Goodness, blog posts are getting scarce aren't they? My fault. I planned on posting a while back but as you can tell I never got to it. Anyway......

We had a birthday party for our close friend Tatiana Beaver (she's now 13) Her family and 2 others came for stew and cake. So much fun!!! Happy really,really late birthday Tatiana!!

Oggie, Dash, and Erna had a piano recital. I wasn't there but I know for a fact that it sounded REALLY good. Dash and Erna just started, but Oggie has been playing for 3 years. They all are great musicians!

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We also carved pumpkins!!! It is a tradition at our house. We started a new tradition too! Roasting the pumpkin seeds! They are SO good! And apparently they are healthy for you too. :)
About a week after that we went trick or treating for halloween. The weather was perfect and the candy was great, as usual.

my face looks weird because the texture of the pumpkin guts is not appealing.

Sadly, there is no pumpkin pictures because 2 of them got smashed/stolen. bummer.

I was a square dancer

Oggie was Robin

Dash was Batman

Erna was fairy princess butterfly

Bear was a football player. GO HUSKERS!!

Sweet little Squeakers was a bunny!

and last but not least (as she always will be) Squeakers is four months now!! She is getting chubbier by the second.

                 Bugg

Where do I start?

The last few weeks of our lives have been so hectic, but fun, it's hard to know where to start.
I can think of a good start, Our dear little Kbugg turned 11! She had such a good birthday and her school year is getting off to a good start, because she recently auditioned and was accepted for Philharmonia of the Sioux City Youth Symphony! She was very excited!!
We did our first family camping trip with the camper in Adel, Ia over Labor Day. This was a TOTAL blast! We spent three days and 3 nights in the camper! We visited Living History Farms and got to slop the hogs!! The kids loved it, met lots of new friends and were so sad when we had to put camper down and pull away! We are going to try to get one more camping trip in during fall, (Sure hope the heater works!)
Just returned from Twin Lakes Christian Center from our Church's Annual fall retreat. This was 2 nights and we had great teaching from Pastor Tom Steller, but awesome worship and tons of fun on waterslide into the lake, archery, paintball war, rock-wall climbing, and amazing food!
Isaac and Levi have been asked to be OFFICIAL WATER BOYS for the 2009 USHL Fall Classic
So, I guess we are going to be catching some Hockey!!
We are about half-way through Isaac's football season, so fun to watch 7 & 8 year olds play this game!!
I'm posting some pictures below, hopefully these shots will be worth thousands of words :)