HAPPY HALLOWEEN (and an update to the kitchen too!)

Happy Halloween!
Here is Princess Morgan and Pirate Joey at their Pre-school Pumpkin Party!



My Dad (and mom and brother) came down last weekend to help move along the kitchen renovation - which was at a complete hault since May! Slowly...very slowly...




(that's a counter top -finally! and the microwave and dishwasher have been put in..no power to that side of the kitchen yet...but boy do they look good!)

Joe, Megan, Joey, Morgan & baby J.W. Schmidt

WHAT A FUN OCTOBER!

We have had such a fun fall!
The kids and I visited Lucas Oil Stadium with the Moss kids for a tour.


We waited with Payton at the Pro Shop for our tour!


The kids were all geared up for the tour!


Joey and Morgan stood on the field for a photo.


This is a view from the stadium's highest point - the Press Box.


The whole family spent this past weekend visiting Waterman's Pumpkin Farm


Joey found his pumpkin!


Mom and Morgan enjoyed the hayride back from the pumpkin patch - it gets dark early now!


Here are the kids waiting to enter into all the fun at the gate!

and then ZOO BOO at the Indianapolis Zoo. The kids got to "trick-or-treat" throughtout the zoo in their costumes! And it's only midway through the month - we've had so much fun already!


Ahoy Mate!


Our sweet princess.






Hope you have a great October too!
Joe, Megan, Joey, Morgan and baby brother Schmidt

It's a BRICK HOUSE!

So, after nearly a year of destruction and construction...the front of our home is nearly complete. The brick is not a perfect match to the original house, but after some power washing, we'll probably be pretty close!



Now...the goal is to finish as much of the inside as we can before Baby #3 arrives in February!
Joe, Megan, Joey, Morgan & Baby Brother Schmidt

2 Tickets to PARADISE!

So, with short notice, Joe and I were offered an amazing opportunity to hop on a plane and join our friends in St. Croix in the Virgin Islands for a long weekend!!!

It was the most beautiful place! Crystal clear water, white beaches, warm sunshine, wonderful company and the kids were home with MO (G-ma Williams) and Uncle Ry Ry!

The photos say it all:














Along the Boardwalk in Christiansted.


This trip was so GOOD for Joe!


Can you believe how close it is to Pittsburgh!?


We are at the most eastern point of the United States here at Point Udell.


This is one of 10 Radio Telescopes scanning the United States and their territories.

This is in the rain forests of Saint Croix.

It was a trip of a lifetime!
Joe, Megan, Joey, Morgan & Baby #3 Schmidt