Volleyball with the Schattes!

Last week, we went to the Schatte after church for some good games of volleyball!

before we played though, I got some shots of the view of the fall foliage from their back yard :)

Daniel, Andrew and Samuel duck taping the net before we played

while us girls visited

Sarah and Bekah were mad at Esther......or something like that :)

Rachel :)

The dads

Liz and Bek

Peter always enjoys their trampoline! ;)

Peter doing flips, while I tried to get pics of him in the air :)

and now, let the volleyball commence! :D

(Peter was taking pictures from the shed roof! :)

While we were playing Mr. Schatte was giving Peter some tips on doing back-flips! :)

Had fun, Schattes! hope to do it again soon!!!! :)

"Life is short, smile while you still have teeth!!!!" :D

Happy Birthday, Rachel!!!

Happy 25th birthday to Rachel!!!!!

We had her and Jack, David & Amy, and the Blairs over for volleyball and Pizza last night! 

(she's starting to show a little bit :)

Love you, Rach!!!!

"Birthdays are good for your health, studies have shown that people who have more birthdays live the longest."

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Romanian Orphanage Fall Festival Benefit

I'm staying home from church this morning to stay with Grandma, so I thought I'd catch up on some blogging that is long over due! 

A few weeks ago, Hannah and Rebekah hosted a Fall Festival to benefit the Bread of Life Orphanage in Romania that they visited last year. (click here for their website) 

On the agenda was a hayride, volleyball, kickball, a pie contest, singing, and, of course, fellowship. 

And, there was a place to donate clothes, and shoe-boxes. :)

The Schatte girls got to our house early to help with the food, set up, and decorate - it was almost more fun than the party! :)

Putting the chicken salad together

the guys setting the tables and chairs up

:)

looking through the window at the donations table

Paper chains in the trees :)

don't you just love fall decorations?

Faith, Sarah, Lizzy, Rachel and Esther making more paper chains

Donations table

Esther and I decorated the jar :)

Writing 'Welcome' on the driveway

Rachel and Sarah putting up the paper chains

Paper chains on the balcony

I think there were about 24 pies entered in the contest!

on the hayride 

Mr. Schatte took Nate on the ride and he thoroughly enjoyed it!!! :)

Volleyball

Kickball

Daddy making announcements and praying for the meal

Hannah and Bekah talking about the children in the orphanage

Mr. Rodriquez announcing the winner of the pie contest - Congrats, Esther Schatte!!!!!

going through the food line

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