Weekend at Mt. Carmel

Lori, Janeil, and Ann (At the annual Valley High School Alumni Vollyball Tourney)

Best story of all!!!! Andrus, not knowing what to think about his brother's taste for a good school in wearing my Utah hat (GO UTES) and I am sure his dad James is thinking, "why is Corbin doing this to me!!!!" I loved it so much Oakley got to walk out of the room with a brand new Utah Utes Hat........Again, can't say it enough, GO UTES!!!!

Thanksgiving

Anna, Grandma Jane, and Great Grandma Barratt
Cole, Great Grandma Barratt, Anna, and Dad

Meat Eater!!!!!!

Well we spent Thanksgiving out in Utah. Started out in Northern Utah and ended up in Southern Utah.

Birthday Parties

Well we celebrated Anna and Cole's birthday parties in Utah, however, they both got a birthday party in Indiana as well, I think Lori and I were partied out! We had fun, The Schwitzer Family came out to the bowling alley to see us and we were very thrilled to see them.....we are always trying to talk them into moving back to Indiana.........We were thankful to my mom, Grandma Jane for putting this on, it was ALOT of fun.

Anna's Having a Party

Family Pictures

Election Day

Be What It May!!!!!

Cole's School Picture

The Crash!!!!

Cole learned to ride his bike this fall without training wheels and does GREAT with the only exception of him paying attention....3 year old thing I guess....well tonight when we were riding he had a HARD crash and after cleaning him off we had to take him to the office to sew up a nice deep cut in his chin......HE did GREAT!!!!

Halloween

Halloween was a fun day for us. We started it early with a Halloween party at Cole's school. It was fun to meet Cole's classmates. After the party we came home and took Anna to school. After Anna got home from school it was hard holding them off from trick-or-treating until night time, but finally at 7:00 the "lady bug and opitus prime" were ready to begin. Everyone was outside with treats ready to share. Cole got tired about half way through the neighborhood. He came back to help Dad pass out candy. Anna went to every house in the neighborhood. Even though she did a little complaining about how heavy her trick-or-treat bag was getting she wasn't about to stop.

After trick-or-treating we had a hayride through our neighborhood. Anna fell asleep on the hayride. She missed the BIG fireworks SHOW that the neighbors had. Cole on the other hand had been sampling his candy through the evening and had energy to spare. Sometime after eleven o' clock he fell asleep.

We spent a day in Brown County enjoying the beautiful leaves and crisp fall weather.

Children's Museum

Anna and Cole were out for Fall Break this week. We enjoyed some of the activities that were happening around Indianapolis. One day we went to the Children's Museum. Anna and Cole's favorite things to do were to dig for dinosaurs and experiement in the science works exhibit. They liked the haunted house, but they want to go to the "spooky house" next year instead of the "friendly house".

Monkey Bar Monster

Anna's teacher calls her the "monkey bar monster". On our last count she has done 145 monkey bars in a row. You might think the blisters on her hands would slow her down, but it doesn't seem to bother her enough to stop.

Colts Game

Cole and I went to the Colts Game today, it was alot of fun and we got to experience not only the game but the brand new Colt Stadium. Colts beat the Ravens 31-3.

Stonycreek Farm

Anna, Cole, and I enjoyed a fun day at the pumpkin patch. We went on a hayride to the patch and had fun picking out the perfect pumpkins to take home. We are enoying the beautiful fall weather and look for any excuse to be outside.

Why do they do this?

The question I want to know is why when Dad tries to take a nap, Anna and Cole tap him on his nose constantly, whereas when Mom takes a nap, there is absolutely no interruption?

Just a little flyer that Mark Gorin sent out to other docs in the state to market the total joint by Walter Lorenz (now Biomet). Thought I would add it....what the heck!

Anna's School Picture

Can't even believe Anna is in school getting pictures already!!!!!!!!

Monarch Butterfly Tagging

Anna, Cole, and I went to tag monarch butterflies at the Richy Wood Nature Preserve. We learned all about how butterflies grow and eat and their migration patterns. We then got butterfly nets and we looked for butterflies. We didn't catch any butterflies (I don't know how we could have with Cole using his net as a baseball bat), but we enjoyed learning more about the beautiful world around us.