

Braeden's first chance to go trick-or-treating (poor kid was sick last year, and too small the first year), and he seems determined to see what the fuss is all about. He loved all of the other kids in their costumes, being out after dark, and eating candy; but he wasn't so thrilled about having to talk to the people who answered the door.

Austin was an expert trick-or-treater this year, and even learned a rhyme Mommy told him never to say at the door. It goes like this: Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat. If you don't, I don't care, I'll pull down your underwear. Oh, this made Mommy and Daddy so proud, yeah right! He is our big boy that is growing up way too fast. Slow down baby!

Austin and Owen (Luke Skywalker).

Braeden posing with Ms. Laura (who we were lucky enough to have for Austin's teacher last year too), while they waited for the big pre-schoolers to go on their Halloween costume parade.

There's Austin on parade with his class. Our buddy Rylee is the butterfly in front of him. They got to trick-or-treat through the church offices, and Austin was the only kid in the class to start eating his candy immediately. :)

Here's Austin's whole class. Getting 13 kids to pose for a picture when their buckets are full of candy is pretty difficult, but I think they did great. In front of Austin is Chloe (he thinks she's pretty great, and during the Halloween party he was very determined to make sure that she got a purple spider ring...because purple is her favorite color). She's a doll, and I would say that every kid in that class is amazing. We love them all!

We went to the neighborhood Fall Festival this year and it was really fun. We got to play games like ball toss and bean bag toss to win prizes. We got to ride a choo choo.

Of course the bounce house is always a big hit!

Braeden had his first visit to the dentist, and he did great. We went the day before with Austin, so he got to see just how his visit would go. He made us so proud, and wore the sunglasses like a big boy. He is getting so big. His teeth looked perfect (something I worried about since he fell and hit them in the bathtub when he was younger , and he sucks his thumb). The dentist said not to worry about the thumb sucking too much this year, since it is hard to break at this young age. He mostly only sucks it when he is tired or anxious.