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Don't you think this is a great quote? Love it....

My favorite time of year- watching the leaves change, crisp fall air, and lots and lots of soup making! 

The kids' attempt at catching a peep of the full moon.

They borrowed my camera and left me some cute surprise pics 

Ah fall....loving this weather.  We are enjoying watching Calli play soccer a few nights a week- only a couple more games to go.  It's amazing how she has changed in her playing since she was 5 (not quite as worried about her ponytail flipping the right way, and definitely not so afraid to get rough and tumble- it's co-ed this year, so she has to put up with boys :) She's a soccer star this year! Middle school is going great so far- Calli already went to her 6th grade camp- Trail Creek- and loved it! I think it's a great way for all these kids to merge with the other schools and make so many new friends.  Teags is going to start tennis after soccer is over- I can't wait to watch that! I am making some very big changes in my life as well- I am now almost finished registering for.....college! again....this endeavor is my last hopefully- on my way to becoming a FNP (family nurse practitioner).  I will be doing a 4-year RN course and then hopefully have a couple years after that to be completely done- so excited!!

Since pictures say a thousand words....

Because I am a self-admitted slacker on my blog these days, here's the latest pics I dug up from throughout the summer- you can see we have done a LOT of stuff! Fairs,  multiple camping, cool science experiments, all leading up to school! Enjoy the pics and I will keep things updated from here on out on a weekly basis- things are about to get crrraazzy with a new baby due in just 5 short weeks- phew!

Oh boy- I know I've been horrible about blogging- trust me, my parents clued me in this last weekend :)

So- it's been really, really busy around here- Callista is the star of the month with violin concerts, a birthday that consists of about 6 separate parties- and of course her 5th grade graduation this Friday! Yay Calli Bug!! She so loved getting phone calls from her dear aunties yesterday- thanks girls :)

We had Marmee and GG up to visit this last week...hands down the best trip we've had so far.  We sure did fit a lot in over 4 days- Calli's concert, trips to Top This and Jamba Juice, Mom and Dad got to take a trip to Bonner's to see Carolyn Bateman, I got to work (woohoo), kids at school, movie trip to see The Avengers (pure awesomeness- even Mom got into it!)... what else?? oh yes- golfing for Kara and GG, shopping for the girls with Marmee, lunch for everyone, and we even got some culture in by taking the girls to a ballet performance of Midsummer's Night Dream...phew!  Are my parents the coolest or what??

So that was just the last few days- yesterday was Calli's home party- now tonight she heads off to the grandparents with Dad for cake and presents- and this Saturday is the big double slumber party for her and Maddie- swimming at the hotel, and then back to Karen's to unleash all 15 girls to the basement for video games and what have you...

Mother's Day was another highlight- I was woken up by the girls to presents and cards- and tears of happiness of course... then I surprised their little pants off by taking them to Silverwood for the day! I built them up all week saying they were going to clean the house spotless for me on Mother's Day- so they were pretty stoked. Silverwood is a great amusement park just 10 minutes north of us...we had so much fun!

Let's see- Teags is doing great as well- she is excited for summer vacation, but really is going to miss her friends and teachers from this year- she will be all alone in elementary next year while Calli goes off to middle school- holy moley!  Oh yes- Alyx had her graduation last week too! She wore her cap and gown and walked with about 100 other graduates from Bridge Academy- so proud of her! She is progressing well in her pregnancy and is having a girl- already named as Kiara Jane Bingham....(named for Calli and Teags' middle names) so sweet...

I am currently waiting for my server to come back up for work- so good thing I had a break-it's raining cats and dogs outside, so I'm making soup and hoping for sun soon... miss you all so much and love you! and here's some pics....