Pumpkin Patch ....

I went to the pumpkin patch with

Jacquelyn, Bucky, Declan and Avery

we went to a different one this year, Lloyd's Family Farm

it was really nice, not long lines and very pretty countryside

Avery getting her face painted

Declan waiting his turn

so cute

corn maze

such cool looking pumpkins

they had something like 60 different varieties of pumpkins / gourds

Declan loves to scare me with snakes.....he knows I am so afraid of them

so he got a snake painted on his face and thought it was fun

to snarl and hiss at me....haha

later...

Grandchildren ....

I did a post about my 2 granddaughters taking

gymnastic classes together

and here are just a few of their last class until

after the holidays

Declan and Avery looking cute on their pretty front porch

Lorraine sharing her food with brother Gabe

Avery Grace watching Declan at baseball practice

she was taking it very seriously!

later....

3rd Annual Apraxia Awareness walk ....

On Oct 21st all of the work our daughter Nicole had

been doing over the past year came together for the

3rd Apraxia Awareness walk

Speech Apraxia is what our oldest grandson Maddox has

he is 12 years old and non-verbal

as in he speaks no words at all

and even with that struggle, he is just the sweetest

guy you can ever meet

Our daughter put this together 3 years ago in an effort to meet

other families who deal with this disability

Because then, we knew of no one

Now with this walk, she has met many families

I believe 8 in the Richmond area!

She is very lucky that the Sports Center of Richmond

host the event

And our family member Alex who owns Digital Video Group

is one of the sponsors and donates use

of the sound system

the walkers swag bags.....t-shirt, water bottle, stickers

We make posters for each of the "shining stars"

(the children who have apraxia)

we ask the walkers to autograph the posters and the

children love taking them home

new this year was a photo booth

Nicole made special swag bags for the parents

who have children with apraxia

Tyler and Lorraine

Jacquelyn and Avery

sister-in-law Susan and niece Abby helping

hand out the bags and shirts

great nephew Marshall

My brother Tracy providing entertainment to the kids!

our grandson Maddox....now almost as tall as me!

 our son Jake and his wife Kayce....our new daughter-in-law 

Gabe.....Nicole and Tyler's son who is the biggest help 

out of everyone!!!

and he is so great with his 2 brothers and sister

cousins.....Lorraine and Avery

Nicole welcoming the crowd, thanking people,

handing out the medals to the children

She does such a great job and Johnny and I are very proud of her

Maddox coming down the steps to receive his medal

Nicole so happy to start the walk

Nicole and Maddox....why she does this, it's all for him!

this little volunteer is tired!

photo booth fun

I could only put up pictures of my family as I do

not have permission to put up other people's pictures

we had about 80 people attend this year and raised just over 7k

so another successful walk and we are hoping

for an even bigger crowd next year

later.....

Foo Fighters ....

We were lucky enough to get tickets to see the 

FOO FIGHTERS....woo hoo!

what a show!

plus we had great seats, club level so that means

private bar and private bathrooms

along with Johnny and I was our son Jake

and daughter-in-law Kayce

My niece Aimee and her husband Alex

our son-in-law Bucky

My little sister Kandi and her husband Xel

we all met up at a restaurant called Pasture

for some drinks and dinner

AND....it was Kandi's birthday 

what a way to celebrate!!  

here's some silly pictures waiting for the show to start

my sister Kandi and BIL Xel were sitting directly 

across from us....

trying to get Johnny to smile....haha

Don't even know why Aimee and I were making

these faces .... regardless, we were having fun!! haha

Dave Grohl said he wanted to see more light....

and so everyone was turning on their flashlights on their phones

it was very cool looking

I have seen a lot of shows over the years.

My number one very best show ever was Prince

And this show, the Foo Fighters.....comes in second!!

they played for 2 1/2 hours straight and then came

back and did 7 more songs....wow

If you have the opportunity to see them, go for it

you won't regret it

later.....