Halloween 2013

Another year of kinda-sorta costumes in the vB house...   I used to have time to put effort into costumes. (See Halloween 2009)  It's now become "hunt through the house and try to find a costume".

Kate's preschool class had a parade for Halloween. She decided to dress as Minnie Mouse.

 

Tonight, we all went trick-or-treating.

(the kids with their cousins)

(My brother and his family)

(My mom and dad with their grandchildren--even if all the kids don't want to be in the picture.)

Pheasant hunting?!?

Jeff just started working for Martin's Famous Pastry Shop. Every year they take a retreat and always hunt pheasants on the trip. Jeff has never hunted before, so it was a lot of fun seeing him get ready for the week long event. He bought hunting clothing and several other hunting necessities. We joke about the fact that at the firm he worked for he had to invest in a tuxedo for the annual events we attended. For Martins, he invested in hunting clothing.

Matthew's party

Some cute pictures of my kiddos at their cousin's party...

Biblical Tabernacle Reproduction

Jeff's in between jobs (leaving the law firm, and heading to an in-house position), so today we took a fun little family day trip to Lancaster.  At the Mennonite Information Center, there is a full reproduction of the tabernacle explained in Exodus.  It's great to see the passage we read about built in scale.   

Double Crown of Egypt

Grace is studying Upper and Lower Egypt in history class.  She in Egyptian character with today's project of the double crown....