October Fest

I love fall - all of the beautiful colors, the crisp night air and the three birthdays we celebrate in our house! This is my 20, 15, 10 month!!! The fourth birthday is in February - he'll be 17!

The lovely, Rita over at Toltec Jewels  and  Jewel School Friends is hosting October Fest today and celebrating her birthday - Happy Birthday!!

Now, I will admit that I completely forgot about this reveal - I signed up for it and *poof*,  I forgot about it! Thankfully, I was working on some Halloween jewelry over the weekend. Sometimes I forget to take pictures, so I'll have to go back over to Zodiac to get pictures of the earrings - I love how they turned out!

Zodiac in Gahanna

Here is what my Saturday looked like - 13 kids and a Nerf birthday party - our back yard is a much safer place now!!  :)

                                                                 The cake my son picked out - I love it!!

 
                                        This is what Sunday looked like - time to have indoor fun at Skyzone !!

                                              I took this picture three years ago - now it comes out every Halloween

Other fall happenings included dragons at How to Train your Dragon-Live Spectacular and zombies at the Zombie Buffet 5k.




















I can't wait to see what November brings .............................. :)


Now go on and enjoy all of the fall loveliness at these wonderful blogs

Host Toltec Jewels            http://www.JewelSchoolFriends.com  
Heather Otto                     http://www.thecrafthopper.com
Mischelle Fanucchi               http://www.micheladasmusings.blogspot.com
Marlene Cupo                   http://amazingdesigns-marlene.blogspot.com
Shaiha Williams                http://shaihasramblings.blogspot.com
Shelly Graham Turner          http://shelleygrahamturner.blogspot.com/
Shelly Joyce                         http://www.aujourlejour-shelly.blogspot.com/
Charlie Jacka                    http://clay-space.com/blog/
Pam Sears                        http://crazycreativecorner.blogspot.com/
Margareta Saari                  http://magsinhelmet.blogspot.com/
Marita Suominen                 http://momentofjewelry.blogspot.fi/
Lisa Posthumus                   https://www.facebook.com/lisa.posthumusharper
Jeannie Dukic                      http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog
Cheri Reed                          http://creativedesignsbycheri.blogspot.com/
Arlene Dean                        http://aglassbash.blogspot.com/
Duffy Blevins                       http://bubbasjewels1.blogspot.com/
Susan Kennedy                   http://suebeads.blogspot.com/
Dita Basu                           http://www.alankarshilpa.blogspot.com/
Sonya Ann Stille                 http://dreaminofbeads.blogspot.com/
Audrey Allen                      https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wrapped-Up-In-Magic/145456948869148
Kashmira Patel                   http://sadafulee.blogspot.com/
Kathy Lindemer                 http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/
Kris Mattingly                    https://www.facebook.com/kris.h.mattingly
Lennis Carrier                    http://www.windbent.net/
Shannon Hicks                   http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com/
Paula Hisel                         http://simplybeadiful.weebly.com/simply-stated.html
Karin Slaton                       http://backstorybeads.blogspot.com/
Shirley Moore                    http://www.beadsandbread.blogspot.com/
Alicia Marinache                http://www.allprettythings.ca/
Valeria G. Rome                http://fancysphynxdesigns.blogspot.com/
Lo                                     http://thecreativeklutz.blogspot.com/
Zoe Marcin                       http://beadsteaandsweets.blogspot.com/
Carolyn Lawson                http://carolynscreationswa.blogspot.com
Kimberly Booth                 http://thepinkmartiniboutique.blogspot.com/
Sherri Stokey                    http://www.knotjustmacrame.com
Tanya McGuire                  http://www.tanyamcguire.blogspot.com/ 
Debbie Rasmussen             http://kepirasmussen.blogspot.com/
Christine Stonefield             http://sweetgirldesign.blogspot.com/           ________________you are here_______________          
Tanty Sri Hartani                http://tjewellicious.blogspot.com/
Sandra McGriff                  http://skyescreativechaos.blogspot.com/
Renetha Stanziano              http://lamplightcrafts.blogspot.com/
Evelyn Shelby                     http://raindropcreationsbyevelyn.blogspot.com/
Colene Waltermire              https://www.facebook.com/groups/426147797447039/?fref=ts
Lee Nova                           https://www.facebook.com/groups/426147797447039/?fref=ts

Facebook Group Reveals:          

https://www.facebook.com/groups/426147797447039/?fref=ts

So Proud of My Son.......

Tonight, my 14 year old, Alex, graduated from the Westerville Youth Police Academy (did I say I'm proud of him!!). He was in Class 5 of this wonderful program, that teaches the cadets all areas of police work. It has been a week long program that he thoroughly enjoyed, since he's known that he wants to be a police officer since he was 3! Next, he'll go on to the Explorer's program which goes more in-depth into police work.

                                        There was an article in today's The Columbus Dispatch about the program

St Patty's Day

After I dropped one son off at COSI to work for the day, two of my boys and I walked to the North Market for lunch and then stayed to watch the St. Patrick's Day parade in downtown Columbus

the North Market has a variety of food vendors

Shamrock Club Pipe and Drums

Aaarrrrrrr!!

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman

Love the kilt!!

every parade needs a balloon leprechaun

Arnold Schwarzenegger dressed in his St. Patty's Day attire

Irish Stew, bread from the North Market and a Guinness

My Christmas Present

I only want one present from my boys - yes, it can be torturous (their perspective), but it's not expensive. The one and only present I ask for (every year) is a picture with Santa. We kept putting off the inevitable, and went this morning to get the picture taken. I was surprised that, at 10am, the mall was not crowded at all! We did have to wait for about an hour for our turn with the Big Guy, but the picture turned out GREAT!

                            Love Santas face in this one - not sure what he was thinking, but I should have asked!

October.......

       My busy month is over - three birthdays in one month - most definitely the funnest month, but also pretty cRaZy!

                                                 
                                                                   My boys are now 19, 14, 9 and 15!  =)

A Walk in the Woods

In the fall, I love going for long walks at the local park and taking pictures of my boys. But, my favorite part of these walks is all the talking we do - and all the laughing!!

Here are a few shots of my fellas.................

Mini-Ruckus

There's nothing like paying to let the boys get dirty, especially when it's for a good cause!!
                                                   the Columbus Ruckus

Last Day Before School

Today is the last day of summer for three of my boys, so they had to have some fun!!

Lazer Craze - 3 of my boys & 1 on loan

My New Table!!

YAY!! I have a new work table that I've been dreaming about for months! I asked my son to make a table for me on Saturday & he did it on Sunday!!

 

                              I can't thank him enough - he did a FANTASTIC job!!

Recap of the Week

It's been one of our busier weeks this summer.................

                                                           Magic Mountain

                                                               Sky Zone

                                                        the Ohio State Fair

Deep-fried Snickers - we also tried deep-fried Twinkies and Three Musketeers with a little heartburn on the side. Maybe that's why the boys didn't want to go on any rides??!

                               I'm thinking Christmas card................................ :)

Graduation - Woo Hoo!!

My oldest son, Tyler, graduated from high school yesterday & I couldn't be more proud!! I'm so excited for his future that I can't wait for him to start the next phase of his life! He knows he wants to be an engineer & has been tinkering with many facets of engineering for the past couple of years & is heading to OSU in the fall!

CONGRATULATIONS, TYLER!!

His brothers

His Nana, Aunt Reenie & cuz Lincoln