B'day party!

Here's some recent pics from Maddie's b'day extravaganza, and some just hanging around the house. Enjoy!

The inflatable caterpillar was a hit!

Grandma w/the kiddos.

Maddie's fav. new outfit and accesories.

The Dora b'day cake w/kids galore.

Maddie likes to wear daddy's Marine cover.

Hunter sportin' a hoodie!

Another ER visit

Sept. 11th. A day we will never forget. Now, the Maples family has another reason not to forget it....it's the day our daughter broke her first (and hopefully her last) bone. She was playing on a jungle gym, and fell about 5 feet off a ledge and landed on her wrist. She has buckle fractures in both her radius & ulna, which meant that she got a full arm cast. She is handling it really well. She has to wear it for 4 weeks, and can't get it wet, which is proving to be a real challenge in the bathtub.

Critters & Kids

So the past few days have brought a number of different critters to our domain. Thought we'd share a few pics of those, as well as our harvest and of course the kids. Enjoy!

Maddie decided to wear daddy's socks & shoes.

Daddy's favorite time w/Hunter.

Unwelcome tobacco hornworms invaded our tomatoes! They died.

Pepper harvest

Another unwelcome visitor! It died too.