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Five Things I Love About Fall:

1. An obvious #1, the leaves turning colors on the trees.

2. We now have a yard that drops LOTS of leaves. Why is that great? When I rake them up the smell is absolutely divine!! Then the kids jump in and about the pile while I smile, remembering how Julie and I used to do that in Illinois.

3. Getting out the warm and snuggly sweaters! (These bulky clothes also conveniently hide the not-so-svelte figure I sport in my older years...)

4. Keeping my Pumpkin Pie or Caramel Apple candles lit all the time. **sniff** ..ahhhhh

5. The anticipation of the upcoming holidays.

Ethan's New Ride

A lesson learned.

Problem: Child #4 wakes up flushed, hot, and shaky. Mother knows right away a doozie of a sickness is coming on.

Solution: Hydrate Child #4 as soon as possible.

Problem: Child #2 has finished off the last of the apple juice without writing it on the grocery list. There is only high pulp orange juice and V-8 in the refrigerator.

Solution: Mother scours pantry to find another non-acidic beverage to mix with water, since Child #4 won't drink the plain water. The mission is successful and Child #4 is satisfied with the concocted beverage. He follows to drink 2 sippy cupsful in a row.

Problem: Child #4 leaves the washable floors of the kitchen to find a plush, beige, carpeted area to vomit up the 2 sippy cupsful of beverage.

Lesson learned: Never give a sick child red gatorade.

Family Portrait

Stay tuned within the next few weeks to see our latest family portrait!

The hottest spoof sensation since Wierd Al! Presenting...Julian Dayton!!

b-o-l-o-g-n-a!

By popular demand:

(Well, it's popular with the "under 12" crowd...)