ROCKY MOUNTAIN / ESTES PARK

 THE ELK WERE BUGLING LOUDLY!

 NEVER SEEN SO MANY ELK....AS A MATTER OF FACT, NEVER SEEN ELK AT ALL

THE ROCKIES WERE BREATH-TAKING .  WHAT A BEAUTIFUL

DAY WITH BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS!

DENVER! FIRST STOP: BOULDER - DUDE, I THINK THE WHOLE TOWN WAS HIGH! (ELEVATION, THAT IS)

 BOULDER HAD IT'S OWN CENTRAL PARK

 WE SAW LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS

 A BAND WAS ONSITE, CAUSING THE KIDS TO DANCE

HUGE FRESH-BAKED BREAD

LAST WEEKEND WAS MY WEEKEND TO WORK - BUT IT WAS STILL SO MUCH FUN

WE HOSTED A BIRTHDAY/PASTOR APPRECIATION DINNER FOR THE MOORES

 AFTER WHICH WE ROASTED MARSHMALLOWS

 ENJOYED BEING OUTSIDE ON THE CARPORT

 AND MADE S'MORES, AN AUTUMN RITUAL THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE LEDBETTERS

 THE KIDS PRETENDED TO RIDE THE HARLEY

AND PLAYED A FEW GAMES = VERY FUN!!

THIS WEEKEND WE GO TO DENVER TO SEE LISA AND THE PREMOS!

CAN'T WAIT!!

SHRIMP FESTIVAL WITH THE GIRLS

 BIRDIE

 THE TIPTOPS WERE ROCKING SOME MOTOWN

 LAST SANDCASTLE OF 2010

 THE POSSE

Saying "Goodbye" to Baldwin County for 2010

IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR PUMPKIN CARVING!!

REMEMBERING THE GREAT PUMPKINS OF THE PAST:

JESUS - BY GRANT 

 BIRD AND FLOWERS - BY BROOKE

STEVE ERWIN - BY GRANT

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE GREAT CREATIONS OF 2010!!

PLAYING GROWN UP HAS BEEN BUSY THIS WEEK!

Check out the two blogs where Brooke made guest appearances this week.

http://cartwheelsinmymind.typepad.com/blog/2010/10/art-shoppe-interview-playing-grown-up.html

AND

http://papernstitchblog.com/2010/10/06/chalkboards-from-playing-grown-up/

IT'S TIME FOR THE INVITATIONS TO GO OUT!

THIS LITTLE JEWEL WAS A GROUP EFFORT BY THE WHOLE FAMILY

SOMMER RESEARCHED THEMES AND DESIGNS ON THE INTERNET

BROOKE DID A PHOTO SHOOT IN HER BACK YARD.  HERE'S SOME

EXAMPLES OF HER FINE WORKMANSHIP:

AFTER WE PICKED THE FAV,  THE PROJECT WAS TURNED OVER TO

UNCLE GRANT, WHO WORKED HIS MAGIC AND CAME UP

WITH A BEAUTIFUL INVITATION!

MORE "MAKING OF THE 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY" TO COME!