Is it Halloween again already?

 

We took the kids to Beef O'Brady's last night for dinner and they do face painting and free kids meals, so the kids got to get their faces painted. Donovan had his washed off before I could get a picture, but here is our girly girl Natalie all painted like a vampire, guess we shouldn't have let them watch Twilight, she now wants to be a vampire, silly girl.

Rain, Rain and more Rain

 

Last week we got an absolutely drenching rain storm. This is what I came home to, this is our driveway that afternoon after the rain had stopped for a couple hours. We were very lucky, by the next day, the water had pretty much all gone and we didn't have any major flooding, but I can't say the same for others here in town, some folks are still having trouble from too much water.

Getting an early start

 

Is it just me, or are these kids learning computers so much earlier these days. I snapped this one of Natalie at the public library the other day as she was playing on the computer, and let me just say that she set it up and started playing all by herself while I was looking for some books. It just amazes me how quickly they learn how to do things now.

A/B Honor Roll

 

 

 

Now that's an A/B Honor Roll kid right there. We are so proud of Donovan for making A/B Honor roll last 9 weeks. He really worked hard to bring his grades up from the previous report card. Way to Go Donovan!

More Family Portraits

 

I am pretty sure that Pam may kill me for this, but she, Carra, Desirea and Ethan came over the other weekend and let me test out my lighting equipment. So of course I had to share.

Riley - The soccer player

 

The kids and I went to Riley's first soccer game a couple weeks ago. But Aunt Vickie has been an awful poster, so I am just now getting these up. She made a spectacular goal in the first half of the game. She is really a good little soccer player, she is always ready to run for the ball and doesn't seem to be afraid of taking it away either. Way to go Riley!

New Equipment

 

I got some new lighting equipment for my photography business and decided to test it out last night with the kids. It is a portable studio and I am hoping that it will get quite a bit of use over the coming months. Here are a few of the test shots we got last night goofing around.