The constant source of entertainment that is my family. :)

Okay. The secret is-my family has a blog now. I know. We basically rock. :) But the plain truth is; it's a highly-classified blog, and we can't have just anyone moseying around, checkin' us out. But I spent a lot of time earlier putting this post together from this past weekend, and...well, they're all my pictures, and...I freaking love my family. They're so funny and this past weekend was just one of the best in a long time. So...sorry, family, that you have a re-read on my blog. (Which...really...they're probably most of the readers here anyway...well...maybe not. They never comment. *hint, hint*)

Whatever. I give you: The October Thompson Bash of 2008!


We love Fall Break! My little brother, Ben came back from school in Wyoming. We were all super excited to have him around again! (Ben, I think we all got spoiled having you around a whole "extra" year!) Here's Ben and AubriAnna...probably hiding from table-setting chores...bwahahha! Kidding. :)

It's never October until the lizards hide in the spaghetti squash....SICK!!! Hahahah! Oh, stop squirming. It's fake. (the lizard, not the squash.)

My little nephew, Brandon, claiming his territory. :)

Kristen, helping Brandon with the dangers of the playground. :) She's such a good aunt! :)

Ahem. This is the part where Julia decided to slide her whole skinny self through the circular "monkey bars". And yes. She got stuck. Also, yes. We all just stood there and laughed (and recorded in detail, with my camera) while she struggled to get out. HAHHAHAHA! I would have put the video here, but - I don't have my camera with me at the moment. This will have to do. :)

Julia. Ruler of the trees.

Adam the gymnast.

heheh...clearly, Ben is a little more "monkey-bar" challenged than Adam....hahaha!

Hehehe...
I can just hear him "C'mon, mom! I've GOT it already!!"

Little Jennifer still needs a little help with the big, scary slide....

This is my absolute favorite picture from the whole weekend!!!

Look at how HAPPY he is!!! So ridiculously cute! :) (And you'll notice HE isn't scared of the slide...Jen...) hehehe

What a happy, handsome little dude! :)

And, of course, Kristen climbed to all the highest heights she could possibly reach - not limited to trees, of course! :)

Slides have just been so much harder for Julia since the accident....lol...

I just love how excited his face is!!! :)

I just love how excited his face is.....HAHHAHAHAHA! Hey. Dads can have fun too. lol.

Ben wasn't sure how this could possibly be termed a slide...since all it did was sit on the ground...

Run!!! run, run, run, run, RUNNNNNNNah!!!! :) It's okay, Anna...Dad probably pulled an Uncle Gooby on you and faked the starting time, huh? "Ready, set, tomato juice!" Seriously, Dad. :)

I love these two boys! :)

Best friends. :)

The crowd was hushed as the world-famous shot-put future champion flung forth his first projectile...

BAM!!!!!

This must be mom's idea of playing at the park...cell phone in hand, diet coke at quick disposal...hhehehehe....

What's a park without any trees? Uh - boring - duh! :)

Julia-boolia. :) I can't believe you're going to be 17!!!! Augh! Stop dating more than me. That's a direct order, missie!!! Lol. :)

I call this "Fiffer and Boo."

* Ahem. * I have three words for the picture above: stupid. wax. paper. Don't judge us for not making our own pie crust. We just didn't want to!

Of course, that didn't stop OUR family from eating it!!! hehehehe...

Thanks, everyone for a really FUN weekend!!! It was so good to see you, Benny boy! Yay for home weekends! :) (If you thought that was a lot of pictures, you should see the load I ACTUALLY took this past weekend. Freaking novel.) And maybe someday, I'll start posting all my pictures online somewhere...if I can find a site I like enough to start using. If anyone has a suggestion, go ahead and let me know. :)