Fall 2017 From Our Point of View

Well somehow all of Fall 2017 has gotten away from us.  Here are some highlights.

School started way back at the end of August.  We long for days of wearing shorts to school!

I am in 6th grade - can you believe it!

Sam is in 4th grade.  

We spent a nice, long Labor Day weekend up in Wyoming.  We fished (no luck at all - it was way too warm and in the middle of the day).  We hiked, we relaxed!  All signs of a good time!

We played Fall sports.  Sam ran Cross Country.  He's running 3Ks now.  That's nearly 2 miles for those of you keeping track.

And I played it what will probably be my last season of football.  So - Much - Fun!

We had our annual Pumpkin Patch day with Grandma L, Uncle Noley & Aunt Christy, and our cousins.  

There was more Cross Country . . . . .

. . . . . and more Football.  

And then it was over.  Dad was my coach again this season.  

We spent Fall break up in Wyoming.  It was a little chillier than usual.  In fact, we got some good snow one morning.  

There was a big snowball fight and some crashing of bodies into the soft, untouched snow.  

We saw lots of animals this year - everything but bear.  

There was the usual creek-jumping events.  And then there was the usual mud covered boys trying to get in to Mom's car.  

There's a great story behind this picture - let's just say that the self-timer on Mom's camera is 10 seconds - usually that's long enough for her to run and get into the picture.  Not this time . . . . Dad came through for us.

Our favorite wooden bear.  

Then it was Halloween.  We carved pumpkins.  

And we went Trick-or-Treating.  I was Fred Flintstone and Sam was a Doctor.

There were lots of afternoons spent doing yard work.  

And now, somehow, Thanksgiving is over and we're on to Christmas.  More to come in a few weeks.

July Happenings

July proved to be a "wet" month.  And that's a good thing!

We started the month with a long weekend up at Uncle Noley's cabin for the 4th of July.  

There were water fights and fireworks.

There was fire-building.

And super yummy smores!

We spent some long afternoons in our backyard playing on our water slide.

And then we spent a relaxing and really fun week in Arizona at our Unky and Aunt's house.  

Our first day was a cousin-day.  Some of our cousins who live in Arizona came over for some fun in the river with us.  

Sam is a pro on the paddle board.

We did some rowing.

And then we tied all the boats, tubes, and boards together for a paddle down river.

The rest of the week we spent on the lake.  Our days consisted of the same, wonderful agenda every day.

1. Sleep in

2. Wake up late and have some breakfast at the house

3. Load up the stuff and make the short drive to the lake

4. Load the boat and apply sunscreen

5. Drive the boat to a great beach

6. Beach the boat and unload the toys

7. PLAY and eat

8. Ride the tube behind the boat

9. Drive the boat to Gasoline Alley for some jumping and playing

10. Dock the boat and clean up

11. Stop for a yummy dinner in town

12. Sleep and repeat!

Our wildlife visitors were a family of donkeys - they were really really fun to hang out with on our beach.

We love spending time at the lake with Carl and Francine!  

We spent the last week of the month helping dad set up his new classroom.  Don't even talk about the fact that school will be starting soon . . . . ooops, we just did!