September & October

A few recent pictures from the last month or so:

After Noah & Caleb's race (Noah ran 1 km and Caleb ran 1/2 km)

A tour of our local airport with my MOPS group

Playing in the leaves with Grandpa over fall break

Arrrr!

At the pumpkin patch for a field trip with Caleb's preschool class

Camping

Here are some pictures from our recent family camping trip to Alum Creek State Park:

Sitting around the campfire with Uncle Andrew

Micah's boo-boo over his eye was due to a little too much fun in the camper at bedtime the night before!

Swinging in the hammock

Taking a walk though the poison ivy... I mean the woods.

Nice ride!

Micah and Katy C. (I would call her "little Katy" but you know what that would make me!)

Fishing with Uncle Gary - Caleb caught 2 fish

Noah caught one fish.  Micah did not fall in the lake.  Success all around!

Vacation!

We had a fun vacation in Emerald Isle, NC last week.  Here are some photo highlights!

We were greeted by a rainbow shortly after we arrived.

Caleb had fun in the sun!

Micah didn't like the beach at first.

Noah and Emmalyn (and Katy) dug a hole in the sand.

The kids got into two new games for the iPad: "Stack the Countries" and "Presidents vs Aliens"

We had one rainy day, so we went bowling.

Even Micah got to have his turn!

This was an impromptu picture that turned out to be one of my favorites!

Being silly!

Noah spent hours in the waves.  He didn't mind an occasional wipeout.

Micah finally got comfortable on the beach.

The kids had fun flying a kite with Pap.

So cute!

We spent most afternoons in the pool.

Noah and Caleb rode bikes and pretended they were on a race track.  At one point, Noah fell and scraped his knee.  While we were inside getting a bandage, he kept crying - not because of his injury, but because Caleb was getting ahead of him!

We had a lot of fun and really enjoyed spending time with our family!

I'm back!

What, you were tired of looking at our Christmas pictures!? 

I have a lot of catching up to do, so I'll try to be brief!

January - Western Caribbean cruise for our 10th anniversary!

Micah's first swimming lessons - he loved them, of course!

Caleb's first swimming lessons with no crying!

Swimming is one of Noah's favorite sports.

The 100th day of Kindergarten

February birthday celebration

Caleb's 4th birthday (and Angry Birds cake) 

One of the boys' obsessions: Angry Birds

Another obsession: States (Noah drew and labeled all the states in the order that they became states.)

Caleb's Spring Show at preschool - He did a great job singing and dancing!  He was very enthusiastic!

March - Warm weather inspired us to walk home from school.

We've been spending a lot of time outside the past few weeks!

"Ooot-BALL!" (aka football)

 

Micah's primary joy in life is playing "Stack the States" on the iPad.

Our house is in contract!  We're moving to Columbus, Indiana on April 25th!

Christmas

We were lucky enough to have three Christmas celebrations this year!  Here are some pictures.

Christmas at home...

Christmas with the Duttons...

Micah and cousin Jameson

Caleb with Pap and cousin Nathanael

Noah with cousin Samuel

Christmas with the Wiants...

Happy New Year!!!