Snowmen in October?!?!?

OK here in the North East we had a major snowstorm today,at least 12",and it is expected to snow through tomorrow morning. With the power out and not much else to do,we went outside to build a "Halloween" snowman yes I did say SNOWMAN, in October. Well I really hope this is not what we are in for this winter. Having said that I will let the picture's speak for themselves,the kids had LOTS of fun.

Nothing like Autumn

Nothing like those cold Autumn days and colder nights. As the leaves began to fall Seth could not help himself,jumping and rolling in the pile of leaves, he would have stayed in that pile all day and night if we let him
Amanda has wanted to carve her pumpkin for the past three weeks and as Halloween draws closer it was time,so let the carving begin and did we have fun.Of course Amanda made a scary face and it freaked Seth out,but he got over it and we had a great evening carving their pumpkins...

UPDATE!!!

Today we received some wonderful updated news from our agency with an unexpected photo of Brayden. This is the information we were given.
Brayden is living with his foster parents and grandparents
He is a very active one year old who is in good health
Able to stand while holding on to something
He can say Mama and Baba
Is a healthy eater that loves noodles and rice
We also found out that Brayden received the care package we sent him several months ago.
Words can't express the feelings we have for this little guy and we can't wait to bring him. home.

U.S.C.I.S Appointment

Another milestone completed. Today we met with Department of Homeland Security and had our fingerprints taken.We are hoping to receive our I-800a approval next week and move one large step closer to bringing Brayden home.

Go Mighty Mights !!

This is Amanda's first year doing cheerleading and it is something she has wanted to do for a long time. There is a lot of dedication that must go into this, during the summer practice was 3 times week.After school began it decreased to twice a week. She practiced the cheers in all weather conditions and never complained. Amanda is never to busy to cheer,be it in the house or while we are out shopping she is always reciting one of her cheers.She has had a great season and is now getting ready for Cheer Fest which will be in about four weeks. She has already told us she wants to cheer again next year.

Our Little Gymnast

Besides football,baseball and car racing,Seth's newest interest is gymnastics.He is currently enrolled in our local gymnastics school.Seth has shown a huge interest and has made great progress. He sure gets excited when he knows we are on our way for another hour of fun at gymnastics.

"Lacrosse Camp"

Well it looks like Amanda has found a sport she really likes,besides doing cheerleading and gymnastics. We have enrolled her in "Lacrosse camp." She is very social so the comradery of a team sport is something that she will do well with. We took Amanda shopping for her own personnel equipment and of course she chose a pink stick.I think this is going to be a long haul sport.