Hangin' around the house

I know I am on a roll! Three posts in 3 days! But I took some new pictures this morning and Michael showed me how to get the pictures on here more quickly. And especially for Mom and Erin who would like me to post them daily I am sure!
The boys are off school today and tomorrow so we are just hanging around the house. Last week I was so proud of myself because I went to the farmer's market and found a nice watermelon for a dollar :-) The boys LOVE watermelon. Well they ate it for 2 days and then got bored with it, so I cut it into cubes and froze it. Since it is fall (and since I don't usually make popsicles this time of year), I didn't have but one left when all three of them decided they wanted one. You know how that is...one says "I wanna popsicle", and then the next one says it and then they are all wanting one. So I pulled out the frozen watermelon and ran it through the blender with some Kool-aid. Here they are being silly and enjoying their watermelon slushies. They were pretty tasty!

I took these yesterday in the back yard. Dirt, leaves, sticks and toys everywhere but happy boys. Our yard has been so dry this year. We don't need a sandbox because they just play in the dirt where the grass has died. Oh well, maybe I can try to seed those spots in the spring.

Updated pictures of Megan

Here are some newer pictures of my niece Megan that her Mommy Susanne emailed to me. Isn't she pretty? I wish I had her complexion!

Justin and Jonathan (and Ryan)love her very much. Jonathan is always wanting to hold her. It is hard to get Ryan to sit still for pictures. Grammy has a whole different set of toys at her house so he is always very "busy" when we are there. Maybe next time I can get one of him holding her.

Michael didn't get to hold her for about 2 weeks after her birth because he had been really sick. He was thankful to finally get to cuddle her. (Holding a little girl is a new thing for him... we have an adorable niece in Alabama (Josh's Hannah) but we don't get to see her very often!)

I have more pictures but- for some reason- blogger isn't letting me upload very easily! I will hopefully post more later!

October field trips

At SCCA, October is the month for field trips. This month we had an all school picnic at Spring Mill Park, attended a Fire Prevention presentation, and finally we graced Appleacres (an apple orchard and market) with our presence.
We started the tour by riding around the orchards in the back of a truck. That was a chilly day! As I am writing this, the weather is now perfect, seventy-degree weather! Lovin' it!

Justin

Jonathan

Ryan was "big stuff" since he got to go with the big kids.

This was taken in the freezer. There are at least three freezers there holding thousands of apples. They are famous for their yummy cider.

I took this picture while in the back of the truck.

They also sell pumpkins and lots of other harvest vegetables & candy. The boys had an apple, popcorn, cider and their candy when we left. I liked this cute display so I took their picture on it. I have a hard time getting them to all look at me at the same time!