November 5th

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t'was his intent
To blow up the King and Parli'ment.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England's overthrow;
By God's mercy he was catch'd
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!
And what should we do with him? Burn him!

I've always loved the story of the Guy Fawkes Plot. Have you told your kids this famous story of intrigue and daring?? They'll love it!

Summer's Final Curtain Call

(and showing off Judah's new coat)



















Every year my roses, once delivered by cold nights from the scourge of bugs and drought, give a final burst of Fall Bloom.







I feel compelled to add (since I'm already tooting my own horn, here) that most of these shots are SOOC! Haven't I come a long way?????

BFFs

Since before high school we've been the Four Lady Musketeers. We've been through everything together. Learning to drive, babysitting 9triplets, no less!) first big crushes, getting left out at dances, weird 80s outfits, costume dances, drama club, musicals, teenage angst, church breakups, courtships, marriages, babies, loss-- we've been together all the way. And I've got the pictures to prove it :)


(Omi, was that bow surgically implanted in your scalp? or was Super Glue involved in some way?)


(omg, look! i'm wearing a tablecloth!)




(nothing says friendship (and 1998) like matching pooh t-shirts) (but please note the cool vintage car providing all the cool I needed backintheday)




in retrospect, this picture is hysterical. look at Ben in the background, staring at the back of Susi's head... just imagine what he might have been thinking.... :)



...he must have been thinking about THIS!


you can read more about Hos' beautiful vintage wedding....

But we've been mostly maintaining that friendship through email, Facebook and our blogs in the last several years. So a few weekends ago we got together again, to go shopping...



eat pizza,



and take another photo to add to the archives.




We love you, Hos and Omi! Here's to another fifteen years!!

Oh yeah, it's THAT time of year again!

We go to the Back Home on the Farm Corn Maze and Family Fun every year! And it was unbelievably more fun to have COUSINS this year!!

Photo Dump: Goin' To the Fair!

Though the weather outside was frightful





The fair was quite delightful!