Since August...

...we've had a lot going on!

LB turned 9 on September 3rd! Her theme was the movie "Ramona and Beezus", complete with a perfectly appropriate birthday cake! I can't believe that my second born is 9! We are so blessed with LB's life, and anticipate watching God use her in a mighty way!

We made our 3rd trip to Gatlinburg with our best friends, the Murphys. We had an amazing house with a dining table big enough to hold all 12 of us for dinner! The kids ages are 10, 10, 9, 9, 7, 7, 5, and 2.5! The last trp we took, three years ago, the youngest 2 weren't with us yet...it was great to have JuJu and EG along for the ride this time!

 LB had her first gymnastics meet in September as well. It was small...just inner squad, but she did well for her first time in the spotlight. We had fun watching her do her thing.

October found us purchasing an annual pass to the zoo, and visiting it 3 times already!

 We've started doing Disney movie theme dinner nights. We do them every other Friday night, and it keeps us in the Disney mood...which may or may not be a bad thing, considering how badly we want to go back to the "World"! Our first movie was "Tangled", followed by "Finding Nemo", then "Toy Story 3". All food is movie themed and so much fun!

Since Halloween fell on a Wednesday this year, we were a part of trunk or treat at AWANA. JK was a girl from the 80's, LB was the Chiquita banana lady, AA was a girl from the 70's, and EG was Fancy Nancy. They had a great night at church, and brought home entirely too much candy!

That brings us to now...Thanksgiving weekend. LB had a big meet two weekends ago, and did a great job! She improved in every event! We are so proud of her and the hard work that she puts in at the gym every week.  AA was sick this week from Tuesday through Thursday, so we had a low key time at home...just the 6 of us.  She's better and back to her old self, and we are so thankful!

Family photos were 2 weekends ago, taken by yours truly! No posting of those pics yet! You'll just have to wait!

We made our way to the children's museum this month, and are enjoying our annual passes there as well!