Lisa and John

It has been a very busy month!  I haven’t had any time to blog.  I’m super busy now, but I thought I would update a little.  Up above are some of the pumpkins we grew in our garden.  Calvin asked everyone what they thought the total weight of all these pumpkins were.  I guessed 130 pounds.  The actual weight???  131 pounds!!  Am I good or what?  Today the boys have carved the two biggest pumpkins.  Unfortunately, earlier last week some “hooligans” smashed some of our pumpkins in the night.  (Why would someone do that?  Those were my heard earned pumpkins!!  I weeded and cared for them from seed!!)  Anyhow, we still had some left.  Maybe in a few days I’ll post some jack-o-lantern pics….

(Oh, here is one Ivan did a couple of weeks ago.  Too cute!)

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Here are the boys making apple juice.  It was Ivan’s idea.  They cut up the apples and blended them with a little bit of water.  Then, they squeezed out all the juice with the help of a towel.  It was VERY tasty!  We’ll have to do it again!

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We had a very fun Jungle Safari Cub Pack Night.  Calvin earned his WEBELOS award.  Here he is pinning the pin on me.  We made monkey faces where the boys would put knee-hi pantyhose on their heads and then pull them off.  Very funny!   I got a pic of Ivan doing it.  Too crazy!

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A very special highlight of the month was the birth of Kelsey Marie Pratt.  She is my niece and I got to witness her birth.  Elizabeth was amazing as she birthed her second child.  I’ve been trying to figure out the perfect word to describe how amazing she was.  But, alas, nothing fits just right, but these come close.  Awe-inspiring…  Majestic…  Powerful…  Beautiful…  (Does she even look like she just had a baby?  Wow!)

A little Angel.  Born on earth.