We started celebrating at breakfast. Grampa was still here (yea!), and we had waffles. Samantha ate half of a Belgium waffle! Wow!
After taking Grampa to the airport 
I love this pic of Anna Kate. So I had to include it.
We had a family movie night on Friday and we watched Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds. The girls liked it. Everyone danced, and Anna Kate tried to sing along. Here's Samantha in her chair, dancing. Even when she was done eating and out of her high chair, she was dancing. It was so cute!
On the hay ride - it was sunny, chilly and so much fun!
Outside the hay maze.
Anna Kate - just landed - out of the hay slide. The kids sailed down these black tubes and in to huge piles of hay, laughing!
Picking pumpkins in the patch! It was challenging for each of the girls to choose a pumpkin (and kind of difficult for Mommy to actually get it off the vine!), but in the end, we came home with lovely pumpkins!
Samantha is walking - running, really - all over the place. Here's a video - it's not very good :) - of her with the buzzy bee. She is really enjoying the pull toys.
Pumpkins are out, of course. And right by the parking lot there are pallets full of them. So, I was able to get a couple of quick pictures. 
For the girls, the highlight was the Betts' boys - Jack (on the far left), Josiah (being hugged by Anna Kate), and Titus.
Here are 4 of the 6 . . .
Our new staff couple - Joe and Jen - have arrived. We're so glad that they are a part of our team. Both graduated from Syracuse University.
You can see the arm on the right side of the picture (her left arm) just kind of hanging out there. She has begun to move it occasionally - like in this picture - but, really, it just rests against her chest, bent at the elbow. We have been praying, and many have joined us, that God would heal her quickly. We believe He is doing just that. Her discomfort seems to be essentially gone.
On Tuesday, we spent the morning with our good friends Myra and Elise. We picked raspberries in Myra's yard. Here are the girls enjoying the fruit . . .
Anna Kate is really enjoying preschool. This week she began swimming lessons on Monday evenings - a little inconvenient but well worth it when we get back in the pool! And she continues with gymnastics on Thursday mornings. This year in gymnastics, we are rounding the corner and really working towards gymnastics and not just basic physical skills. Right now, she is learning to get her legs straight and tight in her handstand, a pull-over on the bar, the beginnings for back walk-overs, basics of vaulting, and more! Oh, it's so fun to see her grasp and strive after new skills. Only time will tell if we have a little gymnast in the making.
She has so much personality these days. She is mostly easy-going and happy, loves chasing her sisters. She loves that squatting position; in fact, that is how she spends most of her time in the bath tub! She is almost running! I really think she might have tried saying "hi" today when she waved at her sisters during lunch. She is "all done" with baby food - no thanks! So, we're working on getting enough food into her tummy! She can eat. Today, she had toast for breakfast, a cereal bar and cheerios for a snack, a whole grilled cheese and applesauce for lunch, more cheerios this afternoon, and a meatball, noodles, avocado and zucchini for dinner! whew!