Happy Halloween

Very Happy indeed!



My Helper

Last week I turned into a baking machine. I made about 8 different kinds of cookies and treats for my sister's baby shower. The best part of baking cookies is making the dough. The best part of making the dough is having help. The best part of having help is that you get done quicker (in theory :) - Jude decided he wanted to be my baking assistant.

 Learning the difference between vanilla extract and almond extract!

 A little bit of a flour-y mess!

The finished products (the cupcakes were made by the caterer)



Signs of Fall

I'm quickly becoming a person who lets the pictures speak for themselves. We just came in from a walk around the lake and here are the beautiful sights we took in.

Enough said!



An Update from Jackson

This weekend was my 5th soccer game and it was one of my favorites because I scored a lot of goals and we won because if I didn't score 8 goals, we would've lost :)

I think my team felt pretty good that I scored all those goals. One of my teammates, Abby, kept talking to me each time I kicked a goal - she said things like, "That's our 8th goal so far!"

My favorite goal that I kicked was when I kicked it and it went over the goalie and over the other kids and went straight into the net.

I like that game - it was like a miracle game!

I can't wait till my next game!

-Jackson!

Just 2 Beautiful and Funny Boys - No Words Needed.

Great Day (I should say weekend)

Other than Gertie getting sprayed by a skunk last night, this was an awesome weekend. Today's highlight was the Apple Cider Festival @ Prince Gallitzin State Park. This is a yearly trip for us and today's trip started with a brunch @ our house followed by a group of us going to the cider fest. The favored part of every year's trip is the tractor/hay ride! For the other big event of the weekend, visit my Yay Mommy blog .

1st Day of School

This is a little out of order, but here's a picture of Jackson on his first day of school.....3 weeks ago. He has a really great teacher this year and I think he's going to learn a lot!

Here's to another year as a St. Mike's Cougar!