Colin is 1!!!!

Colin had his first birthday - we can't believe how fast the year went by! He had a great day and a lot of fun at his party. We had some friends over and the big kids "helped" him open his presents (he didn't get to do much opening!). He also loved his cupcake! He's still a sweet little boy, and he loves to laugh. He has lots of reasons to with his brothers & sister hamming it up all the time! I've also included some other pictures from the Fall - Hank started swimming lessons and he loves it and he's really loving gymnastics too, Owen's T-ball team made it to the championship game (and lost to a really good team, but they played hard), Owen & Natalie and some of their school friends, and the kids' Thanksgiving events at school.

Halloween!

Happy Halloween! (a day late...) We had a busy but fun weekend! In addition to the normal stuff (Nat & Hank gymnastics, ballet, soccer, T-ball, etc.), we had Nat and Owen's school carnival (Ike & I were responsible for recycling and trash), and of course, Halloween. The kids had fun at the carnival - no pictures from there, but I took some afterward at dinner. Natalie won the cake walk twice! So we shared some cake at dinner with our friends. Owen had his last soccer game of the season. They did really well. It turns out Owen was the star player, and averaged about 4 goals per game! T-ball is ending, playoffs start today. The excitement about Halloween grew and grew over the weekend, and the kids were so excited to dress up last night. Natalie was a vampiress, Owen was a knight, Henry was a skeleton, and Colin was the Hulk. I took them trick-or-treating - we went to a bunch of houses, and they came home and crashed!