Saturday, October 29, 2011

more photos































Apple Orchard































I forgot. What would fall be without a trip to the apple orchard. When Grammy and Grampy Army came to town, we headed to the orchard and had a lovely time. And we picked up one of those old-fashioned apple peelers. They are fantastically wonderful for peeling a ton of apples quickly. The kids loved to help and it did make the work "easy as pie".

It's been awhile.....







So long infact, that I have been trying to post for over a week without success because I couldn't remember my password and google wouldn't let me on. I think we have that fixed now, so here is an update.













1. Construction: We are building Patrick's mom a little house on our property. The best neighbor in the world (well, ok, we have been blessed to have several best neighbors over the course of our many homes, but the current best neighbor is the foreman of this job) and things are progressing right along. I've decided construction is great fun for men, and overrated for women. I just want it done and my house back in order....but patience is a virtue I'm working on it.



2. Fall Days in the Mountains:










We won a trip to stay in a mountain cabin, and we did just that a few weekends ago. The kids, namely Sean, were a bit worried about the cabin details...was there running water, would it be cold? I packed EVERYTHING we could need including toilet paper. We took a one-mile, bumpy, narrow road up a mountain, right up to the top, and saw the house. Then without blinking, the kids asked if we could live there forever. Ummmm..no! But it was great.




3. Currently we are making 9 costumes for the kids. This is how it works ever fall now.....costumes for All Saints Day followed by Halloween costumes. This year we have: St. Clare, St. Luke, St. Dominic, St. Michael the Archangel, Blessed Mother Theresa. For Halloween we have: A Spartan, a spy, 2 pirates, and baby chicken. A lot of fun....a lot of work. I'll post pictures..right now we are still working.