More Fall Moments

November Homeschool Park Day honoring All Souls.

We made a banner with the names of our loved ones who've passed away, then we prayed a Litany for All Souls and blew bubbles up to Heaven!

Typical day on the homefront!

Thomas loves maps!

Lost his first tooth!

MC took some beautiful pics of Ellie.

The previous owners must have had a little garden here, because the kids keep finding tiny carrots!

The day after Beverly died, a huge group attended daily mass together. Then some of us went to lunch and let the kids play at the shopping center park.

My parents came by for a little visit!

The family dance

And a lovely Sunday after mass and lunch

Fall Ball Ends

Steven Joseph had a great baseball season this fall! He played first base and made a lot of important catches for the team!

This season was a little better than the spring for me, since there weren't as many rainouts, but there were definitely more practices! There were even one or two scheduled after they had a bad game for extra practice, and they were asked to be an hour early for every game and 15 minutes early for practice. This is a good thing to do, but hard when you're carting around 5 kids, including 2 that often had dance class at similar times and one that never likes to leave the house. Not to mention all the behind-the-scenes things that were going on as we said goodbye to Beverly.  She was always the best sports fan, so I tried to remember that when I was distracted.

So we had fun watching him and the exciting games. They were first place in the regular season but then lost their first playoff game. It was kind of nice to end the season a little early and get ready for Thanksgiving! He received a game ball at the last game, which was a nice way to end it. Then we had a team party at Fuddruckers to end the season. Go Braves!

Some special fall moments

A picnic for our homeschool clubs with apple bobbing!

Visiting grandparents

Black and white girls

Park outing after 4-H cooking day

Date night to the Adore Gala

Ladies at the gala

Typical homeschool day

Montessori work

Ellie with Katie and our little friend Lucy from San Antonio!

The October zoo and museum day

And the November zoo and museum day

Dessert with a Purpose dance show

The visit of my amazing friend, which deserves a whole post one day. Margaret served the Kloesel family in Beverly's final days on earth. Words cannot express how grateful we are for her servant's heart.

November Tea Party

New godbrother

And our Thanksgiving Potluck Family Dance