Hurricane Milton

 October found us waiting with baited breath for a category 5 hurricane bearing down on Florida - Hurricane Milton.  We were fortunate that it did not end up packing that much punch by the time it came to Orlando, and we were relatively unscathed -- with one small exception as you'll see in the pictures below.  We did enjoy some time to watch a movie during the day off as we waited for its slow progression. 

At least 3 of us watched, including Aria, but the boys decided If was too baby-ish of a movie -- boo!

The pool was very full, with more rain pouring down!

Our only real damage was the panel on the garage coming off.  Karis was able to fix it thankfully - he is a magic handy-man for sure!

Addison is in Una Voce (advanced choir) at FLEC, and they are in the midst of practicing for Singin' in the Rain.  Addison is super excited about it, and enjoys the opportunity to perform.  What a great opportunity to learn how to be in front of people without having a lot of nerves.  Miss Esther is the leader and makes it really fun for the kids, we are blessed.  

Practicing the moves for one of the singing and dancing numbers in the play.

Aria, our dog, continues to show her love for swimming and water.  She regularly jumps into the pool for a swim.  At least maybe it helps keep her smelling good! 

She is getting quite big - about 50 pounds now

Random pictures: 

The kids have taken Juice Plus gummies since they were babies, and we've finally made the break - no more JP gummies.  Good-bye to a longstanding health tradition.

Random picture:

Amy was working with her finance director Art, who is a photographer in his spare time, and he took this picture of Amy while she was focused on working through a spreadsheet.  Art has a great eye - it is a neat one with the two dueling laptops and the floor to ceiling windows behind Amy - it feels like the trees are part of the indoors!