First snow

 First snow of the season!

Even though it was only 8* out... yes 8... I couldn't resist their pleading to go play in it.  Snow is always fun!

 Not really enough snow to do much, but it was still plenty of fun!

The snow didn't seem out of place at all as we headed to the "Reason for the Season" event to prepare for Advent.  We came home with lots of fun ideas, tummies full of cookies & cocoa, & this adorable gingerbread church.  It has an empty manger in front for us to fill with yellow "straw" as we do good deeds during Advent in an attempt to make Jesus' bed all nice & cozy by Christmas.

Stop it

No more growing up, Rebecca!  You're getting too big!

You certainly are lovely.  :)

 



Brides-to-be

maybe in about 20 years

Halloween night

 So thankful that we had a beautiful & fun night at Trunk or Treat last week!  Tonight was also fun but COLD.  We bundled up as much as possible with costumes & headed out just around our big block.  That was plenty! 

 Our creations:  Andrew's flame family & the girls jill-o-lantern. 

We used cookie cutters & a rubber mallet for the eyes... worked pretty slick!

Our bundled ladybug & her driver  :)

Little Miss Muffett

BOO-tiful skating

Optimus Cart

This cart has become just about everything for me as a travelling teacher...

today it was an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos! 

Don't you agree?

French fried onions: Breakfast of Champions

Here fishy, fishy

What a whopper!

Darren had his "birthday day out with just Dad" for both Andrew & Teresa this weekend.  Teresa opted for lunch at Runza & fun at the children's museum.  Perfect.

Andrew decided to shoot his bow at the indoor range, have dinner with the Greens, go fishing, four-wheeling, AND star gazing at the pond.  Quite the full day! 

"This was the best day of my life," he said.  :)

Leaf us outside

 Even though our trees are still only big enough to have a handful of leaves, the girls worked intensely to collect every single one they could find for a pile to jump in.

Jumping wasn't as thrilling as they thought, so they started moving it to the bottom of the slide... then EXPLODING it as they came down.  Seriously an HOUR of fun!  Hilarious to watch.

 

 The green onions & marigolds were really all that made it in my garden this year.  Still going strong!

 Love her.

Trunk or Treat

 My hunter, St. Therese, ladybug, & Anna from Frozen

 What?  You've never seen St. Therese with a feather boa?

 Helping at the Little Flowers trunk...

we gave out candy AND holy cards  :)

Pumpkin Patch

 

 This combine slide was impressive!

We liked this place... smaller, cheaper, less busy, abundant chickens, pumpkins included... I think it's a winner! 

Hot tubbing?

Tiara outtakes

Ub you

This sweet 16 month old little lady is on the cusp of her language explosion, I believe.  When I laid her down last night & said, "I love you", so returned the sentiment with her own "Ub you" for the first time.  :)  We discovered that she will say "Go!" if any one says "Ready, set...", so everything seems to have exciting starts around here these days.  Sarah also approximates words for milk, cheese, doll, juice, bye, & please along with her already mastered Dada, Mama, hi, & hug.

At her check-up she was 31.5" long & 20.8 lbs heavy.  Finally, getting higher up on the charts.