Fall Review

This time of year flies by sooooo fast.  Before Christmas hits I wanted to post a few things I haven't gotten to yet this fall such as...

Haley's soccer season has come to an end.  She really learned a lot this year. 
Here she is in action during her last game:

The team celebrated the end of the season at Gattitown.
Haley recieved the 'most coachable' award from her two coaches. 
They were very patient and great coaches.  We'll stick with them for as long as we can!  Go Panthers!

We also celebrated Halloween with my two little bugs.  I have to admit our neighborhood does Halloween right!  There are droves of people, lots of decorations and fun times!! 


Mimi and Papa drove all the way from Connecticut for their fall visit.  It was great to have them!  The kids love all the attention and my kitchen loves being sparkling clean by the Mimi fairy.  My kitchen just told me it misses Mimi :)

We went on a fun hike to Natural Bridge.



 Walking on top the bridge.
 We couldn't drive through Nada Tunnel (an old train tunnel) because of the forest fires,
but it was cool to walk through for a little bit.

 We took pictures...
 ...and had a few picture melt downs.

And, Grant got bunk beds!  Brian's parents brought down Brian's old bunk bed frame they've had in their basement all these years and so we bought a new mattress and fixins for the top. 
He and Haley thinks it's pretty fun. 


Comments

Andee said…
Very cool! Those sites look amazing! Make sure you check out Mammoth Caves sometime- totally worth the drive!! And that bunk bed is cool!
November 22, 2010 at 9:02 PM
Jennifer's Kitchen said…
What fun! I do love the picture meltdown--it's just nice to know it doesn't just happen in my family. :) I hope Grant loves his new bunk bed--that was always my dream as a kid.
November 23, 2010 at 10:36 AM
Anonymous said…
Love the bunk bed. I guess it's time that Ike came over for a sleepover!! :)
November 23, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Amy said…
Haley looks like such a good soccer player! That natural bridge is COOL. The bunk bed is awesome! And I love the meltdown picture, too. :) Can Mimi come clean my kitchen??
November 23, 2010 at 5:10 PM
Anonymous said…
Fun times and happy memories! Life is good!
November 28, 2010 at 5:26 PM
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