CATCHIN' UP...

NOVEMBER 2012

 The California sunrise...waiting for our flight out of San Fran!

 Off we go...

 The second flight Caden FINALLY crashed and slept for 2 HOURS! 

WOOOHOOOO!!

 We got to spend one evening and morning with Grandma

AND

 with Grandpa before we left for Indiana...

AND

 Off we went again...

 Fun at the skating rink with the kids school

 Max throwing up gang signs...what???

Look at those crazy gorgeous eyes!!

 And Mitchell the little sweetie

 Our visit with the Clothier's almost turned into a hospital visit!

Thankfully no stitches were needed.

 #1 of MANY boo-boo's this busy little fearless man will acquire!

(playing too rough with a little dog, didn't go very well!)

At least he's still smiling...

...while wearing a girl's necklace???

 Cassie showing us her violin skills...AWESOME!

 Matt's skills....

not so AWESOME! 

Practice makes perfect, Babe! :o)

Here's some fun we had with a challenge to see if

Cassie could play and dance at the same time...

It's harder than those River Dancers make it look!

 On a walk with the whole clan...

 Love this picture with Cassie and Uncle Matt

 One of Aeva's MANY silly faces! 

Silly Girl!

 What an ADORABLE couple! 

Love you two!

 Aeva was a cleaning fanatic while we were there.

She did the dishes a couple different times!

So helpful - THANK YOU, Aeva!

 Oh the FUN!

 Preparing the "roast beast"!

Sammie looks SO much like Auntie Crystal!

Mitchell and Caden were playing so nicely underneath of the table...so cute!

GIRL-TIME WITH MY SWEET LADIES...

 Fun at Claire's

 "Woohoooo....what a hottie!"

 I absolutely LOVE this!

She looks so serious and the mustache is at the perfect spot!

 Two B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L ladies!

 They each got to pick one thing and

Cassie looked absolutely adorable (and too old) in her cute hat!

Sammie was into the cute black-rimmed glasses!

Adorable little artist in the making...

 Aeva picked a feather clip and was rocking it! 

Love this little lady!

  BEST AUNTIE NIECE PICTURE EVER!

CASSIE FIRST GAME FOR CHEERING! 

 (and we got to be there!! So cool! She did AWESOME!)

THANKSGIVING IN INDIANA...

 Sewing up the "Roast Beast" - aka: TurPorkEn

 BEFORE                             and                                 AFTER

 Snuggle-buggies

Mitchell & Justin

 More gang signs from Max...Oh wait, that's I LOVE YOU! :o)

Awwww!

 Aunt Stephanie working on a Christmas craft with Justin & Aeva

 Caden's Thanksgiving meal

(as he was sleeping during the main meal)

 Love this sweet face!

So fun to be with you, Thomas, Stephanie, & Justin!

BACK TO OHIO

FUN ON THE DENTON FARM

 Leah ready to ride her bike on Thanksgiving day! It was so WARM!

 Caden having fun riding on the lawn mower with Grandpa

 He is so incredibly adorable! Miss his sweet snuggles!

 Clinging tightly to Momma as the LOUD lawn mower came around!

 Although you can't tell by his face, he absolutely LOVED

riding around on Uncle Zach's four-wheeler!

 I think this was the face she was making when she saw

that her dad was taking off her training wheels...oh boy!

 Just the normally craziness when you get Matt & Zach together!

 YIKES!

I have no words...sigh!

LEAH'S CHRISTMAS GIFT

Skating with Uncle Matt & Aunt Charrie

 She did such a great job! 

First time with her new birthday skates!

 Uncle Matt helped her around the first few times

and then she did a lot of skating on her own!

 I love this SWEET girl so much!

You are growing into a BEAUTIFUL young lady!

 I can see some family resemblance here!

 Gaming with Uncle Matt...get those spiders!

 We had so much fun spending two-on-one time with Leah!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, Little Lady!

 One of the many family meals we had with the Denton's!

(sadly I didn't actually get the Thanksgiving meal pictured)

 Aunt Dorothy, Caden (who didn't want his picture taken) and Great Grandma Keller!

We miss you, Grandma!

PLAY-DATE WITH FRIENDS

 Jackie & Jude

 Kim & Levi

 Best Buds Forever

Levi & Caden

  (left to right) 

Jackie, Jude, Isaac, Melinda, Asher, Maria, & Kim

 NATATORIUM FUN WITH THE DENTON'S

 Grandpa lovin' on Leah & Caden as we played at the Natatorium!

 Having fun in the kiddie playland!

 The coolest tree fort ever...

Matt thought so too!

LET THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS BEGIN...

 Thank you Grandpa & Grandma for all the

awesome books (and other goodies) you got for Caden!

 Elijah opening our present for him

 and Caden opening Goebel's present for him!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! He still loves it!

 My little LEFTY - practicing their writing skills with Zach's "girl FRIEND" :o)

 I think I caught him mid-blink!

So fun getting to love on and snuggle our sweet little nephew!

 Bethany reading the letter with the gift we gave her & Joe!

 TRYING TO GET....

 ...A GOOD GRANDPARENT....

 ...AND GRANDBABY PHOTO...

not sure our camera succeeded!
Any luck from other cameras??

AND BACK TO CALIFORNIA WE GO...

 Another beautiful sunrise from ABOVE the clouds as we headed back home!

Our busy little boy kept us hoping on the 1st flight back,

but he finally crashed on flight #2 and slept for about 2 hours again!

We are so BLESSED with such wonderful family and friends!

So THANKFUL for each one of you and how you LOVE us

and bring so much JOY into our lives...even from far away!