Veteran's Day

On Veteran's Day, my mom surprised my Grandfather with a brick on the Walk of Honor at the WWI museum. Even though my Grandfather was not in WWI, they honor other veteran's too! There was a Veteran's Day ceremony and then after lunch they had a special ceremony for those who were added to the Walk of Honor. I have always been so proud to have a Grandfather who was a Navy seaman and a Vietnam Veteran, but to see my Grandfather get so emotional over seeing his name on his brick was a precious moment that I am so thankful that I got to witness. Unfortunately my boys had school, so they missed out on the day, but I did take them this weekend to see the brick - so they can hopefully pass along the memories of their Great Grandfather to their children. My camera gets frequently stolen so I did not take all the pics but I will try to give credit to the photographer when appropriate.

At the end of the ceremony, they had individuals stand w/their service song. My Grandfather need to stand with the Navy and Army.
The Band.
Francis Gail Hall the Veteran of the day

Right after this pic, my Grandfather started to cry with all his gratitude which of course made my mother start to cry, and then I started to cry. Shoot I am tearing up now, just remembering. My poor nephew Jordan couldn't figure out why everyone was getting teary. He thought this was a happy thing! LOL!

I was able to show everyone the photo that Lucas took to that won him 2nd place in a photo contest that the museum had.
And here is Autumn's picture that won her 1st place.
Jordan hijacked my camera during lunch so the pic above and below are done by him. Oh, and Santa he would like a camera just like mine for Christmas! ;)

I took this pic as I was leaving.

Here are the pics from when the boys and I went to the museum.
Whoops just realized that I am a little out of order. Oh well, the boys are trying to find their Great Grandfather's brick.
Walking up to the museum.
They found it!
Lucas with his photo.
Here are some pics from the top of the the tower.

Had to take a pic of the train for my two T's.

Just testing my zooming.
I believe Eli took this one.
Lucas took this one. ( Lucas told me he was taking a pic of this building-so that it why it is the only one I am sure of)
I think Noah took this one.
Lucas loved looking into the bunker. Lucas took all the pics of inside the bunker below. But truthfully he took 99% of the pics inside the museum.

I took the above pic, but just because Lucas was having a hard time getting the shot he wanted of inside the canon. Hmm wonder who else takes pics of the inside of canons? Have a great day.

Outside fun!

Eli and Lucas were enjoying the fall weather while it lasts, and I decided to try out my long range lens and some different settings on my camera. I have to say I love the results. Check out my pics.

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Rainy day!

Here is how we spent some of our time on the rainy days this week.Noah running from the camera.
Noah counting up his birthday money to deposit it in his savings account.
Lucas snagged this pic.
Lucas and Tovi doing homework.
Eli being Buzz Lightyear!
Eli wanted some cookies, so he made chocolate/peanut butter chip cookies.

Eli snagged this pic while I was helping Lucas.
Lucas painting rocks.

How did you spend your rainy evenings?

Random pics

Here are pics from me trying out my new camera.

Noah is always avoiding the camera but I love this pic of him watching tv.
Victoria loves to take your shoes. I love her tongue sticking out.
Here are pics of me figuring out my new lens'.

Paint Ball here we come!

Noah had a paint ball party on Saturday. I was excited to try out my new camera, and I think I got some pretty good pics. The boys had a great time playing paintball and no major injury. Which was a HUGE plus in my book.

Eli, Scott and Lucas played laser tag while the others were in paintball. They were top hitters and had a great time teaming up!

Noah got hit so he was out for the round.
Jordan has the flag - but he is on our side so we won't tell!
Presents - Noah got all cards - but he didn't complain!

1-2-3- . . . . .13! Had to count them before blowing them out!
Had to get a pic of the little cousins, since they didn't get to do the paintball/laser tag!



We had a great time celebrating Noah becoming a teenager! I am still in denial!

Halloween

Here are pics from Halloween. Since I broke my camera at the boys' Halloween parties - I took the top pic with my phone just before we left for trick or treating.

Eli- yellow angry bird (he got a lot of extra candy from adults who liked his costume) - Noah passed out candy and promised not to scare the little kids - Lucas was Lord Voldemort's minion.
Eli had a great time hanging out with his friends during his party!
Lucas was a werewolf by day! Here he is reading his favorite book!
Lucas has the moves! We had great weather for trick or treating. Noah ended up even coming out to enjoy the nice night. Hope you have a great day!

Playing catch up!

All of my technical difficulties have put me way behind - so I will try to catch up. I broke my camera on Halloween, I thought I was able to salvage all the pics but when looking at the disc today I realize that I am missing a lot of pics from the pumpkin patch that I took. My sis-in-law and I took our boys to the pumpkin patch. We had a fun time playing, flinging pumpkins, going in the maze and picking pumpkins. Unfortunately I can't find most of my pics. I may add more pics to the post if I can figure out the problem.

Happy 13th Birthday Noah!

Happy 13th Birthday Noah! You are growing up into such an awesome young man. I can hardly believe that you are a teenager. I was so thankful the night you were born, and didn't know how much love I could hold for one person. As much as I wish you could stay little forever, I would not want to turn back the clock and miss out on the now. Happy Birthday son, I love you!

PS thanks Jules for helping me fix my blogging issues!