Obviously, something is VERY funny!

Okay, a little warning here... I have LOTS of cute pictures of the baby of the family so this is going to turn into the "Ben Blog" for a while. Sorry... :)

Sam's turn to hang out with Ben (everyone loves our little Ben-baby)

Jesse has become an AVID reader. He looooves to read (and I'm so glad!) and Mr. Cheeseball there... well, he just sees a camera! Jesse thought Ben would be thrilled to have a book read to him... not quite yet (esp. since it had no pictures). :)

Keep reading, Jess!!!

Our little cowgirl... Kate had "cowboy day" at preschool last week. So cute! :)

Isaac is in 5th grade band at school. Way to go, buddy. Here he is practicing his trumpet in his room (with the door closed). ;) (p.s. thank you to the Browns for letting us borrow the trumpet... I think) ;)

Love you Benja

This is so Ben (and the reason he has the nickname "cheeseball") -- he smiles like this at us all the time. I gotta say, it does brighten my day. How can you not smile back at THAT? :)

(too cute for a caption)

My beautiful little girl

When I downloaded the pics from my camera, I saw this and had to chuckle. "My mom is making me pose with all this cheesy stuff and all I really wanna do is go over THERE."

THIS tall!

How tall am I?

My baby girl had a field trip to the pumpkin patch - it was so much fun!!

Mark made this nice collage of the family pics to include Emad and Joanna (who were in Egypt at the time of the reunion). Thank you, Mark... very nice of you.

Who said men never read the instructions? ;)

LOL.... Sarah sees a camera (you so cute). And look at my SMART husband. ;)

Isaac, you stinker

Just found a whole file titled "playing cards" on my Gma's computer and there are some really cute pics. Good thing Blogger doesn't have a spam feature for the over-zealous poster. ;)

I've long-ago established with my friends that it's okay to say it, even if it's about your own kids.... so I'm gonna just say it --- man, he is so CUTE!!

Sam is so HAPPY to be part of our family

I just love this picture

Here are a few of the camera-avoiders in our family (eh-hem, Lisa and Leah)... and look, they even have real smiles since Joe just did something really nasty to make them all laugh. ;) Thanks for the great photo op, Joe. :)

There were a few family members who diligently avoided the camera all weekend (you know who you are!) But we gotcha anyway! :)

Obviously, something is funny :)

Getting ready to play a game of "Apples to Apples"

Sam and Mark - not looking so happy about the food?

My honey loooooves to have his picture taken - can you tell?