This is my favorite tree at the kids school. It sits in the middle of their schoolyard. It really sounds as though I am friends with these trees, doesn't it?! You wanted pictures Lauren!!!

This is in our neighborhood.

This is one on a hike at O' Neil Woods.

Fall in Ohio

The color this year is just absolutely beautiful here! Everytime we are driving around I just go crazy looking at all of the trees. When the sun is out they look like they are on fire. As I was driving Brooke and a friend home today, I kept pointing out all of the beautiful trees. Brooke leaned over to her friend, sighed and said, "My mom is kind of crazy over the trees." She is right! This is when I love living in Ohio. Maybe Brooke should remind me of the beauty of fall in February when it is tough to be an Ohioan!

Girls trip to Houston

Matt is such an awesome husband to stay and take care of the kids while I went to Houston to have a college roomate reunion trip with Krissy, Melissa, and Cynthia. I got to see Holly and Kathy, too. We always pick up right where we left off and just laugh non stop the whole time we are together. We accomplished all of the typical girl stuff - eating, shopping, movies, and makeup at the Mac counter. Now if I could only figure out how to get those eyelashes back on!

Visit with Lauren and Anneke

We had the best time with Anneke and Lauren. Anneke has being two and a half down! She is full of life and energy and kept us entertained with her funny sayings. We had fun doing fall things like picking pumpkins, apples, and going on a hike. Brooke loved taking Anneke into her school for show and tell. My favorite was reading Sesame Street Firehouse and No David 16 times!

Andrew's first piano song he wrote

As much as Andrew complains about piano, he does get inspired at times. One afternoon he sat down and composed this song. He called it "Mystery in D Minor."