thanksgiving

proud of these kids... see those turkeys?? those were what they made
to put up on residents' doors @ Oma's nursing home.

my buddy

(the pencils are in the pocket so he can be "just like Grandpa")

grandpa krug's retirement and trick-or-treating

We celebrated with Grandpa Krug this October as St. Paul's

honored him with a retirement banquet.

showing off pumpkins with our cousins and our neighbor

cheerleader Alyssa with her Nana

Mario with his daddy

the kids with Grandma and Grandpa Lorenz

pumpkin farm field trip

there are perks to schooling at home

finally, a garden that yields!

We've tried to grow something in our garden for about four years now.
This year we gave up on our soil and built raised beds. It worked!

a september trip

Take a peek at a few pics from our September trip. We camped a circle... Wisconsin to Ohio to New York, across Ontario to Michigan and back home through Chi-town.

Alan, 10:00 @ night, drying out our sleeping bags... oh, for a tent that stays dry!

Kruglets @ Yoders' Amish Home

Who says a little rain can slow down this crew?!

Our family pic of the trip... Journey Behind the Falls, Niagara Falls, Ontario

Alyssa climbing the dunes... a much larger task than we can show in a photo!

Beautiful sun, an abandoned beach, and no time constraints... Nathanael was in heaven.

the Kruglets, outside our camp cabin @ Warren Dunes State Park in Michigan...






Eva, on the last day in the car... just get me home!

Alyssa and Nathanael, astronauts together@ Adler Planetarium