October

 We took the girls to a family fall festival a couple weeks back.  They had fun petting the animals and later we went on a hay ride.

 See that excitement.

 Nothing as fun as jumping in a pile of leaves, maybe sliding into them is a bit more fun!

Anna wore an old costume of mine to her fall party at school, it's one my mom made me.

See me, all the way over on the left, don't you love my mismatched shoes too! For those who know my brother Andrew, he's the clown looking right at the camera with the white knit cap on, mom made that costume too!

Royle visit

We went to visit our friends last weekend that we hadn't seen in 4 years, ironically when their youngest was a brand new baby.  Now their 3rd and youngest turned 1, so we thought it about time to head that way.  It was a three hour trip, but the girls handled it relatively well.  We enjoyed visiting and seeing the kids play together like they were old friends.  I stayed up till 1am chatting with my friend Rachel.  It reminded me of times in Ecuador(we lived with the same family while we were both there) when we would sit in the kitchen and talk way too late while eating a snack.  We hope that it doesn't take another 4 years till we see them again!

 The Birthday girl

 He was picking flowers for Larry and I.

 so serious

 playing "sleep-over"

 getting his order for restaurant

 busy at play

 I made this outfit for her big sister 3 years ago!

 precious

Too bad we didn't line them up in age order, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

We have plenty to praise; friends we enjoy visiting even after 4 years apart.