Emma turns 7!

Emma turned 7 and had a party at the wellness center. Loren and Terri (her godparents in Wichita) sent a big giga ball. It is a huge ball that the kids can get inside and other kids can roll them around. It was a hit at the party.

Chris gets a buck with his bow!

Chris shot a buck with his bow this weekend. He was pretty excited. The kids really loved seeing it too.

Grace turns 2! Halloween with the Letsches

The first two are pictures of Grace's birthday party. Karen lives in Britt which is a 2 hour drive, so we went to see them for the day for her birthday. The last picture is a picture of our friends Tom and Amy Letsche. The kids and I always spend Halloween with them every year. We eat supper and go trick or treating. They have twin girls age 4 Heidi and Julia.

Omaha Zoo with granny and grandpa!

We had a fun weekend in Omaha with Grandpa and Granny Gabrielson. We met old friends Heather Young and her kids there and met up with her brother Jason for supper at Spaghetti works. Grandpa won this trip at my fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis. Every year I help plan this fundraiser to raise money for a cure for CF. My good friend Michelle died of this disease when she was 19. Emma Michelle is named after my friend Michelle. This year we raised $24,000--I appreciate my parents and sisters coming to help with the fundraiser (and Brad and Trish when they have helped too). Next year it is the first weekend in August, so come if you can. It's a great cause! Pictures: Zoo picture, Halloween picture (I messed up and got this picture in the wrong posting: the kids were:Joel, warewolf, Emma-Jasmine from Aladdin, Malorie -a safari guide, Maggie-a cowgirl, Abbigayle- a princess---I went as a triathlete (ha! )Taylor and Christian didn't go trick or treating this year ) Grandpa and Granny with the grandkids at the zoo.

Playing in the leaves

The kids and I spent a fun afternoon playing in the leaves when Chris was on call.

Carving and decorating pumpkins

Here are the pumpkins the kids and I decorated. We did it at out church. Joel won a prize for his.

More Pumpkin Patch Pictures

Pictures: my girls and cousins, Joel and Zella (Lori's youngest daughter), Travis, Chris (aka MN) and dad, Emma and I. We couldn't get a good picture of Lori and her family because we waited to long to take family pictures. Their girls were pretty tired.