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Champ

My beloved Champ dog passed away suddenly and very unexpectedly early Sunday morning. He was a very dear part of our family and will be incredibly missed. He was my first "baby" when I brought him home at only 5 weeks old. He quickly grew into a 100 pound lap dog. For the past 11 years, he has been the biggest "baby" in the house and we expected to have many more years of enjoyment with him. Champ was and will continue to be very loved!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Sue and Becky in the back. Mom, me and Jane sitting.

Mom...aka Grandma B. turned 80 last week....doesn't she look great! Dave and I took a quick trip Saturday to Illinois to suprise her at a birthday dinner my sisters planned. It was great to be there and see her expression. I wish the girls could have gone but we thought it would have been too long in a car for such a short trip. They spent the weekend at Grandma & Grandpa Sharpe's having their own fun.

Happy Halloween

The girls had great fun this Halloween....even Ella. She did dress up and planned to stay with daddy to hand out candy but caught up with us a few houses down the road and then loved going door to door. The school was collecting candy for the troops over seas so the girls loved going through their candy deciding what to keep and what to part with. They all gave up quite a bit. The school collected 4,000 pounds in all.

Digging in to carve pumpkins.

Taylor....aka "The Cowgirl"

Ella...aka "The 50s girl"

Emma....aka "A Monarch Butterfly"

Major Update!!

It has been over a month since our last post. What have we been up to? Well....I have been trying to settle into a routine of getting 3 little girls up and ready for school on time, packing lunches/snacks/water bottles, checking back packs and homework folders and that is just the morning. Taylor is doing very well. She is doing great in all subjects and has really improved in math. She is still taking piano lessons, as well as, a hip hop and jazz dance classes. Emma and Ella are loving school, too. They have both counted to 100 and are working on letter sounds, sight words, simple reading and journaling. Emma is continuing with her swimming and dance class and Ella....well she is just being Ella. She loves to do anything outside.

Apple Picking

Last weekend, we had great weather and went on our family apple picking outing at MacQueens Orchard. I can never tell what the girls like best. Picking apples, climbing the trees, eating apples or eating homemade donuts and cider.

Late Summer Fun

End of the season tomato picking and...

....eating. The girls went to Grandma & Grandpa Sharpes to pick tomatos and of course ride the lawn tractor and wagon.

Watch out! Taylor's behind the wheel.