George is settling in....

He is an affectionate dog.....getting love from Luke

....and more love from Caleb.....

...and more love from Chris.......then, back asleep! What a low maintenance, sweet-natured new family member!!

Thanksgiving--fun at both grandparents' houses

Welcome home, George!

More pictures to come! : )

Our new baby, GEORGE

An AWESOME night!!

We had a super time with Camy tonight. What fun it was to hang out and see what she and Cliff do behind the scene with the stars. And, as always, it is fun to catch up and plan future times together. Love and miss you, Cam! : )

The Turkey Trot

Our sweet, little saints

In honor of All Saints day, our church organized a kids' presentation in which all children from age 4 through 4th grade dressed up like a saint and taught the parents about him/her.

Though Luke has taken off part of his costume---his England shirt----here he is as St. George (most likely the name of our future dog). Luke stood up at the microphone and said outloud to a room full of parents (with me mouthing and motioning like a crazy mom from the back) that St. George is the patron saint of England and boy scouts. Legend tells us he slayed a dragon to save a princess who was to be sacrificed to the dragon. He was a brave Christian and reminds us to be brave in our faith. Luke's birthday is the day we celebrate St. George.

Caleb, mortified for about 10 minutes by his costume, lit up once on stage and simply but boldly stated, "Hola. I am St. John of the Cross." St. John of the Cross is a poet from Spain who was kidnapped and tortured but grew stronger in his suffering.

"Boo at the Zoo"

We had a super time with Pops at Boo at the Zoo this year. All the boys dressed up in their costumes and trick-or-treated the zoo workers. We also got to see a special Scooby Doo play in which they incorporated several animals, which was really fun. In the end, Scooby discovered that it was the groundhog who had stolen his own shadow!

Soccer

We've had a great time with soccer this year. Both Luke and Caleb have scored several goals which is always extra fun. Here, Chris and Caleb are trying to corral Paul as we watched the end of Luke's game. Paul was certainly a force to be reckoned with this season!