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Last night was Mount Union's homecoming game and both the grandma's and Ben's family were able to attend with us.  After pre-game we went over to hang out with Chelsea and the girls.  All the girls signed Zach's cast, which I know he enjoyed!  I met Chelsea's coach (who is so glad she transfered to Mount Union) and of course I took some pictures.

 

It's so hard to get...

This kid has gone from never getting hurt to two trips to the emergency room within a few weeks of each other!
I got the call yesterday morning just before leaving for work that Zach had hurt his thumb and I might want to come get him.  I wondered just how bad can a thumb be?  Until I got there and Oh my... the thumb is bad... it is facing the wrong direction!

So back off to the emergency room...

Years ago before scrapbooking my passion was painting ceramics.  I remember painting a lot when Ryan and Chelsea were little and I still have a lot of the pieces that I did.  Most of the time when the pieces were still greenware I would carve the year and my initials into the bottom.  Here is a Dracula  I painted in 1991
D is for Dracula

This month I played with the add on kit from Work in Progress and created the following layouts and mini book.  As usual, I had a blast using the kit!
       

I made this candy corn dish years ago and love getting it out every year as I decorate for Halloween.
C is for Candy Corn

Thirteen favorites of the fall season
1.   The colors of the trees are my favorite!
2.   The weather 
3.   The best Apples
4.   Pumpkins
5.   hay rides
6.   Carmel apples
7.   Burning leaves
8.   Making soup
9.   Fall foliage tour
10. Outdoor fires
11. Halloween
12. comfy socks
13.  sweat shirts
You can find more thursday thirteen here

Today I took some paper, chipboard and envelopes and made a mini album that I'm going to fill with gift cards for Christmas.
One down and I cut enough to make several more.  Although I'm not sure a gift card will be tucked in every pocket, I may have some notes or other items included.
I took a couple of the envelopes and ran them through the using the 
sizzix textured impressions...

There were several choices for B but when I pulled out this picture,
 I knew I found my B word.
B - Batman Costume 
(Ryan's costume I made him his last Halloween)

Well, you knew this before you even saw the picture, right.... 
A - Apple (my favorite fruit of fall)

the sun decides to shine at the end of the day on Sunday...
I guess I shouldn't complain since the weather didn't spoil our weekend plans, it just would have been nicer had it been dry.
This weekend was the first Mount Union home game and what an experience it was! The stadium was packed, the field was covered with football players and everywhere you looked people were wearing Mount Union apparel!...