Splotchy

Cooper woke up this morning with a rash covering most of his body.  After a trip to the doctor's office, Cooper was on the road to recovery.  The doctor said that his rash was an allergic reaction to something, but since we hadn't changed laundry detergent or he hadn't eaten something strange, it's really hard to determine what it is.  Hopefully, it will clear up within a day or so.

Cooper was pitiful ~ he was crying and asked if he was going to look this way forever.

 Since it was lunch time when he got back to school, I stayed and ate with him.

 Cooper and a classmate taking selfies

 Mom & Cooper

 We went out to dinner before Bible study ~ Reagan is beautiful

Reagan was so excited to hold our newest Friends' House member, Ryland 

Puppy Love

Believe it or not, Reagan and Cooper have really taken to the dog of a couple in our small group.  They just love Essie and ask about her all the time.  They were able to visit with her a little tonight...and then the dreaded question came..."when can we get a dog?".  umm, if I have my way, that'll never happen!

Small Group Christmas Lunch & Party

Our small group held its Christmas lunch and white elephant gift exchange today.  Everyone was able to attend and we had a such a good time!

Annabelle & Reagan opening gifts

 these two say they're twins with different moms!

 Cooper's turn

 more gifts

 ocean animals notebooks for Reagan

 a light saber of his very own

 time for the gift exchange

 Vicki went first - she opened an ornament

 I got a reindeer hat

 John opened a knitted scarf

 Aaron got a Christmas Story watch

 Greg stole my reindeer hat and snow

 ...but, sadly Barb took it from him

 Aaron ended up with a camo nutcracker after Greg stole his watch

 Cooper battling Mr. Mark

Small Group Thanksgiving Lunch

We had our Bible study small group over for Thanksgiving lunch this afternoon.  

the house needed to be cleaned before everyone arrived, thankfully I had a helper!

 I didn't take any pictures of the whole group today, and only took a few of the kids.  We had 10 adults and 4 kids over today

 Annabelle & Reagan

 Maggie & Cooper

 After lunch, the girls went outside to play...not really sure where Cooper was! 

We had such an enjoyable afternoon of talking, laughing and eating!

Boo!

This year for Halloween, our Bible study group decided to have dinner together and then let the kids trick-or-treat around our neighborhood.  

we started with BBQ chicken, rice & green beans

 the kids were so cute

 We had a professional photographer follow our kids around tonight!

(Mr John is a photography instructor at the local college...more pictures to come from him!)

 Sacagewea

 Darth Vader

We may have waited a little too late to go out ~ after 6 houses, the rain was coming down so hard that we had to turn and come back home.  The kids didn't seem to mind, they had enough candy and got to play for the rest of the evening!

Friday Fun

All Pro Dad started back at Reagan's school this week, so I got to take Cooper out for breakfast.  He chose Dunkin' Donuts...and ate 12 munchkins!

 that's my boy!

On Friday nights, we host a small group Bible study in our home.  Reagan and Cooper love having friends over.  Tonight, they had dinner and a movie in the basement while the adults were upstairs.

Maggie, Cooper, Annabelle & Reagan enjoying baked spaghetti and garlic bread 

The watched "A Turtle's Tale 2"

Football and Swimming Friday

It's Friday, so that means it's time to break out the orange to support our favorite team.

the kids looked so cute in their orange

 Tonight, instead of having our regular Bible study group, we decided to have an end of summer/back to school pool party.  The kids swam until almost 10pm and the adults could have talked all night! 

Annabelle and Reagan

 

 We had the pool all to ourselves

 Maggie, Cooper, Annabelle, & Reagan

 the girls showing off their handstands

 half of the group was able to make it - we're missing 3 couples

 Maggie and Cooper eating pizza