Mountains

My favorite picture

We visited friends in Maggie Valley. This is the view from our short and very steep hike.

Before the unpacking was finished, this was Aubree's project. She made the vase at Literature Club and wanted flowers to put in it. This is her "orginial" design to hold the flowers in the vase.

AWANA Grand Prix

Bryce's third Grand Prix.

This is the first year he showed the desire to work on the car for more than 5 minutes. He designed a tank for his car and him and Daddy even added a turret (I think that's what it's called.) He sprayed painted it and put the wheels on. Bryce won 3rd place in Design for the T&T Clubs.

Aubree's first Grand Prix.
She was excited to pick out her design and paint her car. We were afraid she was going to run out of paint. Bryce helped her put her wheels on her car. Aubree won 3rd place in Speed for Sparks Girls. She was so thrilled to get a trophy she really did not notice there were only three girls in her division.

Fall Festival

I had a great plan and thought it was going to work. Aubree got this outfit a few years ago in a dress up box. It's a beautiful shirt and skirt. The skirt has butterflies outlined in glitter. The problem is that the glitter literally FALLS off. (Read: lots of glitter everywhere in the house.) Since she has decided to wear it for the Fall Festival, I think how great it will be to leave all the glitter in the church parking lot. Well...as soon as we get to church, the outfit came off, because it was 'too itchy.'

Bryce did not want to dress up this year. He tried to come up with several Star Wars characters, but never settled on one.

My anxious children 'posing' as they are ready to go!!

Sweet butterfly girl!

Bryce won a cupcake in the cake walk.

Bryce rode the horse and after standing in line, Aubree 'changed' her mind. He wasn't quite to sure what to think about the bouncing, but I think he enjoyed it.

Aubree and her snow cone. (Yes, she is holding an ice cream bucket. She informed us the didn't want a Walmart bag.)

One more Fall Festival gone. This year the kiddos were able to go around by themselves and play games. I think they spoke to their friends, but they didn't really hang around with them. Aubree was so excited a new friend came that she dropped all of her candy because she was jumping up and down.