School pictures are here!

I really tried to narrow it down to only 2 pictures per child but I just couldn't pick.  Nancy Morrison of Pretty Pix by Nancy has again produced beautiful work.  She provides her services every year to the homeschool community.  This is now our third year having our pictures done with her.  You can see her awesome work here.

 

Happy Anniversary!

Today, Dave and I will celebrate 12 years of marriage.  Dave proposed in the basement of his newly purchased townhouse in Gainesville with the song "Reminiscing" by Little River Band playing in the background ... hints the name of the blog.  We had a beautiful perfect wedding ceremony and a blast at our reception.  We even had more fun on our honeymoon ... wait a minute... we didn't go on one.  Oh yeah, that's right, you spent the next weekend in Cape Hatteras with your friends.   You still owe me a honeymoon!

Dave, you are a wonderful, awesome, and amazing husband.  You will never know how important you are to me and how much I love you.  Happy Anniversary!

This is our engagement picture. Doesn't he look good in a suit?

Take a good look. You'll never see him in one again.

What's your favorite candy? Or least favorite?

Our Friday before Halloween started off with attending Rachel's Essentials writing class in Winchester.  During recess, Joseph, while running to catch a football, was tackled into a wooden fence.  His forehead lost to the fence.  After recovering, he quickly went back to playing with a bunch of 9-12 year old boys, this should have been a red flag.  I then went inside the church and the next thing I know a mother is bringing my crying, bloody, swollen nosed Joseph to me.  Well ... this time he was running with the football and head-butted the back of another kids head.  Ouch!  Again, Joseph's nose lost, big time.  As all of you know he immediately has a headache and wants to throw-up.  This would worry most people but it is normal for him.  After much debate I determined it probably was not broken and he then spent the afternoon on the sofa in Rachel's class, learning about verb transitive, direct object, and subject pronouns.  Joseph comment, "This is boring!"

Then .... on the way home I notice something is not right with my car.  I look down and the light indicating low tire pressure is on.  I think, oh great, as we are supposed to leave for PA as soon as we get home.  I stop to put air in the tire and notice a drywall screw in the tread, lovely.  I can actually hear the air coming out.  To make a long story short our wonderful neighbor so graciously took the tire off and took in up "to the good ol' boys" in Boyce to have it plugged.  We are now on our way to PA to trick or treat and spend the weekend with cousins.  YEAH!  Everyone has stopped crying!

Halloween night: mummies and spiderwebs

Everyone dressed up.   

White Witch from Narnia

Storm Trooper

Aslan

Elise

A survey of favorite candies:

Dave: Kit Kat  Carrie: Twix   Rachel:  Gummy LifeSavers and Sour Patch Kids  Joseph: Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and Dark Chocolate Nicole: Reese Cup and Skittles  Elise: anything with sugar.  We all agreed that the most disgusting candies are Dots and Chocolate Skittles and in my personal opinion, anything with coconut.  It's wrong!

This is what Dave was up to while we were away for the weekend.

We arrived home Sunday afternoon to a very sick Charlotte.  She could not get up. To watch her try it seemed as though she has back hip and arthritis problems.  This is not supposed to happen in a three month old puppy.  Monday afternoon we took her to the vet and currently are treating her for a bladder infection, which she's already had once before, and possible lyme disease.  If she is not dramatically better in 48 hours they will start to consider early hip dysplasia.