I went to pick B up from preschool the other day

and all I could find was this little guy playing his drum.
So I brought him home.

How.

Yeaha Cheaha

JJ is out of town, and the kids and I decided to go camping. We went to a local state park and had a blast. We got there early and set up camp. What did the kids immediately do? A went for her coat (a little overkill in the mildly cool weather) and B hit up the marshmallow bag.




We watched the sunset and had foil dinners.




After dinner we had the much anticipated smores which were a hit, although B did decide he prefers his marshmallows "not toasted."


We went to bed, and the kids fell asleep early in spite of the group of 10-14 year old kids next to us. A woke us all up before sunrise (thanks!).






Georgia had a great time running around.




We then played frisbee, had breakfast, and went to the highest point in the state (check).




We capped off the trip with a hike to some waterfalls, and the kids were great hikers.




I think the secret to their great hiking lies in the proper selection of a hiking stick--gotta have one of those to go ANYWHERE!




We had a great time and would love for anyone to sign up to come on our next campout, which the kids are convinced needs to be tomorrow.

Hey Everyone!!!

Guess what? I had one of my "special" doctor visit slash weigh ins today and I am now.........

19 lbs. 2 oz.
Almost 2 lbs. more than a month ago
And my iron levels are on their way up!!!
And---(wait a minute while I have a little acorn snack)

---I can walk!!!
I prefer to crawl slash tripod scoot, but I can walk if I so desire.

My silly mom has been raking up a storm.
But I don't know why because this is what our trees still look like:

Here's some of the leaves.

She finished about a sixth of the yard the other day.
See:

But now it looks like she never did anything at all!!
We love our big yard and our big old trees! Fall is the best because there are lots (and lots and lots and lots) of leaves and acorns and other treasures to eat.


Please excuse the posting by Cate, I know it's lame, but I couldn't keep her away!

Not only is it Halloween.....

...but it's also Talledega weekend! Last week (while Lewis was TRYING to study for his step 2 board exam) we had a "2 trip to Lowe's" toilet problem. Luckily for us they had Jimmie Johnson's car there and it was pretty sweet! It was sort of a "you know you live in Alabama when" moment. (we have lots of those)


We had a great time at Trunk or Treat. Our primary really goes all out and it was lots of fun to play at the carnival and to go car to car getting candy. The kids were all animals (A-kangaroo, B-alligator, C-giraffe) and I was the "Jones Family Zoo Vet". Lewis was a party pooper ("I dressed up last year") but someone thought he was a skater. It was so funny.

(thanks Gma Dee for the costumes!)
(but what giraffe costume has no neck?!!?!)

Now if it will just stop raining for once so we can get some loot tonight!

6 years

Last night was our church trunk or treat. I let some friends borrow our Flintstones costumes from 6 years ago. How has it been 6 years?
us:
them:

(don't they look great?)

(thanks Sumer for the pictures!)

Let the raking begin...