Soccer

Josiah and Ben played soccer this fall.  Coach Eddie Crocker was great, it was a lot of fun and good exercise for the boys, and Abbey enjoyed playing on the playground on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Also, the boys were GOOD at it!  :)

 

And I got these two from another mom's FB page:

Random Shots

Josiah and Ben enjoyed going to one of Ashton's football games:

And they brought Ashton to the Railway with them one afternoon.  They spent most of their time hunting frogs after their train ride:

Fort!

Abbey has been sleeping with her new horses from Uncle Danny and Aunt April:

Ben with Miss Criss and Nolan, Landon and Christian in his class at church:

Josiah's selfies:

Meeting Lyla

We finally met Jon's little girl, Lyla!  What a doll.  Josiah was especially excited to see her, and may have even upset her a little bit, getting close to her and talking to her, and being noisy with Benjamin.  Everyone was at Stephani's parents' home in Malden.  So fun to hold her in my arms and cuddle her and feel her soft hair and skin.  She's a sweetie. 

 

Here's some pics from Jon and Stephani's Facebook page:

 

 Stephani (top right) and Lyla, with her mom and sister

Gordon College Homecoming

The day after mom left, we headed down to MA for the Gordon College Homecoming, and my class's 10 year reunion.  The boys enjoyed seeing the college students' soccer games on the quad, and managed to get a little play time in themselves:

 

We got to spend time with Clay and Larissa and Eva (and learn about little Smudge on the way!), Noelle, and Kristin (not pictured).

The girls sort of paid attention to story time, while I kept breaking the boys up from wrestling matches.

Larissa, Noelle and me

Josiah was bravely hoisted up and slowly lowered for a fun ride in the trees:

The kids spent a lot of time bouncing in the bounce house.  Here they are waiting in line:

Ben shared his soda through the mesh!

 



Daddy was hoisted up 60 or 70 feet and released for some high-flying adrenaline-racing fun!

Cotton candy!

 

Back to the beginning, where it all started. :)

Captain Dusty's ice cream!