thursday

I usually love Thursdays, but not so much today. I've got two sick kids; and yes, I think it's the flu! It's been a long day spent holding hot little whiny bodies and trying to keep their germs contained, noses wiped and fevers down.

After a day like today there is no better way to end it then with some early Christmas shopping with your best friend and getting some amazing deals. The peppermint chocolate chip shake from Chick-fil-a doesn't hurt either.

Family Pictures: Round 5

So this is the last of the family pictures- I promise! Here's just a mix of family shots- me and Cale and then the kids together. Unfortunately, despite all our best efforts we didn't get a great shot of the four of us. We are going to try again sometime soon.

Thanks to Amber who did an amazing job capturing our family! We could not be happier with the way these turned out!

Halloween Fun

The last few days have been full of Halloween fun around here. We've had a party with some friends, went trick-or-treating at Cale's office, attended a fall festival at a local church and carved pumpkins before hitting the streets for more candy tonight. Enjoy some pictures (like there haven't been enough this week!) of our fun!

Yummy treats!

Painted pumpkins

Marisa modelling our "monster mouths"!

Pumpkin carving

Our Steelers cheerleader and our jack-o-lanterns
She's a cutie!

Our Ethiopian distance runner- ready for some candy!

What are you doing to me?

Happy Halloween!

Family Pictures: Round 4

And now our sweet little boy...

oh his little curls...

this face kills me every time!

Family Pictures: Round 3

And now Haven's turn...there are so many good ones of our beauty, this is just the tip of the iceberg!

this so captures my girl- i just love this one!

Family Pictures: Round 2

Cale and the kids...

Family Pictures: Round 1

A few weeks ago, Amber took some family photos for us. You already saw one of my favorites, but there are so many more I want to share! She did an amazing job and I feel like she just captured us as a family so well. Because there are so many excellent shots, I'm going to put up a few at a time in groupings. Today we have me with my kids....

this is one of my favorite pictures- EVER!

and oh, this face...this boy! i can't take it!