Apple Hill

We went to Apple Hill on Xiana's birthday, so she invited Tad to come with us. Thankfully mom joined us too.  We did the usual: apple donuts, apple fritters, caramel apples, brussel sprouts, pumpkin patch, corn maze, rolling down grassy hills, honey sticks, apple cider, apples, pears, and then came home to make apple pie!

Survival

We are getting it down.  If anything major happens, we are getting to be quite the self sufficient little family!

Xiana

Xiana and Brian went on a western themed daddy daughter date.  They had such a wonderful time!  Later, mom and her sister, Corliss, took Xiana to grandparents breakfast and bought her some books. I'm so grateful mom didn't attend alone.  What a tender mercy.  I'm also grateful that Xiana got to go too!!

Our life in October

This photo montage pretty nicely encapsulates all the goings on at the pumpkin patch. I'm impressed that I managed to get a shot of virtually everything my kids spent the bulk of their time doing.  Meanwhile, I visited with friends old and new.  Xiana's class went on a field trip there too! Hay rides, puppet shows, corn shed, soaked from duck pond, riding horses real and fake, milking cows, feeding animals, dress up, play doh, spider web, pumpkins, scarecrows, hay maze, slide, garden, market, lassos, you name it!!!