This is straight out of the camera or if you live in Australia or England "straight away" out of the camera.  I love how they say that.

I just have photoshop elements.

I love how it is all glowy now.

Of course it takes me too long as I am painfully slow.



And the Pink Ribbon Fades

With October over I am so glad to see all the pink ribbon stuff fade away.  Oh what people do not realize about that cute little pink ribbon!  But hopefully word is getting out what the Susan G. Komen Foundation is about.  It does not take a genius to do a little research to figure out the Komen foundation is ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF BREAST CANCER DEVELOPING IN WOMEN.  Of course the Komen Foundation denies the CLEAR-CUT facts. 
Abby Johnson posted about Komen's contribution to Planned-Parenthood here.

As for me
this is
the kind
of pink
I like to see!



and especially this

I think she is Friends

with her

We love Pinkalicious around here!

Up and Away

I was trying to get a group shot of my kiddos, which always, always makes me more irritated than anything!  Have I ever mentioned that!  It is a near impossible task.  Then super cranky baby gets distracted by something.  Can you guess?

By the time I got the correct exposion going on with my camera

it got a bit far away,

but initially this giant balloon was practically

sitting on top of our roof!

All Hallows Eve - Angel Pumpkin!

So, I searched and searched googled & googled to find an ANGEL PUMPKIN STENCIL with not much luck.  So, I made my very own!  I can barely draw stick people, but with the help of some angel coloring pages I found, I think I pulled it off!  The dress part was a very last second thought/fix as I was going to cut out the whole dress.  But then I remembered as I had been pondering in my head for a few days how the heck I was going to pull my angel off how I had wanted to keep a portion of the dress.  I had already made some cuts but I was still able to "save" it and keep the middle MOSTLY intact!  (I painted it white to try to cover up a line.)  But still I love it!  I totally think my Guardian Angel helped me out on this one!

My k-er drew and cut out

her cross - just a little help from mom!

Here are our ghosts!

Dad keeps having to make another one each year!

 Evan's ghostly pumpkin!

3 out of 4 children

Darth Vader - Friendly Witch - Optimus Prime

Ladybug

is on the fly...always

My real live ladybug

constantly on the move

this one

and this one

were as good as I could get of the little Ladybug's face!

And she LOVED wearing this costume! 

She was so excited to put it on!

Lydia's Cross Pumpkin ~

We have a Holy Ghost now! 

I have never actually bought those little pumpkin carving "tools" until this year.  And now I am saying why oh why did I not dish out the 5 bucks on a few tools?!  I thought knives were just as good, but how wrong I was!  I never would have been able to pull off my Angel & Cy's Bat without those little tiny tools!

2nd year for this costume -

he knows what he likes and he is sticking to it!

How cute is this particular Optimus Prime!

He looked so cute with the little padding under it!

My little "muscle" optimus prime guy.

Don't all witches have GAP hoodies?!!

More Scary Holy Ghosts!

Growing Pumpkins

Man, I fail miserably to post! 
We have the best down home pumpkin patch in our backyard practically.  It truely is one of the nation's best actually - in the top 10 of pumpkin patches.  I am not sure who keeps that list?!
I did not even get great pics this year.  But I thought I would throw these up as our pumpkins are growing!

This man is 7 now! 

So he is Evan, and 7 and (usually!) a slice of Heaven!

I usually get a way better smile than this!

Oh, don't even get me started on that tongue!

I don't know why he started doing this lately for pictures!

And this wee one!

This is the best I could do - as we all know

17 month olds do not stay put!

Than my camera battery died shortly after...

Anyway, we were here for some festive fall cheer!



The String Beans Concert

We went to a little concert.

The String Beans.

They are fun for kids.  I got a kick out of it too.

They had bubbles, can you see?

I may buy a CD.

Can you tell she loved it too!!!

She did not know what to think!

After we got home we watched this video some times.

Evan kept cracking up about the buffalo.



Enjoy!

Ferry to Washington Island - Wisconsin

We traveled north this summer.  To Wisconsin, in Door County.  We got there and went further yet, to Washington island.

 She was ready to set sail

She was ready too 

We had a lot of space to ourselves on the upper deck!

(The boys were too scared to be on the top...Evan says he has a fear of heights...he is just my Mr Safety Boy) 

So, I snapped my usual star of my photos!

Did I mention we took our car

Dad tried to venture out for a bit.

The little brother sees the older brother apprehensive

and of course little brother becomes apprehensive.

(He otherwise would not be)

May the wind be at your back and the sun shine upon your face

as you travel by ferry with your car

and then get in the car

and drive

"Seriously people, get out of my way"

I am pretty sure that is what she was thinking

Our Lady of Good Help Shrine

We traveled to Wisconsin this summer and this special shrine was right in our path.  I did not really "plan" to make a special trip there, rather God planned it for me.  So, we stopped on our way to our "real destination".

When we arrived, the gift shop had just closed.  But we got to go inside the Chapel and under the Chapel where the apparition is said to have taken place.  Although at the time of the apparition that spot was a forest as Our Lady appeared to Sister Adele in the forest.  I took a few pictures here and there, but I always feel so strange taking pictures inside churches.

 

So outside here are Lydia & Cy with Our Lady of Fatima

Outside with Jesus.

I am not sure if that was "appropriate" to let our 3 year old ride the lamb.... 

They had nice grounds and it was quite peaceful.

Our Lady of Good Help definately heard my prayers this day as I have been praying for 2 years and now since my visit to this special place my prayers are being answered, nothing less than a miracle!

Our Lady of Good Help, pray for us!