Bailey Family

Seth in TBall - I never sent a picture. (I should have put the one of him at shortstop playing in the dirt b/c that's what he did most of the season.) He wanted to play football next, but I told him they didn't offer it for his age - only soccer, tball, and basketball. OK, basketball then, he told me. They even sent me a flyer for winter basketball starting in January. I threw it away. I've had enough sports for right now...maybe in the spring or summer I'll feel like it again - plus, basketball takes coordination I just don't think a 5 year old is capable of having! Nope, there is no rain in that picture. It looks sideways no matter which way you turn it. I cooked that....we just forgot to take a picture until we had eaten most of it! :) Memere (sorta pronounced Mem-may) with the kids. The babies are starting to recognize their grandparents - well, the ones in SC at least.

This is Seth reciting his part for the primary program. (I hope it is audible. Rob unplugged something Saturday and I'm not sure which hole to plug it back in, so I don't have sound on the computer to listen right now!) Carolyn saying the pledge of allegience (since Seth got coverage on that, she has to also): I just read my brother's weekly missionary email from chile... this has got to be quote of the week: "And even though her dog, victor, sat on my foot and left a mucas blood combination behind we will continue teaching Elena. " hahaha! That is so gross and funny...poor Will. (Try reading that outloud...I couldn't make it through it without laughing when reading it to Carolyn, who didn't find it as funny as I did.)

Let me edit my previous post with a new posting. My husband is currently in the garage cutting off his cast. I thought he was going to use wire cutters, but I hear a small motor...like a power tool. I told him I was going to call his mother and tell on him, but that seemed to have little effect - sorry Rachel - I guess that wore off some time ago. Hmm...I hope he doesn't cut his leg off. Should I check on him? I don't always listen to my doctors (when I don't see that it's important), so everytime I talk to him about just wearing the thing for three weeks and not messing with it, he gives me a little reminder that I'm like the pot calling the kettle black. (I have never removed a medical device without permission though.) Good, the motor sound stopped. I hope "Mickey" doesn't come out. (We have heard a scratchy sound in our walls the past weeks and yesterday as I was coming home from some shopping I walked to the backdoor, then backed up and went aroun...

Rob has been having lots of foot pain for quite a while now. It comes and goes and hurts when he is on his feet a lot, but since two doctors have failed to find anything, he just lives with it. The most recent doctor found nothing on the xray, so he scheduled an MRI. The results were in today - Rob has a stress fracture, so for the next three weeks (up until Thanksgiving) he's in a cast (from the tops of his toes to the top of his shin). It's blue; the kids and I have signed it...take a look:

We left as soon as Rob got off work last Thursday. We drove as far as we could and stayed in a place just below the border of Ohio (in WV). Thursday I saw deer eating on the side of the interstate. The fall colors were so much more vibrant the farther north we got. I tried to get some pictures, but my camera just did not do it justice. (The pictures are a little darker than it was outside b/c I took them while Rob was driving 70mph up the interestate, so I had to use a fast shutter speed to keep them from blurring.) Here's one taken Friday: Friday The scenery just got better and better. We left the hotel we stayed at over night and drove on to Richfield to visit Grandpa Venus. Then continued on to Chardon, OH. Friday night we celebrated Pepe Bailey's 70th birthday. Seth loved playing with all the younger Bailey cousins. Carolyn wanted to stay near me, but was happy. Natalie was passed around and would go in the nursery with the kids when we needed her to go in. Kai...

I have been so busy, I haven't had time to write about what we've been up to, so here's a condensed version of the end of october: FAIR We went to the fair for 'lunch at the fair'. You can go in, (pay), stay until 2 pm, and leave getting your admission money back if you're out by 2. So, we did. Seth had time to ride only 3 rides. Carolyn didn't get to ride what she wanted. Her height required an adult and Rob had already gone back to work. (I had to stay with the twins.) She enjoyed the 'elephant donut' though! FARM BIRTHDAY PARTY The next day, a friend had a birthday party at a 'farm', so we went - petted animals, went on a hay ride, ate hotdogs, and roasted marshamallows. (Hayden is in black - she's the birthday girl, Ashley in green, Seth, and Jackson on the right. The big gap between the girls and boys did not stay. Seth was actually holding Ashley's hand at one point...in a little kid friend kind of way! Although I'm surprise...