Orangewood Homecoming & Southern Fall Break

Southern's Fall Break occurs mid-October (sadly not at the exact time of our Fall break down here), so Zachary flew down on Allegiant to Sanford (yay, so close!) and back up from St. Pete over near Tampa (not so close, but very affordable!).  It was lovely to have our boy home for a few days - having the whole family together was awesome! 

No visit home is complete without Jeremiah's!

And we enjoyed Sabbath lunch to celebrate a belated Canadian Thanksgiving (waiting for Zach to be with us) with the whole complete family!

And no visit would be complete without torturing one's brother

And little sister had to get in on this too - poor Kaleb who doesn't like a lot of close touching was ready for this family moment to be over! 😂

Zachary is a big Aria fan, so he was particularly delighted to be back with his puppy again - that is one very big puppy!

That Saturday night was the Orangewood Homecoming event, and one of the OCS classmates asked Kaleb to go with her (Ashlynn) so we headed out to take pictures that evening at Kraft Azalea park.

Erik J also went, so we grabbed a picture of Kaleb and Levi

And the dads watching all of the shenanigans!

Kaleb and Ashlynn

A bit small, but it is Lucas, Ashlynn, Sierra, Becca and Kaleb

Lily (long-time friend of Kaleb and Becca) came along to take pictures as well even though she doesn't go to OCS.

The old FLA crew - Kaleb, Lily, Becca and Lucas

And while Kaleb enjoyed his evening at Hoco, the rest of the Zs enjoyed an evening at home watching a movie together while Zach was home!

Pumpkin Fest & FLEC Fall Break

The fall always begins to ramp up in terms of activities in October, and this year was no different.  The Adult Zs had a fun evening out at the church's Pumpkin Fest - lots of mixer games and at the end of course Tank.  This year Karis did not play as the Js didn't come, and Amy was not going to be crawling around on the concrete floor! :)

With October starts to come school breaks, and we had the fun of having Sadie come over to hang out with Kaleb (as the official babysitter) and they had a grand time that day!

Co-ed soccer was going on at FLEC in the fall and Addison enjoyed playing.  She got a lot of playing time and held her usual defensive mid position.

Anytime there is a day off of school, it is a great opportunity to think up something fun.  London, Addison and Miss Jennifer went out to see the inspiring "Soul on Fire" movie.

Orlando Shakes Play Outing & FLEC Fall Festival

Each year FLEC has a fall festival in which they bring in lots of fun activities on a Sunday, including bounce houses, BMX performers, food trucks and more.  This year the weather was beautiful - great time to be in Florida!   

Addison and Alison

Lily, Addison and Emy (Alison's younger sister)

Such a sweet friendship!

In addition, her class raised enough money during their MyFlec fundraiser week hat they were able to have a "school-free" day with Waterslides and all kinds of fun!

Lele, Lily, Alison and Addi

Umm how many popsicles is this girl going to eat!?

That weekend, we had a fun outing for the family by going out to the Orlando Shakes Theater to watch the Hound of the Baskervilles with the Js and Cs.  Play with "mid" (to use a teen slang term!) but the evening with friends was of course lovely.