Levi

I know you didn't want to wait! This is Levi taking pictures of himself with the web cam. He starts baseball this month - Jake is going to be his coach!!

Vallisca

So these are my pictures from our trip to Vallisca. It was awesome and I do believe something is living in that house. It was a really interesting trip. I have some video of the crystal moving and changing directions - that was not on the original itinerary, but was one of the neatest things - I would like to recreate it and test it more, but I'm a little nervous I might find out something is in my house too!

I know you guys are wanting Levi and House pics, I'll try to do better. I'm going to go take pics of the yard - right now it's covered in purple catnip - it's pretty.

Wild Cat Den

We took a walk a few weekends ago at Wild Cat Den. It was beautiful, and some of our pictures turned out fabulous.

More, More, More

Around the house we've had some excitement.

My Cactus Bloomed

I bought this in Texas because of the flower, and am so excited it finally bloomed again! (twice actually and I just found new buds this morning!)




We Had the Most Interesting Visitor

I found this one night in our back yard. I'd never seen anything like it before so I was determined to figure out what it is. After searching for hours through all kinds of caterpillars, I decided it's not a caterpillar. I believe it is a sawfly larvae. I'm glad these pictures turned out fairly well, but you have to believe it was even cooler in real life.




Our Couch Finally Came

I suppose it was worth the wait, but err still probably won't buy from them again. We have a matching love seat too. The couch reclines and it's way more comfy than lawn chairs! (can you tell we live close to sonic? Happy Hour - gotta love it)

The Wait is OVER!!

I've got pictures and I'm willing to show them off!! Yippee! Enjoy!
First, pictures from visiting IG in August

Levi and Taylor Enjoyed the pool



We got to see Grandma and John rip up the old patio (now a new deck - can't wait to see it!)




And of course spent hours in the car!



On our second trip to IG, Levi and Taylor got to celebrate Halloween a little Early

John brought us a few pumpkins from his garden. They obviously weren't ripe yet, but they worked for Jack-o-lanterns. (Surprisingly, unripened pumpkins smell like cucumbers.) This was about 2 hours after we'd made them - obviously it's a good idea to wait until it's chilly to do this, they barely made it through the weekend.



Menard's Already had their Halloween Stuff out, and the Kids liked trying stuff on.



Levi is so excited about Halloween, and loves the scary stuff.


This is Kind of Random

Jake and I watched Hallie and Reese one Saturday before they moved and I think this is adorable. She usually wants nothing to do with him, but at nap time she only wanted him (you can tell she's a daddy's girl)

Finally

Sorry 'bout the wait. And then, maybe it's not THAT cool - kinda a let down here, sorry. We have 2 new pets - they are rats, and they rock. We also have a new computer - pictures should come shortly. Also, Levi will be getting his Red belt in Karate on the 10th - should any of you be in the QCA let me know, I'll give details and you can come watch (well, frankly, you should be letting me know anyway). I started working finally, and I made it through the two weeks of orientation - my butt hurts a little from sitting, but at last I'm out of the classroom and actually taking care of people.

Excitement

Still no pics, sorry, I'll be getting this fixed soon, but I have to tell you there is some serious excitement coming our way very soon..... Not gonna tell you what it is, have to check back!! : )