Pumpkin' Patchin' it....KS style

Liberty Corn Maze

Friday night fun!

Cousin Ariel joined in the crazy fun!

Kate lasted about 30 min.

Jon was our die-hard corn maze conqueror!

STOP! PLEASE STOP!

We'll never find you.....

Baby Emma!

I have to openly admit...I'm jealous that my sister got the mellow baby....the happy baby....in fact, I think likely the happiest baby on the planet!

Painting Pumpkins

It's our little messy tradition.

Randomness!

Our chalk art

Daddy and his favorite gal

Jonathan was quite proud that he put this together ALL BY HIMSELF...he wouldn't let me touch it or even look at it until it was finished. He amazes me.

Nothing better than love from my babies.

Nick and Kate playing soccer while Jonathan had a recent game in Ray Pec

Nick and Cousin Ariel....he LOVES her.

Jonathan with his game face on

Alldrege Apple Orchard

A great opportunity to spend a beautiful (although warm) fall day with Meme and Papa picking apples, chasing chickens, riding trikes, petting goats, poking kittens, and playing house.

Cerner 15K

I represented Jason (his workplace...anyway!) by competing in the first annunal Cerner SlimDown Challenge 15K race at the new LIVESTRONG Sporting Park Soccer Complex at the Legends in Kansas City. It was an amazing flat course that ended in the stadium...loved having my groupies waiting for me at the end. :)

1:04-8th place woman (1st in age group-6:56 pace)

Circus

RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM AND BAILY CIRCUS-Birthday Bash-Sprint Center

On a whim, Marie and I loaded up 6 kids and headed to the circus late Saturday morning. We are sooooo brave!

This speaks volumes!

Baby Tate crashed!

Blog Purge!

....wait for it. It's coming...probably all within the next hour. We haven't fallen off the face of the earth...rather LIFE has kept this family of five BUSY for the last month. We enjoyed the Barnum and Bailey Circus with friends, celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Jonathan's Elementary school where I spent a day helping over 150 kids tye-dye t-shirts for the big week-long celebration, we've started soccer, continued dance, begun Boy Scouts, taken a short break from fencing, been participating in the Manor Hill Running Club to prepare for the KC Kid's Marathon, and just last weekend, enjoyed movie night watching Rio in the Elementary School gym, went to the Apple Orchard and the KC Pumpkin Patch. I truely love this time of year!

YES!