Our first trick or treators of the year!

Loving dragons!

This little princess is truly a 'Star'. She LOVES her treats!

Maybe I'm partial, but I think these are awfully cute dragons!

The princess, princess mother, two dragons, and the dragon tamer!!!
I don't know how Annie made the costumes while working at the Dentist office, having her house torn up--getting new flooring nearly throughout--refinishing cabinets, filling orders for baby bows, etc., drying/canning apples/applesauce....!!! One amazing woman!

We won!

Dad took our renters that left the Clearfield house with 11 months still on their 2 year lease to small claims court. He won all of his points. He was going to be happy if he won $3000........but he won $4500. Well, of course, collecting it will be probably impossible........but hurray anyway!

Here are a few more pictures.

Andrew at home in the kitchen!

Joshua and his 'cheese' smile!

Elisabeth enjoying the bouncy out under the tree.

Joshua on a date with Grandma at the park. It is EASY to take a child to the park. It is NOT so easy to get them to go home again! :)

Once we saw Elisabeth scooting out the door with a book in her hand. Obviously we hadn't been watching her very closely, because the pool was floating with books and toys!

It's fun to have a new baby in the house. Elisabeth, in particular, loves being a little mother.

Merilee Reading Boy Soup to the kids!

Elisabeth heading out to the Dr's office

A car seat is so cumbersome for a newborn! Elijah did a good job on the way to the Dr.

Best friend cousins!

Just a few pictures, because I'm tired. More later, I promise!

Beautiful Merilee playing Litebrite with Smiley Ezra.

Sweet, quiet, gentle and darling Elijah

This is to show you how long Elijah's arms are!

Sweet and quiet and serious Elisabeth

Joshua, great helper, happy and sweet

I caught Sara with her eyes closed, but this is a cute picture, anyway!

Darling Ezra riding in the wagon full of leaves!

I brought the spinney picture maker. Here is Jarom (very handsome, and extremely kind boy who is helpful, creative and interested in just about everything) having a great time! (You can see the messy kitchen in the background......cooking, eating, painting, cleaning and creating at the same time makes a mess!)

Sara's new look!

James and Allies Christmas gift finally made it to her, and is in her entry!

Over the fireplace, pictures and 'knick-knacks'

Still missing a few pictures, but the frames are up......her family picture wall. Notice NOTHING on top of the speakers!

Contrast of colors between kitchen and dining room

Dining Room: Eventually a solid surface floor in the dining room and blinds/or other window treatments.....but until then, this looks so PRETTY!

Kitchen to the left

Kitchen to the right....minus window coverings. We couldn't find fabric or blinds or whatever......So the window is still a 'work in progress'.
Neither Meri or I LOVE painting, but we did a pretty good job! It looks BEAUTIFUL!
We didn't get the baseboards painted white.....but we also had 5 children and 500000 mealtimes, so it is impressive how much we did get done!!!

Humanitarian Doll

Well, I have ONE humanitarian doll done. They are the most labor intensive dolls I have ever made. I have 10 sewn together and 9 have their faces on. They will go to the Humanitarian Service Center when complete: except this one is for Elisabeth for Christmas. Shhhh...don't tell!

Beautiful Hike!

It's awfully pretty in 'them there hills'!!

Ducks on the pond sing a happy song.....

Just getting ready to start the hike. Isn't dad handsome?

The camera didn't do this justice either, but the LIGHTING was so beautiful on these trees, I had to try to capture it!

The trail was strewn with beautiful flowers!

Yellow and green hillside.......do you see Mickey Mouse rocks near the treeline?

Shadow and Sunshine

Silver Lake. If you blow this up, you can see ducks taking off in flight, that is why the water has a ripple pattern across it!

The contrast of dark green and yellow was so beautiful.

This was so pretty, the camera didn't do it justice. The yellow quaky leaves had fallen down on this gorgeous evergreen, made it look like it had yellow Christmas balls on it!

All that hiking and this is where you end up......at the 'twin lakes' that supply our drinking water. Doesn't look that appetizing, and was sooooo low, it's a good thing it's almost winter.