Fall Fun

I always say that summer is my favorite season, but everytime that autumn comes along, I get so excited to do "autumn" things! A friend gave us a bunch of apples that Lucy, James, and I took ALL DAY to peel and cook (well, it felt like all day - but it was still fun!), which we eventually turned into applesauce! It was so yummy! The applesauce didn't last very long in our house because it was so good. :)



My visiting teacher left us a pumpkin lantern this week. I think she made it from an old spaghetti sauce jar and painted the inside orange. We put a candle in it and had a lot of fun making a spooky haunted house!



And this last picture is just my kids all playing together this morning when it was too cold to go out and play. I caught them spinning each other around on the exeresaucer. I said, "Where's Annabelle?" as they were spinning at top speed past me. "Oh, she's in here!" was the nonchalant answer as the saucer came to a hault. She had a big grinn on her face and was obviously really enjoying the ride! As long as everyone's having a good time, right?

Thank Heaven for Spontanious Visits from Friends!

It started off being a pretty typical Monday morning . . . getting Caleb off to school, packing up the 3 kids to catch a minute of exercising at the church. Then, just after I had pulled into the driveway, I was greeted with a familiar white minivan with our good friend (who has since moved to North Carolina) at the wheel! How fun! It was so good to see Lindsey and Parker for a bit, and so glad that the kids could play together again! Just like old times. If we could have random visits from friends everyday, what a wonderful world this would be! Thanks for stopping by!

Cousins!

We just had a wonderful visit with Melanie's sister, Lisa, and her family: Ward, Audrey, Max, and Hannah. What a wonderful birthday treat! We spent the notorious 10-4 attending the virginia tech football game, confrence, and pumpkin cookies! Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were filled with the kids playing together making secret hide-outs, haunted houses, paper airplanes, "sledding" down the hills, playing at parks, picnic at the duck pond, riding the bus around Blacksburg, and horseback-riding. Despite a few getting sick, our car breaking down, and bad Thai food, we still had an absolutely wonderful time! Thanks so much for coming you guys~ we love you!