hali 2

 my beautiful charlie

 daddy and his runners

 chris went with ellie, and im glad he did. her shoe fell off when she started, he was there to pick her up, encourage her to keep going

 and off she went. she caught up on her lost time

 and flew by

 off she goes

 so fun!

 getting her medal

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pt 3

 us!

after charlie ran, there was a break so we went off to have some refreshments

 and rest

 and took pics

 then it was the boys turn, there was so many kids in this group

 off nate went. i was proud that he didnt quit!

 quinn!

 with his medal

 i loved how all the kids cheered each other on the whole time

 getting his medal

 and tired. ha

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pt 4

 then we hit up a farm, bought some fresh produce. pet some animals

 played, ran and enjoyed the nice fall day

 took a wagon ride

 so beautiful

 me

 then did a corm maze

 off we went

 and picked some apples

 the kids

 copper!

 and ate many apples too

 my little

 my ellie

 nate too

 testing more apples

 joey!

 daddy and son with apples

 we left around 6, copper crashed. ha

 we came home to roast beef, thanks dad!  and fire works and another late night

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pt 5

 us!  thanksgiving morning

trying for a good family pic. ha

 me and my parents, quinn and my little

 mom/dad/quinn

 after church we hit up swiss chalet for thanksgiving chicken. hahaha LOVE the no cooking, no cleaning, no mess east dinner.  joey was scratching her nose, not picking it. haha

 the kids were so well behaved. they colored

 and made a "bloody vampire" ha

 and crashed as soon as we hit the highway

 ahhhhh now, thats a nap

 it was a really nice time away. thanks for hosting cry and shawn

we got home, emptied the van and i literally ran out the door to get groceries. we had nothing but condiments in the fridge! 

and with that, im spending my monday holiday cleaning, blogging, laundry and more cleaning as we enter the first week of october.

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