Big Bump is pushing 60....that's right folks, Bumpa turned 59. We had his party at my house last Sunday. His big present was tickets to see Tina Turner. He LOVES her and has seen her twice already. Mom and him are going on Nov 10th. Happy Birthday Dad!

Opening presents

Bumpa and his girlies
He's getting too old to blow out his candles by himself.

Well, it's official....Chelsea is now a licensed driver. Oh, it was nerve wracking!! She was so nervous and then this big creep came out to test her! This lady was SO mean. I felt so bad for Chels. But, she passed and was very excited. As soon as we got home, she headed over to her boyfriend's house to surprise him. No one knew she was going for it that day. Of course, I only let her go for 45 minutes and started bawling as soon as she pulled out of the garage. Hopefully, that will get better! Chels was SO worried about taking the test in the afternoon because her hair wouldn't be fresh for her picture! I SWEAR!

Halloween! This year Sam went as a jailbird. It was actually an old costume of Chelsea's that Sam wanted to wear. The year I bought it for Chels, she ended up grounded and couldn't go trick or treating. So, it hadn't even really been used! Anyway, we went to a close subdivision to trick or treat since our neighborhood is too spread out. Sam had a great time and Randy ended up holding her bag at the end of the night because it was too full. Randy and I wore our convict costumes too. So, we went as a family of convicts.

The jailbird

I love the hat
Sam and Randy

Me and the jailbird

She was pooped by the end of the night...me too.

We were invited to a Halloween party from Randy and Bumpa's work. We all dressed up and really had a great time. Randy and I were originally going as Adam and Eve but Randy's leaf placement wasn't quite right! Of course he says it was too small! Chelsea babysat for us so that was nice. After the party we broke into Waffle House for breakfast!

They let us out to see the kids

Gramma and Bump as the Ninja and Geisha Girl

Gramma saving Sam

Four geeks

Lordy, Lordy Randy is Forty...four....Randy's bday was Oct 17th. We all went out to eat and then back to our house for presents and cake.

The birthday boy opening presents

Of course Gramma had to get him a shirt about "nuts"
She also got him so shorts that were 8 sizes too big

Me and my honey...he had a bad eye infection and couldn't stand the flash from the camera. So, of course, we kept snapping shots!

We asked Randy what kind of cake he wanted and he said " I don't care. I'd be happy with some toast" So, that's exactly what he got.

The rest of us had a candy bar cake that Chels made. It was yummy!

Randy with his toast...check out his eyes! Ha! Poor thing.

Cheese! Happy Birthday Randy!

Uncle Terry and Lori came for a visit...and crazy Uncle Terry and Sam got in the pool! It was cold and there was NO WAY the rest of us were getting in there. It was nice to see them.

Crazy

Mom and Lori poolside

I think she's frozen

Uncle Terry and Lori

Uncle Terry trying to defrost Sam

Justin's new tatoo....Randy's nephew, Justin, got inked. He said he wanted to get one to honor his dad, uncle and pap. He says he wouldn't be where he is today without them. Each dogtag has their name and branch of service. The dogtags are also different because Randy retired, his pap was drafted, and his dad and Uncle Roger did not retire. It's pretty cool. Randy said "Hmmm, I've never had my name on someone else's body before".

Fall is in the air....so we headed to the local farm for the all the fun. They have pig races, a cow ride, a playground, a hayride and 3 corn mazes. Sam and Gramma only did the first, easy maze. They were too scared...chickens! Of course it had nothing to do with us running ahead and jumping out of the corn at them! The rest of us did all three. There were times I didn't think we would make it out of there.

Sam was picked to be a volunteer for the pig race.

Justin, Micah, Chels and Randy on the hayride
Gramma, Sam and Bump on the hayride

2 sad Wisconsin fans...they lost that day

Chels and Micah on the tricycle race

Sam took a ride on the cow train

Piggy nose

Getting lost in the maze

Chelsea's high school football team is doing really well this year. They are 8 -1 and are going to the playoffs! We've had lots of fun at the home games!

And the crowd goes wild....

Sam and Penelope have a blast at the games. They have their own cheers they made up. I'm sure the people around love hearing them over and over!

The girls always help Gramma put out her Fall stuff.Done!