Halloween 2011

We shared Halloween 2011 with some of our favorite people!! We started the afternoon with the annual school parades and classroom parties. I scrambled from one school to the next, I am so ready for both kids to be in the same school!! Maddie made her own costume with her friend Gretchen, they spent weeks completing the final project...a pair of Toms! These girls are very creative, but Maddie said this was the first and last year she will be making her costume...her knees were hurting by the end of the night with the rubbing from the cardboard box. Gavon dressed up as BumbleBee the Transformer! We headed over to The Oldham's house in the early evening, with Jesica, Lennon (Gavon's bestbud), Brandon, Justine, Libby (Gavon's future girlfriend), Emily and Bella (Maddie's Bestfriend). We trick or treated and handed out candy with all of our friends and cousins at Stacey's house. The kids were so excited to spend their first Halloween with the Sutherland kids!!

Colin's Wedding

We headed to St. Louis for Colin and Jennifer's wedding! The wedding was at one of Daniel Boone's old stomping grounds! We were so thankful to be able to witness Colin and Jennifer tie the knot, the wedding was small and intimate.

Alz. Walk 2011

This year, Gavon and I walked for the cause with the Manning Crew! We carried colored flowers that represented who we were walking for, the yellow flower (you are a caregiver affected by the disease), the blue flower (you are affected by the disease) and the purple flower (you had a loved one pass from the disease). Brooke and I took a blue flower for ourselves, because at times we think we already have the early signs!! Hopefully, a cure and/or preventive will be found soon! Tiley (Grandma Zahner) went with us to to walk last year, but she has declined within the past year and I was un sure if she would be able to walk that far (1-3 miles).

Fall 2011

We started off Fall 2011, with attempt to go Apple picking in Weston. Unfortunately, we were a little behind when we made the adventure up north. Apple picking was in its last week of the season and there were barely any apples left on the trees!! So we headed out to the pumpkin patch at the Red Barn. We also got to see the Garden that was dedicated by MaMa two. The kids petted goats, admired the chickens, road ponies and took a wagon ride!