Little buddies

Logan and his little buddy Levi were leaving church and just decided to hold hands. It was so precious I had to post a few pictures.

I'm not sure where they think they're going...not sure they were either. :)

Thanksgiving program

Carter's school put on a Thanksgiving Day Feast. He had a speaking part and he was pretty excited about speaking in a microphone. We all had soup and cornbread that the kids made in class. It was surprisingly delicious and great to see the kids excitement about sharing the things they made.

Daddy was out of town but Aunt Nell and Gee Gee made up for it by joining us.

Happy Halloween

Halloween was a lot of fun. The boys had lots of friends to celebrate with and we enjoyed great weather. We trick-or-treated 'till we dropped. I wish I had a video of Logan running behind all the big boys up to each house with his little dragon wings flapping and his bucket almost dragging on the ground because it was so heavy.

The boys doing laps around the pond waiting for the neighborhood parade to start.

Look at that cute little monkey - and his doting parents.

Parade

Kids checking out the cool fire engine

Very patient fireman answering all the kids questions...and there were a lot

Nana and her cool Halloween drink

Getting ready to trick-or-treat

Little candy induced craziness

Brady and I got to help at Carter's school party. It was really cute and it is fun to watch Carter with his friends, enjoying himself.

Fall fun

We love the fall and all the activities that go with it. This year we got to go to the pumpkin patch with Carter's school which was a lot of fun. The kids had a great time running around and Logan thinks he is one of the big boys so he fits right in. We also had a great time carving our pumpkins with our small group.

Carter and his favorite buddy at school Ryan.

Carter racing his friends through the maze.

They were so fast I barely got a picture.

Logan didn't want to go through when all the other kids were running

around, but as soon as it was empty he owned that maze.

Me with my beautiful boys, Logan's expression is a crack up.

Logan loved the rooster, every time it crowed he ran over there and said "ooh", "wow" or something.

We got these giant pumpkins from our CSA this year

and they were a BIG hit.

Carving with Daddy

Katriel loved dressing up in the boys stuff. The first time we looked at this mask I asked if she wanted to be Batgirl, but she couldn't figure out why anyone would want to be a bad girl. :)

The kids showing off their pumpkins.

Dragons

This was Carter's first year playing soccer. His team was the Dragons. He really loved soccer and we enjoyed sitting in the sunshine watching him every Saturday morning.

Carter going for the goal

Look at that hustle

Too early for this little fan

Thanks to all Carter's fans who came to watch him...he sure loves his family

NYC last post

We took a boat that went around the Southern half of Manhattan island. I probably wouldn't do it again, but we enjoyed the beautiful sunshine and the relaxing ride. A slower way to see the skyline.

The Chrysler building

Check out this driving range right on the water. I guess there

is nowhere else to golf on a crowded island.

The Brooklyn bridge

Grand Central station

The lighting is really dim so my pictures didn't turn out that well, but it was a beautiful building. It is massive and everything is marble. It is something not to miss if you go to NYC, you just have to see it for yourself.

The clock in the middle of the terminal

It is always more impressive to see something in person and that

was definitely true for the Statue of Liberty

Ellis Island

A few facts I learned:

1. They checked every immigrants eye for a highly contagious disease using a button hook (ow)

2. Immigrants did not arrive to Ellis Island on the steamships they were transfered to ferries on the Manhattan island

3. Single women were not allowed to leave the island without a male relative

4. Many single men that came to America sent for brides through letters, therefore many weddings took place on Ellis island (given fact 3). Since they had not previously met their husband-to-be some just got back on the ship and went home. :)

5. If the immigrants were denied entry to the states or had to be held for some reason the steamship had to pay for their food while on the island and their transportation back. Due to this the steamships inspected all the immigrants before they boarded to try to weed out anyone they didn't think would make it on.

6. You can not actually ride up to Ellis Island on a jet ski like in the movie "Hitch", they would shoot you before you got that close. Good to know.

I was surprised how beautiful the building was

We heard all these stories of Mothers bringing their small children over once their husbands had got established in America and I was amazed because I barely want to fly with my kids.

The hall through which thousands of immigrants passed each day. It was on the second floor and doctors watched them walk up the stairs as a quick way to evaluate their medical condition.

All the subway signs and some art in the subway were mosaic tile.

Loved this cuban restaurant Cafe Habana - they had the best corn.

Just had to throw this one in from the plane ride from Seattle to Pasco