October

       Scott is modeling a brown tux for us and drinking Dr. Pepper. Acutally he was an usher for a friend's wedding at our church. Mr. Paul Jarvis, who helped perform the ceremony, Daniel Lloyd and Scott are toasting their Dr. Peppers. But we did get Scott to take off the coat and pose for us! Of course, we needed to take a shot of all the kids dressed-up because that so rarely happens. We have Hannah, Emily, Scott, Jesse, and Sarah.

September

Scott and Jesse roofed our shed and did a great job for not ever having done

such work. It was a good experience and they learned a lot. PopPop would 

have enjoyed watching them!  Jesse got a little crazy

with his hammer!(2nd picture)

Emily celebrated her 22nd birthday! Rainboots for all those wet days, that

we're not having right now.

Jesse is playing fall ball with his travel team, The Birmingham Rangers. He catches, plays

short-stop, first base and third base --- does it all! He's also hitting well.

His team won a trophy after being undefeated in a tournament.

(four games all on one day) Jesse is on the far right in the team picture.

And lastly, our lovely Sarah just before she got a few inches of hair cut off.

August trip

In late July we headed north to Kentucky and visited the famous Churchhill Downs.

Then we drove on to Ohio and took in a Cincinnati Reds game against the Atlanta Braves.

Unfortunately the Braves lost. We did take in another game in Columbus that included two of

our UAB players. Then we ended  in Van Wert. Brian & PopPop enjoyed the beautiful weather

and such green garden. Next is Beth playing with her grandsons, Keston & Caleb. Next Gram

held a bread-making class for her Alabama grandchildren. They loved it and the result was delicious

golden loaves of bread. Julie & baby Eli. The playdough faces are Hannah, Emily, Caleb and Sarah.

 The girls love their cousins: Hannah & Keston, Sarah & Caleb, Emily & Eli.

We ended our trip by celebrating PopPop's 87th birthday a little early with an ice cream cake!

We had a great time.

August