F%*# YEAH! THANKSGIVING!

Boris made me a Birthday Chesecake completely from scratch!

Seriously, and I am being completely 100% honest when I say it is the
BEST cheesecake I have ever had!
Thanks B!

Royal as... a Ghost..?

Hella before her snack! ;-)

Hella after her pre trick or treating snack..!

Boris is The Grim Reaper

Spike is 'Nothing'

The gang!

SIX YEARS OF SPIKE SPEED

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPIKE!





Spike continues to be the magical, wise, surprising, philosophical one of our Crowd...





...he inspires and delights...everyone that meets him is smitten...he casts a spell without even trying...





We surprised him with a day at the National Zoo...he got a monster pile of Legos, a nerf crossbow, new shoes and a lesson in patience since some other presents didn't show up in time!

He requested a blue alien cake and pasta for dinner...he got beautiful weather, both Mom & Dad home, and happy times with the family...a good birthday!

25% FINISHED

Christina's big left-arm project got under way during our trip to N'rn Ohio this weekend...all hail the Mighty, Mighty, Ink-Stained Ryan Speed...



For anyone wanting the details, this is Christina's 'mother' tattoo...she picked each kid's birth month flower and had Ryan design the sleeve...

top of the shoulder = chrysanthemum = November (C and Rik)
back of the arm = larkspur = July (Boris)
crook of the elbow = aster = September (Spike)
bottom one = Gerbera daisy = April (Hella)
small ones scattered about = snow pea = January (Royal)

this is all about 25% done...lots of color to come...

(and, for the record, the butterfly is her 4-yr-old 'sister' tattoo, shared with Bev...Ryan is incorporating it into the design...)

Reading to his brothers

Time to pick the peaches!

We wanted to take the kids somewhere new and fun, and since peaches
are the fruit in season right now, we found an orchard right outside
town and made the hour long trek!
The kids had a blast! We will definitely be back as the season change!
Can anyone say, pumpkins?! :-)