Football!!

I have never had so much fun watching flag football! Benjamin has been playing for a YMCA team for the past few months. He is fast, aggressive, and focused. He really is the athlete of the family. This is a little video of Ben making a touchdown. I wish it was easier to see. Ben is the one who runs all the way down the field! One game he scored four times for his team. The season just ended last Saturday. I'm really going to miss the games.

Leaves, Leaves, and More Leaves

 We finshed the day with 14 bags of leaves.

Today...it looks like we never bagged any.

Oh how I wish we could chop down some of our trees.

This is "Mr. Slouchy"

He just wouldn't sit up straight no matter what we did.

Happy Fall!

Our YW at the Fall Festival!

 Jess, Trey, Barrett and Lizzy contemplating the future...

Hmmm...what should I wear tomorrow?

Hmmm...do I really want to go line dancing tonight?

(They did line dance and had a blast)

 The West Hills YM and YW (at least those 14 and up)

Ben's Baptism

My baby was baptized on October 10th. I'm so proud of him for being such a good young man. We had so many great conversations leading up to his baptism. One night I was tucking him in and he said his prayer. I said, "Ben, why do you pray to someone who you can't even see?" He said, "Mom, you just gotta have faith!"

Brown Eyed Girl

This brown eyed girl would like someone to visit her blog and make a comment. Please...

It's Here!

That crisp bite in the air has arrived!

It was 48 degrees when I took kids to school this morning.

 I was really hoping for a more gradual change from

 Summer to Fall.

 But I love it! This is my favorite time of the year.

 I love the pumpkins, red leaves, bales of straw, scarecrows, and yellow chrysanthamums!

It's time for some hot soup!

Saturday Scrubbing!

It took our family 2 Saturdays to scrub

the siding on our house!

Welcome to the South.

Yes, it's gross...but everyone gets mold on their siding.

I thought we would just rent a power sprayer.

But no, no, no. Not us. We have to do things the harder way.

We made up a solution of clorox, comet, and powder laundry detergent. We bought brush scrubbers with long rods and an extention ladder.

So with our latex gloves
on our hands, and protective eyewear on our faces, we got to work. The kids scrubbed the lower section, I took the middle, and the brave Mr. Stoner climbed high on that ladder and scrubbed to the roof. Here he is...working hard. We are so glad we did it. It was a lot of work. Our house looks SO much better!