Circleville Pumpkin Show '24

We decided to let each kid take a friend along with us to the Circleville Pumpkin Show.  Cadence brought Grace and Colin brought Darren.  We hadn't been in a while, so it was great to be back! (Not pictured -- all of the awesome pumpkin food we ate.)

The kids played some of the carnival games...

...and the boys got ride wrist bands and rode ALL the rides!

Darren rode this by himself the firs time; then Colin got the courage to ride it as well.  I was so proud of him!

Until next year, Circleville!

October 2024

 October was filled with a softball tournament, pretty skies, fishing, and fun with Oden!

The kids look great in their '24-'25 yearbook photos!

I don't think we got as many flowers on our hydrangea this past summer, but they were still very pretty!

This guy can get comfy anywhere...

To the naked eye, you could barely see the northern lights that were visible in Ohio, but through the camera on your phone?  Wow!

Big Walnut hosted a fall softball tournament -- participating teams dressed up!  Our girls were Harley Quinn.  They looked great!

Some pics to Danny while he was away for work!

We call it the "forcefield" -- Oden does really well staying away from the dinner table at mealtime!  Usually he sits on the couch and stares at us 😂

I found one of Scarlet's old sweaters and sent a pic of it to Danny.  It started to get chilly and I knew Oden would be cold!

We spotted the eagles on one of our walks!

Following in his big sister's footsteps, Colin joined Builder's Club at school.  He usually helps with the recycling at the school 😀

Mom and Dad got a fishing boat and took Colin out on Hoover for an afternoon of fishing! The kids were off from school for a conference comp. day.

Oden loves the blanket that I got from Mike for MY birthday!

HOCO'24

Our sweet, little freshman went to homecoming 2024 with her best friends!  She had a great time.  I think the process of finding the dress, picking out the accessories, and having her hair done was just as fun as the dance.   I posted on the Sunbury moms Facebook group that we were interested in hand-me-down dresses.  I found a purple one and a teal one for her.  The moms of the girls who wore them even let Cadence try them on before we bought one.  She ended up picking the teal one and it was sooo pretty!  Momma helped us make it more comfortable for her.  We found her shoes and purse on Amazon and she wore jewelry that she already owned.  We bought glue-on nails at the grocery store and they did the trick!  I had our family friend, Ashlee, do her hair for her.  She did a great job!

Macie and Lily got ready with Cadence at our house, then I brought the girls to Founder's Park at Polaris to take pictures with friends.

Soooo pretty!

Macie's mom took them to Raising Cane's for dinner

 

And they had time to kill before the dance so they did some shopping at Target!  I mean, what girl doesn't like strolling through the aisles at Target?!

After the dance, they had a sleepover at Lily's house.  So happy Cadence has a great group of friends!