Some More Random Pix from September

We had some nice days in September and the kids wanted to go to the park. I took the 4 little ones and our neighbor friend. Here are some pictures from that outing.

Haven, Ethan, friend, Rachel, Sarah 

Sarah

Haven and Sarah

Rachel

Ethan and friend

Haven

Sarah and Rachel

Ethan

Haven, Rachel, Sarah, Ethan, friend

 Now for some random pictures...

Cute Ethan at church

Slippers for my birthday from Nathan

Rachel and Haven with flowers

From Sarah

From Andrew

From Rachel

Birthday flowers

More flowers

Ethan and Haven exercising with Dad

Lifting weights

So heavy

Haven sleeping!

Haven with her first braids

Not sure what these things are :)

Mischievous look

All 3 girls with braids

Ethan wanted in on the action :)

Apple Orchard

We always love going to the apple orchard. Apples were a bit harder to come by this Fall because of the lack of rain all summer. However, the place we always go in Tipton, MI was nearly fine. The apples were a bit smaller than normal, but they had plenty. We took Andrew, Sarah, Rachel, Ethan, and Haven and went and picked a lot of apples. I think we picked 4 bushels!! The weather was perfect and we had a great time. (Nathan was at work and Daniel and Peter didn't want to go.)

It's hard to only pick a few pictures...hope you weren't terribly bored! (I didn't even post all of the ones I took.)

Random Pix

Andrew and Haven 'practicing' the piano...hey, Sam, here's proof that Andrew at least attempts to practice :)

 Haven decided that she wanted to be a chair!

 The girls were outside reading on the porch

 For some reason, Ethan is posing with Rachel's bike!

Grandmas' houses

I took the 4 little people to visit my mom, but stopped by Tom's mom first. I took some pictures of the their backyard.

 Lots of neat birdhouses and windchimes

 Of course, there was a MI birdhouse...

 and a MI corner!

 Sarah

 Another look at the MI corner

 This is the only picture from my mom's...Rachel with Grandma's walker! My mom had her hip replaced at the end of August. We were there to visit her shortly after the surgery.

Haven, Sarah, and a new floor

Haven decided to line up all the dolls she could find one afternoon!

 My pretty Sarah

 After living in this house for almost 14 years, we finally replaced the kitchen floor. (Actually, it was new when we moved in. BUT, it was white. Needless to say, after many years, it was no longer white and no longer new! It needed replaced very badly. I love the new floor!! Tom did most of the work himself, with a bit of help from the boys and me.)

Andrew's Birthday

Well, September started out with a bang...the 1st is Andrew's birthday. He turned 11 this year. Wow, has time flown. His birthday also helps us remember 9-11. He was 10 days old. Anyway, Andrew is 11 and is athletic like his older brothers. He loves soccer and football and riding his bike and playing in the street (!) and playing on his computer (much to his mother's dismay). He was recently baptized...please pray for him to grow into a godly young man.