Fall in Review

I'm not going to even acknowledge how I have once again failed to keep up with my best "blogging" intentions. How, yet again, I have failed to deliver on a promise to myself to not fall behind and to post more regularly. And I'm surely not going to waste time admitting that I have failed miserably in my self-proclaimed attempt to do a blog "catch-up". A wise person once said, "Actions speak louder than words." Another useful saying is that "A picture speaks a thousand words." So I will let the following pictures serve as several thousand words and "tell" of our family's happenings over this last fall season. Oh, and yes, I did mention some "changes" that have taken place. I'll get to that. . . eventually. :)

On September 17, we celebrated the second anniversary of Kensington becoming part of our family. The most joyous celebration of all!


We love you, beautiful Kensie!

Ready for her "princess" celebration

Celebrating family

Next on our fall happenings were the many celebrations of Sloan's birthday. There were almost as many as his number of years. The first one was a day trip to Great America with mom and dad and then. . .

Celebration number 2 at teppanyaki


On to celebration number 3 with Sloan's football team

"Happy Birthday" sung football-style


Can't forget about celebration number 3 with Sloan's class

And last but not least, the b-day costume party at Pump It Up



What fall season would be complete without a trip to the pumpkin patch?!




Kensie with the goldfish that Sloan won.

Kensie's first preschool celebration: Harvest Party and Costume Parade

Our "Halloween" ballerina


The "Little Lambs" getting ready to parade

Trick or Treat Time


Kensie definitely has a mind of her own. I was thinking adorable princess or pretty panda but Kensie wouldn't have anything to do with it. She wanted to be "Doo Doo", Scooby Doo!

Kensie with her best friend, Siena

Our gang of trick or treaters

One of my "bestest" friends, Jen visited with her husband Dan for Halloween and gave our pooped "Doo Doo" a lift.

Sloan with "the goods"

So far we have had a fabulous fall. We hope and pray yours has been as well. :)