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.

Sister Fix

This weekend was Sister-Fix weekend!!!

She, Margaret, of course has all kinds of friends where she lives.  But she ran into a special one today at my nephew's soccer game and I couldn't help but snap pictures while they talked.

Weather Changes

The nights are getting cooler. That means it's cooler in the morning when the kids are doing their school work.

I love my kids.  I love their individualism.  I love their ingenuity and problem solving :) because I am just not ready to turn the heat on yet.  It's not THAT cold.

Just Being Silly

Really, it's what I got today.