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You thought I forgot......

Well the only thing that I forgot to do was make the blog, but as promised I photographed the quality time that the Fletcher Five spent together this last weekend. Sorry I missed uploading the photos and as always there are more photos of the event in the new set on flickr so check that out. This last weekend we went on a short little road trip to Pittsburgh but it was great for the kids to get away for a little while. Even though it was only to Pittsburgh the kids thought it was the perfect trip because we left Joplin but were not driving forever. After the little trip we came back home to enjoy some time at the bowling alley. Micha wanted to go roller skating again but bowling was the consensus of the family. We rarely go bowling but when we go the children enjoy it so much we wonder why we do not go more often. Micha had a blast in fact she ended up finishing up the game while bowling for everyone. Bowling was a huge success and I cannot wait to see what this weekend has to offer us. I bet you cannot wait to see the photos as well. Tomorrow is the family volunteer day at Ronald McDonald House so I am thinking that the pictures might involve "The House" it is always a trying time when we are all there as well as a great time. We all go as a family once a month and tomarrow is our day. Chris goes a couple times more than that at least and usually takes one of the kids with her. I should take lots of photos there tomorrow and tell you about a day in the life of the Fletcher Five at Ronald McDonald House in Joplin. That will make for a great blog post! Until then...........

Fall Leaves

I am not sure why we love fall here at the Fletcher Five house. Maybe it is an end to an unbearably hot summer, maybe it is the joy of getting out all of those clothes that you put away to seem like you have a whole new wardrobe. For me I think that it is the first sign that Christmas time is drawing near, and my mind starts to wonder of the joy filled 30 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas. For whatever reason we got out and enjoyed the weather today and by the pictures one would assume that we got some yard work done but the  truth of the matter is that we just played.

 

This week was such a busy week but I am trying to stick to my weekly flickr additions as well as my weekly blogging to tell you to look onto flickr and see the fun that we are having. I guess a couple of weeks ago I realized that I do not take enough pictures of the kids. Sometimes I have to brush the dust off of the camera before I take it out to shoot photos and I figured that means that I am not getting it out enough.

 

So that brings me to today, we got the leaf blower out of the garage and decided that it was about time that we made ourselves a big pile of leaves to jump into. The kids were more than happy to help make that pile up as much as they are very willing to knock it over. Each one of them had fun with the blower (as you can see Logan thought that it was especially fun to blow Caden but that was okay because he thought that it was equally as fun for it to occur. Then Micha got this great idea to pose for some photos with the scarecrow so the photo at the top and there are a few others on flickr that were all her idea, but the poses turned out okay so it was some pretty good thinking with people placement.

Now another weeks begins, but I will do my best to stop at some point and photograph some memories of the week to cherish forever and share with with all of you.