Fall Happenings

We've had a lot of things going on this fall!  Here are a few pics of what's been going on with us.

Jim got a new job!  He is now Chief Financial Officer for Howell Construction in Denver!  We are very proud of him.

Caylie went on her first field trip with her kindergarten class.  They rode a train and saw a lot of pumpkins!

             Daddy officiated a lot of football.

Nana's been hanging out with baby Tessa while mama Brittany decorates cakes.

Our church had a service day where we helped people in the neighborhood with their yardwork.  Taylor and Brad are cleaning gutters.

Justin blowing leaves.

Keelan and me getting ready to do a lot of raking!

Jim stuffing leaves into bags.

The boys, after we were finished.  Phew!  ;)

Last week it got really cold . . . 

. . . and snowy.

(Brrrrr!)

Caylie got some sort of bite-looking, fast-spreading, hard-feeling red rash on her legs, and they were so swollen and painful that it was hard for her to walk.  So, we spent most of a night in the ER, after the nurse at urgent care could not find her veins. (Sigh.) After blood tests, urine test, 5 doctor examinations, (and I'm sure a really big bill) we left with no answers.  We still don't know what it was for sure, but it might have been a weird symptom of strep.  She is better now.  (Keelan had strep, too!  Ugh!)

Here she is at the hospital showing off her arm, after being seriously poked and prodded no less than FOUR times by four teams of nurses who could not find her veins.  She looks a little happier than she actually was.  It was also after 3:00am . . . 

Keelan and Sammie have spent some quality time together.  

             Tessa snuggling with Papa at church.

And sometimes she hangs out with her silly uncles.

And her auntie. 

Caylie got a hand-me-down stroller from a friend.  (Thanks, Stazia!)  She loves giving her dolly rides.

And she always has time for a little Guitar Hero.

I don't think Caylie was ever given any sort of writing utensil before she came to us, so she was very much behind in drawing and writing.  But now she's learning!  This is mama.  ;)

I found the swing that all of my babies used, and now Tessa has fun in it!  I thought I had sold it in a garage sale after Justin outgrew it, but it was up in the garage storage the whole time!

We've had a fun fall!  Can't believe it's almost Thanksgiving.