Long Weekend

Well, Jack has had some kind of stomach virus since Saturday night. I was hoping to take him to his mother's morning out program today and try to focus on LAUNDRY but he threw up again after a little Sprite. What a mess. He is walking around in a bit of a daze! I hope he'll feel better this afternoon but if nothing improves I'll have to call the doctor tomorrow. We didn't do a whole lot. Keegan is working on a school project and Jerry has a new work project going on so we hung out at home a lot. That's about all, but I wanted to do a quick update. Pray for Jack to feel better and that no one else gets sick!

Gross Farms Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze

Mom & I took Keegan, Jonah, Walker & Jack to Gross Farms in Sanford today. They have a pumpkin patch, corn maze, playground, hay rides and food available this time of year and we had a great time. I took a bunch of pictures and fortunately, we made it out of the maze without incident (the map was very difficult for Mom and me to follow so we handed it over to Jack & Walker).

Jack loves pumpkins this year but he calls them "hunkins". I think you can hear it in the 2nd & 3rd video clips. The first is of him walking down a ramp on the playground (it was pretty steep and at the end he claps his hand and says, "Good boy!").







It was a fun time and a great way to kick off fall. We bought a few pumpkins and some homemade jelly & pickles. Keegan & Jonah did pretty good at finding the stations in the corn maze and we all enjoyed the hay ride!

Time Flies... Haircut & Fall Events

We've had a busy few weeks here at the Hooper house. It seems like summer ended and Christmas was practically at the door! I convinced Mom to come and cut Jack's hair (his first real haircut) last weekend. It was very badly needed.

Here's the before shot:















And the after:

















I think she did a great job, especially considering she was working with a moving target!! I'm so glad there's still plenty of curl left. Thanks, Mom!

This week, Keegan was very busy. Tuesday night we got to see a rehearsal of a 1-act play his play production class is working on for a statewide competition. It was EXCELLENT and we are so proud of him. On Thursday, his advanced chorus class spent the day at a nearby high school rehearsing with the director of ECU's chorus for an All County Chorus concert. They wore tuxedos and he looked VERY handsome. I am posting 2 of the songs if you want to listen. We were SO impressed with how great they sounded!!







Mom & I are taking Jack, Walker & Jonah to a corn maze/pumpkin patch/hay ride tomorrow afternoon. I hope to talk Keegan into coming and will have some pictures to post. Jack LOVES pumpkins right now. It's practically an obsession, so I know he will have a great time.

Jerry & Kathy, ca. 1990; Keegan, ca. 1994

The first picture is from 1990 and was our official engagement picture. Wow, we are getting old now... we look like kids in this picture.



I am pretty sure we had the second picture made when Keegan was nearly 2. I just had to get this posted on our blog. It seems like yesterday...