Second- that pretty much sums it up!

Abby's third competition today went well. We got up early, drove to Bardstown, and had a great meet. She was 2nd on bar, beam, and vault, and third on floor. She was also 2nd all-around for her age group. Needless to say she was very excited and you can hear her clanging wherever she goes (because of the medals she won't take off.). We'll post the video a little later.

Bye bye to the crib.

Ok Kate, Will, are you going to join us?

"Jump on it, make sure it is broken in."

"Look under it, nope no monsters."

"Finally, sleep in it." (well, only after making mommy think you might never stay in it long enough to sleep!)

Samuel's check up

For those interested (and not on facebook), Samuel had his nine year old check up this week. Current stats:
57 inches tall
87 pounds

If he continues on the pattern he has been on he is projected to be about 6'5". Brian and I are now trying to decide exactly how we are going to continue to feed him.

Happy Birthday Samuel!!

We are so thankful to celebrate Samuel's birthday. It is hard to believe he is already 9 years old, the time really has gone fast. Samuel continues to have a sweet kindness about him. At 9 years old now he loves people and easily makes friends no matter where we are. We are so thankful for our son and for every year God has given us with him. Happy Birthday sweet Samuel, we love you very much!


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Claire's boo-boo....

Claire, in her excitement to be able to be in Samuel's room, ran into the corner of Samuel's desk. It resulted in a gash in her forehead, ALOT of bleeding, one distraught mommy, a few calls to a certain father-in-law, and a daddy who knows how to use a butterfly bandage. Fortunately the gash is small, deep, but small.

Thanksgiving in D.C.

We were able to spend Thanksgiving with Brian's family in Washington D.C. this year. Our trip was wonderful and included LOTS of eating and playing. We are thankful for family willing to open up their homes for our crew to stay in. Samuel has waited so long for a boy cousin that he really enjoyed his time with Will. (and Will loved Samuel as well.) Thanks again to everybody for a wonderful week.

Thanksgiving Continued...

While in D.C. we had a chance to see several sites with Samuel and Abby. We were able to have a tour of the capitol and also visit Arlington to see the changing of the guards. Thanks Rachel for watching Isabelle and Claire so we could have some big kid fun.

Competition Results.

Due to needing to unpack and repack, kind of like Mae does all the time, here is the quick update on Abby's competition. She did well, though she was a little disappointed she didn't do better. However, she still won 4th place for bars and beam, and when we looked at her last scores and these scores, almost all of her scores went up. So, in the end, she is ok with everything but more motivated to keep working! I don't have time to post pictures or video, but will do it when we get back home! Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Love, The Crofts

Look what came in the mail today.....

"Ok, let's see visit the what? Hmmm."

"Oh, uh huh, uh huh...."

"hmmm, but how do I...."

"...wow I didn't expect that!"

"Alright who's sick?"

Story time with Samuel.