My Youngest and My Oldest

Holiday World

Yesterday we went to Holiday World Amusement Park in Santa Claus, Indiana.  If you are anywhere near this park I would highly recommend spending a day there.  It is family-owned, extremely clean, friendly and lots of fun.  They have two parks with the regular amusement rides as well as a water-park.  My favorite ride the entire day was on the water-park side and was called "Mammoth".  

The other great thing about yesterday was that it was not crowded.  Most schools have started and so there were little to no lines on rides.  Well, except for "Mammoth".  The kids were able to get on rides and ride and ride and ride.  Amazing day.

In the picture, my kids are the two with their hands up the highest.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

I haven't participated in Scavenger Hunt Sunday for long time, 

but I was able to pull it together this time. 

WORDS

How could I not resist showing you this one??

(from my youngest child playing Bananagrams)

UNDER

My oldest son is a senior in high school. I'm not sure when I blinked, but apparently I did. This year is crazy...but we are making it through. Joe and I are so proud of him and looking forward to what the Lord has in store for him as he enters a new stage of life.
(he is under the leaves)

ORANGE

This weekend my sister and I took off for some good, old-fashioned, away-from-reality time.We headed into Northern Indiana to take pictures. I think, before we leave, we'll be planning our 2nd picture taking, away-from-reality trip! Yep, we are loving this!! All that to say, though, I captured my "orange" this weekend while we were away.

FLY

This particular foul, that my nephew Brian took, resulted in a little air time.

(My sister's son)

ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

My husband, God bless him, has the ability to laugh in almost any circumstance. I so appreciate this about him...and I just couldn't resist sharing this picture!! :)

Senior Year

It's that time.  I'm not old - really.  But I'm graduating a child this year.  This is Andrew.

I did NOT do the official senior pictures, these are only of a very, very proud mom.  My sister did the official pictures here and did a beautiful job of them.  I'm just being a goofy, proud mama.  However, out of the 180 pictures I took I do have a few favorites :).  And for what it's worth, the train track is no longer functioning.

Okay - I absolutely LOVE this picture.

Okay, this one too.

And ending with a very natural pose.  Gotta have the phone.

   

More Covered Bridge

My Guy and our daughters.

Fall in Indiana

What a week it's been.  I have wanted to post all week long but have had sickness in the house (still there), Father-in-law medical tests and appointments, TRIED to home school but it was hard with all the other stuff going on (so I guess the part of the week that didn't do school counts as fall break) and I had a birthday (did that really happen?).

I did manage to get out and see some colors and some covered bridges in Parke County in Indiana.  This is the weekend of the Covered Bridge Festival out there and I really really don't think that I want to do the Bridges during that.  I'm sure it's very interesting and fun, but I cannot begin to imagine that traffic in those small towns and back country roads.

The girls went with me so of course they had to get in the action.  If you look real close in these pictures you can see the cute little lady bugs (yes, that was sarcasm, Margaret).  One of those little ladies BIT ME on my leg and it hurt.  I didn't know they bite and I would like to know why.  Anyone know?

It was an absolutely beautiful drive.

This small town was very cute, but they were setting up for the Festival.  I swear they had 200 food vendors setting up if not more.

The corn hadn't been harvested yet in this field.  We were amazed at how tall it was.

Just Being Silly

Really, it's what I got today.

Sunset

My daughter has her learner's permit and right now we are driving the country roads while I am she is getting comfortable behind the wheel.  I opted to take my camera for a "just in case I need to take a picture" moment. It cropped up (pun intended) over the golden soybeans.

I couldn't decide which one I liked more so I put both.

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Running Hills

It's that time of year again.  I bet you think I mean fall, crisp, autumn temperatures, beautiful colors, and open windows.  I bet you think I mean it's time to go take pictures of covered bridges, rolling hills, corn stalks and pumpkins.

NO!!!! I don't mean that!

(well, the picture taker in me does mean that)

It's almost basketball season!

So, in preparation, the basketball parent in this family (that of course is not me) has his kids doing dribbling drills, shooting drills (that's with a ball) and running hills .... forwards and backwards.  For the most part it's done with great sense of humor.

One must ham it up, you know.

Strengthening those legs

He of course is cheering them on, but also doing the hill with them.

She looks like she's been running hills, doesn't she?