The Virgin Islands 2004
Cabo San Lucas, Mexico 2006
Alaska 2002
Kona, Hawaii 2007
Kusadasi, Turkey 2008
Cozumel, Mexico 2006
Mom, get Jane out of my birthday picture---she's not my friend---she's my little sister!
Don't take the photo she's still here!
That's more like it---me and my "gang". Happy Birthday to ME! (Oh, Jane, I'm sorry I made you cry. . .but you're JUST my little sister.)
Another day, another soccer game. Brett's game was played in the same area as Davis's near Swope Park but was on real turf---just across the parking lot from the photo below.
Rachel and her friend Bridget are laughing about their previous night's escapades making and selling co-co for a school fund-raiser. Libby and Davis both looked like they needed naps.
Brett and his friend Luis are warming up before the game.
Let the game begin!
At the end of the game, the two teams lined up and "high-fived." Thanks Twenters for a wonderful 24 hours---We'll see you at Thanksgiving!
After all of the rain we've had, we were lucky that this game was scheduled for the Wizard's practice field which had artificial turf.
It was very cold---Grandpa and I had at least 4 layers on (although rainy, it was 64 degrees when we left St. Louis)
The kids practiced kicking a ball around the soccer field before. . .
Coach Kyle (Davis's dad) put them through warm-ups (they were waiting for more of the team I think)
Then, he gave them a pep-talk. . .
before the game began.
Because it was their last game, Chick-fil-a sent a representative to hand out free coupons.
But, someone got scared and stayed hidden for the rest of the game. When the game was over, her Mimaw (Grandmother Twenter) said, "It's OK, Libby, the cow is gone." Libby shook her head, pointed about a half mile away where we could barely see a spotted cow.
Then, the coaches, grandparents, parents, siblings formed a bridge for the team to walk through.
Big brother Brett was just impressed that Davis got to play under the lights. Since he's a "big kid" he played his game the next day.
Halloween Morning found Brett and Davis playing computer games or were they researching their roles for later that day: Wolverine and Captain America?
Rachel and Libby got us in the "spirit" with some songs and dress-ups!
But, then it was time to carve the pumpkin!
They researched (above is "Cannibal Pumpkin") . . .
Practiced drawing some pumpkins . . .
After they decided on a design, it was time to put some muscle into it.
They'd chosen a wolf howling, but decided it needed a "snout job."
There, that's better.
I think Daisy was flattered that they chose one of her cousins to carve into a pumpkin!
