Tiger Awards!

WE'RE PROUD OF OUR BOYS!!!

Aidan - awarded for "Responsibility"

Shad awarded for "Perseverence"

(That's Aidan, Camten and Trinity running in the background!)

4-day Birthday Weekend!

This year Mom's birthday started with a NEW CAMERA! We had a family party with cake and ice cream - notice Camten is still nervous that a bunch more people will appear out of nowhere and sing loudly! ha! Then we all went out to eat at Outback Steakhouse... that was NOT relaxing, obviously, but very entertaining, and maybe an outing to get a babysitter for in the future! The grand finale was going to the Blazer game (just the two of us!) Thank you everyone for such a GREAT birthday!!!! :-)

Thanksgiving in Pictures

Somehow I didn't get a picture of the huge Bounce House outside that kept all the kids entertained between warm-ups and all their boundless energy contained!

I saw Grandpa and Grandma, too. They had a quiet day together at home... a specialty in this season of their life right now! What a blessing they are to all - and how wonderful to pause a moment and be Thankful for SO MUCH FAMILY!!!! Thank You, God!

Fun and Games

Yes... this is a picture of our FOUR kids playing happily together!





This is Hungry Hippo - it has four hippos! After this game, they moved on to Hullabaloo! ALL FOUR OF THEM!!!





:-) It was a really exciting moment for me... I always love it when my kids play together nicely, but so far it's been in twos with a rare all-boy event or two.



It was getting so close to Christmas that some "Nuts and Bolts" needed to be made! Trinity is already a great cook and taste-tester. She loves helping Mom in the kitchen. She picked the orange-ringed bowl as her charge and carefully ate nearly all the pretzels out before we baked it for our mix. ha! We called this the "Thanksgiving Batch" although it didn't make it to that date.

November 17th

Our "little guy", Camten, turned 4!

He's really shy and excited about growing bigger just so he can be faster - "fast" is a very valuable skill amoungst the Armstrong boys. He still asks me if he can be my "little guy" even though he's gettin so big. How can I refuse a request like that?! Maybe when he's in high school he'll be sorry I took him so seriously... but for now, we're good buds.

Camten got so picture-shy I didn't get a good shot of him for two weeks. Even cuter, he hid around the corner when it came time to sing him "happy birthday"! So, we whispered the song quietly so he'd step out enough to blow out his candles.