Elizabeth's Baptism

Yesterday Elizabeth was welcomed into the Catholic Church

Monsignor Sadie presided
He married us and did my First Communion and subsequent sacraments

Godparents Jenny and John

Elizabeth fell asleep shortly after her christening


Our tired kids

With my cousin Helen

Trying to get a picture of the four Rachal cousins
My camera was MIA for much of the party
I am hoping people will send me more shots of the family
I will add those soon

Thanks for being the photographer (again) Uncle Charles!

We feel truly blessed that we had so many family members join us for this special occasion

Pony Ride

Michael did not forget that we couldn't do the rides on our last visit to the pumpkin patch - so we went back and enjoyed the beautiful day

He loved the hay ride
But he really wanted to ride on the tractor

Trying to pose with the scarecrows

First visit to the pumpkin patch

Before we went this morning we looked at pictures from last year
Michael must have remembered posing on a pumpkin
He ran all over the field sitting on pumpkins and telling me to take pictures

I noticed later that this growth chart is missing something important - numbers

He had a blast in this toddler maze

Chasing his friends

We will have to go back since we missed the hayride and pony rides
Maybe we'll get a pumpkin next time too

Kicking off the Halloween season

My little Strawberry

Michael posing in his dragon costume


We spent the day at an amusement park that was decked out for Halloween

Michael doing a zip line

He made me sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat the entire time we were on this raft

There was a large area where we went trick-or-treating
Michael wanted to stop after each treat to eat the goodies

There were lots of fun rides still open.

We had a wonderful day

Four months old!!

Kissing Queen Elizabeth's hand

Her new favorite activity is nibbling on her tootsies
I guess I'll have to stop painting her toenails







James and Michael put together her new exersaucer this evening.
Michael loved doing Handy Manny with Daddy


Elizabeth checking out her new toy