Fall Happenings

 The weather turned cold very quickly this fall, so you can often find us cuddled up under blankets after dinner each night!

In October we joined our friends for a night at a State Park.  Annie is too big to camp in our little tent now, so we've been considering the "cabin" tents to possibly make camping with Annie more feasible.  It was too late this year to stay over night (and far too cold) but we had fun having a BBQ and enjoying a campfire with marshmallows, s'mores, and hot chocolate. 

We went on a little nature trail along the river and enjoyed all the trees.

It was a beautiful evening...

...but quickly turned cold.

Halloween was fun but cold too.  It was 35 degrees when I took the younger girls trick-or-treating.  Justin and Annie stayed home to hand out candy.

Justin is always such a good dad to help the girls carve a pumpkin.

We adapted costumes to fit over parkas.  It was SO cold, but no wind, thankfully.  We stayed out for over 2 hours! (Lexie was a cowgirl, and Molly was a chef.)

For Thanksgiving we stayed home and had a relaxing day with just our little family of 5.  We had fun cooking together while watching the parade on TV.  The girls helped prepare the food too.

Molly helped make an apple pie with Justin.

Lexie helped peel about 10 lbs of potatoes, and then helped taste them along the way.

Ready to eat.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving was 72 degrees!! It was unreal, so we spent some time working in the garage, without coats!  What a beautiful day after already having days with below 0 windchills!

Justin burned out the motor on his little table saw earlier in the month.  I guess building a huge captains bed and a whole office full of cabinetry will do that to a little saw.  So we had to move things around in the garage to find a place for his new contractor-grade table saw that he ordered.  Hopefully this new one will last more than 2 years! Christmas is coming a few weeks early for Justin!