That's A Wrap!

Fall Activities come to an end . . .
We've had a busy start to school and today is the first day of slowing down.  Thought I'd share some pictures and re-cap the events.

 First Day of Middle School

 

First Day of Second Grade

 

 

 Cousins!  Olivia's Birthday Party.

 Friend Birthday Party

 

Performing with the Jaywalkers

 

 Football season begins . . .

 Connor going in for a sack

Pumpkin hunting .  . .

 

She found a 25 pound one!

 

 Water-themed Concert

 

 Olivia's first goal!

Her reaction to the goal

 

 

 

Then we took some fall pictures and here are the previews:

 

 He was cracking her up!

 

 

Connor was thrilled with the photo session (NOT!)

 Coach giving Connor the play

 Pushin' em' back!

 Go Defense!

 Side line time

Season Champs!  9-1

 Olivia's last game

 She became more aggressive by the end of the season

She had an awesome first season of soccer.  They ended up 7-1.

 Connor reading to Ansel

 Celebrating Ina's Baptism

 Grandma and Grandpa Roberts with the Grandkids

 Mock Trial Regionals 2014, awaiting the results

 The waiting is killing them!

 Finding out they are going on to state Playoffs!!!

 Utter Joy!

 So excited!

 

 Still amazed!

 

 At the state playoffs and waiting the results

 

Waiting for results of the  state playoffs: 

they lost by one point to a group of 8th grade girls.

 Suited up for competition

 

 Team Vytas with their High School coaches

 Team Vytas with all coaches

 

 

 Super man!

 

 Mr. Fireman

 

 Miss Cleopatra

 

 Trick or Treat!

 

 Rainbow Dash, Cleopatra, Fireman, Superman, and a Tween

 

Happy Halloween!

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 The girls loved dressing up in their Momma's shoes and their fancy clothes to give us a fashion show!  They were fancy indeed!

Little Beau having a picnic outside like the big kiddos.

 

 

 

Staying cool with water!

 

 

 

 

 Mom and Dad let us ride with them to K.C. and back, it was good quality time of chatting and catching up.

 

It was a Sunday afternoon and the kids were fighting and whining and all those annoying things.  I decided that it was time to get into the car and hit nature.  Seems like it calms all of our nerves.  We went to Saylorville Butterfly Garden and stopped at the National Guard tanks/plane.  It got us out of our funk!

 A new kind of playground!!

 

 

 This was a gem to find!  We thought it was a hummingbird, but it ended up having antennae.  We looked it up that evening and found that it was a striped sphinx moth.  Pretty cool to see!

 

 We also were greeted with this beauty.  She posed for us so nicely.

 We were inundated with tomatoes for a week and now we are experiencing a lull until the next crop hits!

 Evan and Connor enjoying some techy time.

 I think I lost 10 pounds following this little guy around.  He is perpetual motion!

 

 

 Swim lessons!  Olivia was in level 2 and Connor is level 4.

 

 

 Connor went to a Middle School transitioning program called "Movin' on up."  He had an opportunity to meet new kids and get acquainted with the school classrooms, etc.

 

 

 Finally, a purple carrot popped up to pull.  Olivia liked it, Connor not so much.

 

Finally, our last family outing for the summer before school begins.