Pumpkin Carving Fun!

Halloween is right around the corner, and the Krupp family is anxiously awaiting dressing up in costumes and trick or treating. In the anticipation of the scary holiday, we had a kid/baby-full house in which we carved pumpkins. It was a lot of fun watching the boys carve their pumpkins (and when I say boys, I mainly mean Paul and Chaz). It was also a joy getting to hold all of the beautiful new baby girls! For once, my boys were outnumbered by the opposite sex (4 girls to 3 boys!)

Little Miss Kieley--getting so big and smiling already!

Sweet little Elaina!

Beautiful little Madelyn--Mike and Amy Schommer's new baby

Pumpkin carving thugs

Check out those Erkle pants!

Thomas getting right in and getting dirty!

Cortney and McKenzie, decorating her little pumpkin

Kevin--not at all intimidated by the yucky pumpkin guts

Lucas decided to stick to the noncarving pumpkin decorating method

Daddy and Kevin

Get after it Chaz!

Mema and Lucas

Grandma Traci and Thomas

Chaz and Kevin

My 3 little wonderful boys!

Mommy Cortney and one of her beautiful daughters

McKenzie and Lucas--just hanging out

Some of the Dolack clan--excited to see their newest family member Elaina

Me and McKenzie

Paul and Madelyn

Best Friends Forever - Elaina and Madelyn (and their mommies)

Amy and Madelyn

Besties

The proud new Mema and Elaina

Aunt Kelly and Sweet Little Kieley

Elaina Jayde

Welcome, Welcome Elaina Jayde! She was born on October 18, 2010--she was 8 lbs 10 oz! Jessica ended up having to deliver her via c-section, but all went well! We are so happy and proud of all of you--Jessica, Gerard & Elaina!

Elaina Jayde!

The beautiful mother-daughter pair!

Brittani & Elaina

Uncle Paul!

The twins seeing their new little cousin for the first time!

Birthdays, Births, and Boys in Pumpkin Patches

Well, to start off, Happy Birthday to Jordane (October 16) and Andre (October 18)!

We are anxiously awaiting the birth of Jessica and Gerard’s baby girl—Jessica went in to be induced tonight, so hopefully by tomorrow, I will officially be an aunt! I can’t wait!

This weekend we celebrated the birthdays of Jordane and Andre by going to the pumpkin patch and then going to Dave & Buster’s. Both events were fun, fun, fun!

Grandma Traci & Skeleton Kevin

Batty Thomas and Boney Isaac

Bat-Lucas

Kevin the Cat

4 of the cutest boys in the world

Hay Maze Extravaganza!

Imagine having these 4 boys in class together!

Pumpkin Fun!

Heading on the hayride to go through the Spoooooky tunnel!

What a silly goose!

The grandparents and the little guys heading out on the hayride

Awaiting the Holidays

Fall has got to be my most favorite time of year—and even though I love the nice weather that we are still experiencing, I am feeling a little cheated out the foggy, brisk weather that we usually have during the beginning of October. I am also ready for the bears to head to hibernation! Regardless though, I love fall because it means the holidays are right around the corner. And I LOVE the holidays!

Well soccer has ended, Halloween is approaching, and we are still awaiting the birth of Jessica’s baby! Hopefully that will come sooner than later (mainly for her sake but also because I am super excited to my niece!)

Here are some fun fall pictures!

Thomas is following in his dad's footsteps--he just LOVES his football!

How did I get so lucky to have 3 such great, cute kids?

Thomas' is sporting his Halloween pjs!

Kevin's zombie impression

Lucas' "fish-face"

Thomas--riding his horse (aunt Brittani)

How cute!

Ready for our last game

Biker Thomas and Cowboy Lucas

Kieley's chubbing out!

Ryan and Jordane's Engagement Pictures! What a gorgeous couple they are!

Soccer Season

Well, our soccer season is almost ending. As nice as having the extra time will be, it will be sad to see the season end. The kids have come a long way over the course of the season. It has been so much fun to see the kids all get better at the sport, and I think the kids all had fun!

Here are a couple of pictures from the games:

Kevin as sweeper - keeper (goalie)

Brody & Lucas running at the game

And Thomas wasn't far behind

Our little soccer team!

And here is my little computer-guru, Kevin. He just loves the computer now! And there is little Lucas, wanting to be just like his cool older brother!

Life Ain't Always Beautiful

“Life ain’t always beautiful
Sometimes it’s just plain hard
Life can knock you down
It can break your heart

Life ain’t always beautiful
You think you’re on your way
And it’s just a dead end road
At the end of the day

But the struggles make you stronger
And the changes make you wise
And happiness has its own way
Of takin’ its sweet time

No, life ain’t always beautiful
Tears will fall sometimes
Life ain’t always beautiful
But it’s a beautiful ride….”

-Goodman & James—Performed by Gary Allan

This song seems to apply to many situations that those in my life find themselves in right now, and it works perfectly since we were fortunate enough to attend the Gary Allan concert (thank you Mom!)

We love you Kieley Marie and our prayers are with you!

On a much lighter note, I have provided some pictures of our wonderful experience at the concert.