Last few weeks in pictures

Last week we had Papo's 80th birthday celebration with the McCormack side of the family!  It was a great afternoon celebrating Papo and Phyllis with 33 members of our family, before they left for Florida for the winter.  We always miss them while they are south and look forward to their return in the spring.  My parent's realized that their house can't hold many more people and if the other "half" of our family would have been able to attend we would have had to rent somewhere bigger!  It was a great afternoon for Papo having all five kids there for the day.  We are blessed with a large family with lots of grandkids and great-grandkids.  Congrats to Ashley and Josh as they are expecting the newest great-grandkid!!! 

I set up Morganne and Kaelynn's tent for them last week as something "new" to do inside.  They piled pillows and blankets in there and Ripken thought it looked like a great place to take a nap.  He is such a goof.

Kaelynn has developed a love for hats recently.  She will find one and wear it through the house.  It's not uncommon to find her wearing one of her fishing hats when we go in to get her out of her crib in the morning.  She has two of them on her dresser that she can reach.  It's so funny and too cute.  Sometimes she will even sport the layered look, wearing two at once! :cP

In the last month Morganne has really begun to be able to write her name quite well.  It's definitely legible and she is very proud (as are we) when she does it well.  It's so fun to watch her grow and learn. 

Lastly, since I failed to post any Halloween pics, here are some from the evening.  We had Lions, Tigers, and Bears, oh my!  It was a wild night!

Seeing Grandad at Papo and Phyllis'.  I love this pic!

Meeting up with some super-hero best buds, Curtis and Lucas!

Seeing Cousin Maci at Papo and Phyllis'.  Kaelynn was not liking Halloween much at this moment. :c) 

Making a stop to see one of their favorite people, their daycare lady, Miss Amanda.  The girls love her!

Kind of a funny picture, but I realized when we got home that though Nana had been with us all night I failed to get a pic with her and the girls!!!  oops!

Sorry, I haven't posted in while.  I will try to be better for the next couple weeks.  God bless!

Annual Pumpkin carving

Dylan and Kyla dug right in. 

The crazy sword fight that ensued.

A very funny moment that I happen to catch- Justin taking Woody as hostage.  It worked but only for a second!

The finished product.  I must say, this year I tried spraying bleach on the pumpkins to preserve them and it has worked fabulously!  They still have no mold on them 1 week later!

Just for fun and comparison, the difference that a year makes.  Our Halloween pumpkin carving of 2010.

As you can tell, I've renamed our blog.  I've discovered over the years that my ways of thinking have changed on many subjects.  That, paired with Justin and my desire to help lead others in a change of their thinking about Jesus and faith, I thought the name was fitting.  Who knows, it may change again soon. 

God bless everyone!