May the Force ...

Poor Ben & Sophia came down with the stomach flu leading up to and on Halloween, so it was touch and go all day. They rallied at the end and we ended up taking a loop around the neighborhood and they had fun. Sophia REALLY got into character as the Fairy Queen and Ben got excited to meet all the other Star Wars characters on the road.:)

Leaf Fun

We visited the same tree we took pictures of Ben four years ago when we used to live here. It was the same brilliant yellow and they had so much fun throwing the leaves around.

The Pumpkin Patch!!

It was an amazingly warm and sunny afternoon when we found this great farm. They had a litter of kittens sleeping and strolling all over. Both the kids were crazy about them. Sophia took them (or tried very hard to) on wagon rides. Ben kept putting them in the old chicken coops. PLUS, there was a little corn maze and a huge mountain of hay to conquer. Pure. Joy.

MSG

Luis was promoted to Master Sargeant today...and Ben was the one who did the honors. It was an exciting moment for us all:).