Our Karate Kid

 Deacon with his instructor Mr. VonPoole

Deacon wanted to take a Karate class for his birthday.  We signed him up for 8 weeks of class and he had a blast!  His very last class happened to be a award program where he performed his amazing moves in front of a hundred or so spectators.  I'll never forget, "ONE SIR.... TWO SIR!"  It was pretty dang cute!

Fall Apples... YUM!

I picked a bunch of apples, made apple sauce, apple pie filling, apple crisp, apple butter, and of course I am trying to dry as many as I can before these fresh, organic, goodies are all gone.  The cousins helped and had a blast.  I should have them over again when I need a little help!

Pumpkin Patch

 On the tractor with Cousin Park and my kiddos!

Sometimes we do fun things... besides the usual fun things.  It was a cold day, but the kids didn't care because they had warm apple cider doughnuts to look forward to. 

Cutest little Bread Baker EVER!

Cousin's

This is Deacon's best friend in the whole world.  They are quite the pair... a little mischevious but all in all it is a good relationship.  Watch out world!

In Rememberance of 9-11

Union Picnic

The dues we pay to the union are sort of like having our own time share for a day of fun at a park.  They provide games, prizes, food, and fun for the kids and adults.  It would be silly to miss it, so we didn't and here are a few of the fun things that the kids got and I added to the Halloween/dress up box.  And Dustin won a $50.00 gift card to Fred Meyer.  Its hard for him to spend money on himself, but he managed okay after asking me about a hundred times what I wanted.  (what a thoughtful guy right!)