Fall Time 2008

Leaves are our new middle names. We breathe leaves, we sleep on leaves, we eat leaves, we dream of leaves. This is just one of the 20 or so piles of leaves we heft up to the top of the hill and unload. The key is to get the leaves off the ground before it rains, otherwise they are twice as heavy. We have over 45 large mature trees on our property to collect leaves from. Scott wants to buy a leaf picker uper, but I say let the kids learn to work, and also get some exercise.

Izaak looks so cool in this picture. He uses the wagon to pick up sticks, and haul to the burning pile.

Adryann and Evalily jump together on the trampoline. I get very nervous to have Evalily on because the hill is slanted and Evalily bounces to the downside edge. Adryann keeps a tight grip on her.

2 Cub Scout boys, so cute. It is easy to see how I can love them so much. Aaryn is a Weeblos now and Izaak is a Bear.

Dad reads a book to Adryann as the sun is setting in the evening. Life is very peaceful, and relaxing for us in Iowa.

Izaak has a new jack-o-lantern smile, so cute as always. He has been robbing the toothfairy blind. So nights he stays awake until 10pm working on pulling a tooth out, then comes out to show us.

Evalily stands by a newly planted peach tree, almost twice as tall as her.

Halloween Times 2008

Aaryn is so excited for his candy. He has already eaten a few pieces, and spends the rest of the time sorting the candy into groups. Evalily loves to use the step ladder and reach up into the candy drawer to pick out a candy. Izaak and Adryann hide candy in their room, for desperate times I guess.

3 trick or treaters ready for the night fun. Evalily insisted on walking most of the way, trying to keep up with the big kids. The older kids got tired of waiting for her, so we had to carry her some of the way. Adryann was a witch, A nice witch. Izaak was going to be Dark Vadar, but changed to a vampire at the last minute because he could not see out of the mask. Evalily was a poodle, but everyone thought she was a lamb. Aaryn was a pirate.

Fall is our favorite time of the year. You can actually go outside and play with out getting suffocated with the heat. Those are the 2 pumpkins we grew in our garden, adn all the other squashes. We love to collect rocks, and the big red one was found outside of Arches. It is a very old rock, and weighs more then it looks like it would weigh.