Our Marathon Girls

Monica and Sara getting ready for the big run
Fellow runners, Susie and Sherrie

"Monica, SLOW DOWN!"

Proud Dad and Elated Daughter

"Let's go get some breakfast!"

Disneyland!

The Happiest Place on Earth...with the Happiest kids on earth!And the Happiest Grandma on Earth!

What an absolutely beutiful heart crown

This was fun, but I can't remember what we were about to experience

A "thank you" kiss for Grandma

Joy of All Joys

Katelyn and Owen at adoption hearing
Proud mama and aunt

proud parents with Richard Owen

Sleep-overs are so much fun!

The Snow Queen lives here

She can't be far away

We didn't find her....maybe another day

Warming little feet by the fire...and, of course, with book in hand

Our Home At Christmas

Nutcrackers keep watch
Papa John enjoys reading by the tree

Papa John's Santa Claus collection

We love our nature tree
Welcome to our humble home

Happy Halloween!

Johnny, the cheese head, Lauren the vampire, and Gracie the fairy princess.
Mary, as Mary, and Owen as OwenQuick costume change for grandma and grandpa...Owen as a crab

Parker the pumpkin between the pumpkins before carving

the pirate king contemplating the slashing of the pumpkins

two really scary witches

Lily, the firefly

shouldn't I be up in the sky?

Lily isn't sure if she likes cleaning out the pumpkin.

We are now full-swing into falltime and family time together. We had only four little trick-or-treaters this year....maybe because of the swine flu pandemic, or maybe because kids don't go out much anymore....sad ....john and I watched "Young Frankenstein," our traditional stay-at-home activity...and then, thanks to Lisa and Josh's evite, we dropped in to their Halloween party and enjoyed visiting with family and friends. Thank you October! Hello November!

Lily Land

Welcome to Lily Land USA! (Also known as Rockville Md.) We had the delightful opportunity to fly across the country to visit Lily and her mom, dad, and bees, the middle of October. (Fall time is beautiful there.)Monica, Sara and Lizzy joined us for part of our stay....their highlight was SOYOUTHINKYOUCANDANCE...a live concert of the TV show...in Baltimore...

what an adorable, inqusitive, enthusiastic little face!

we watched Lily steal the show at her dance class...the grandma and aunts loved it

eating lunch on a cold and rainy day at Balducci's...greatest pizza ever...

oops, back to the dance class ....Lily was all business

another fun activity with the parachute
we spent Sunday afternoon in Baltimore at the "outer banks"...it was bitter cold...but Lily was all smiles....then Liz was off to see her kids after four days with her sisters...and mom
Bye,bye Lizzy, we will miss you...tell Ellie, Luke and Parker hi...

Now it's breakfast time before we are off to get a "poke" at the doctor's. Lily is not worried at all.

Amy's ebelskivers are delectible
My last happy memory of Lily, is her giving her Dog (and best sleeping friend) a poke before we are off to the clinic for Amy's checkup and Lily's poke....she soon discovered that the seasonal flu poke is not much fun....but....she recovered quickly in time to hear the baby's heartbeat inside Mommy's tummy!!!!

WHAT AN exciting time for all of us! Thank you Roberts for being such amazing hosts...We'll be back!