Wednesday, October 29, 2014

A Busy Month

So, what's been going on?
We've gone to an apple orchard, walked to the playground
and ice cream store, taken care of little ones,
enjoyed the fall leaves, baptized Foster, celebrated
birthdays, helped with yard clean up, had family
dinners, cooked and cleaned up, done lots of
laundry, eaten lots of pizza, had bonfires and eaten
smores, and watched little Foster change
before our very eyes.  In short, we've been busy!

 Nathaniel (Batman), Briggs(fireman) and Ethan(Darth Vader) square off.

 Matthew reads a story to Ethan.

 Jonathan gives Andrew a swing.

 Matthew and Ethan in the playhouse.

 A mild evening = outside fire...
 ...and sparklers

 Baby Foster is baptized.

 We celebrated birthdays for Everleigh (5) and Briggs (3)
 Foster meets Uncle Chad.

 Brighton and Nathaniel enjoy a morning outside with 
Andrew, Briggs and Ethan.

 Brighton gives Ethan a swing.

 Nathaniel, Briggs, Andrew & Brighton in the playhouse/swingset.

 We helped with beach cleanup at Sue's
(Everleigh, Brighton, Andrew, Jonathan)

 We celebrated an early birthday for Matthew's 16,

 Briggs, Jesse, Ethan and Matthew share a moment.

 a rare photo with Greg, me and all 9 grandkids

 a beautiful fall day with football in the front yard

 more sparklers

 Ethan and Andrew light a pumpkin.

 A family meal

more swinging...Ethan, Andrew, Nathaniel
Little Foster is growing....

Monday, October 13, 2014

Family Times

The Florida Ketchers are in Minnesota for a visit!
Jesse and her boys came for a visit last Saturday
and the Ketcher boys put on a puppet show for them
(rave reviews)

Bonnie, Andrew, Jonathan, Matthew, GG with Ethan
Brighton and Nathaniel (with Mickey)

The Ketcher boys spent a couple of days at our camper
and one of their favorite things to do was ride the
golf cart.  Matthew even took a turn driving.

It was cool at the camper so we kept a fire going and
jackets on.

The smores were warm!

Nathaniel and Brighton stayed overnight at the camper.


Everleigh, Briggs and Foster came for a visit
and also enjoyed the puppet show.

Foster....meet your Uncle Chad.
Uncle Chad....meet your nephew Foster Gene Leroy

Here are the Ketcher boys with Briggs, Everleigh and Foster (on my shoulder)