Fabulous Fall Adventures

This fall we had LOTS of friends and family come to visit.  We loved having the company and I was able to give many tours of our really really big house (I am speaking comparatively, of course, to my previous place of residence).  If you have not yet experienced one of my house tours, you better get here quick!  They are fun, popular, and can get a little wild when we reach the play room.  I'm currently booking through the summer of 2015.

This is my preschool class. Yes, it is a small group, but we know how to have a good time.  I would have it no other way.

This, my friends, is an apple. Good for eating, juicing, and cooking, it also has received the unfortunate fate of being representative of the forbidden fruit eaten by Adam and Eve, thus resulting in their expulsion from the Garden and Eden and, then, the fall of the entire human race. Wowzers.

Me and my friend Finley getting silly at the pumpkin patch!

Our friends the Kooles visited from Canada. Usually when I see Racquel we are hiking up mountaintops, but today this did just fine

This is really cool because if you forget the previous picture, it really looks like we are standing in the water!

Oh the thrill of the rush at the start of a slide ride!

Wanna hear one of my favorite jokes? Why did the girl smear peanut butter on the road? To go with the traffic jam!! To hear more select jokes, you will have to attend my house tour.

Our friends the Stuarts came over to visit from Seattle. We read books at Aunties, played at the park, ate ice cream... hmmm... mom and dad, can the Stuarts come over again?

Mommy and I spent 2 days at grandma and grandpa's making apple cider. It was hard work, so I kept things light with my instinctive and spontaneous sense of humor.

Adding my own personal touch to this batch. Actually, I dropped my half-eaten lollipop in here and can't seem to find it. Oh well, at least my hands aren't sticky anymore.

Cheers to the apple cider crew hard at work! 

We had good weather and bad weather while making the apple cider. In the middle of it all, God sent us these rainbows, promising us that we would finish.

Umm... is apple cider suppose to look like this?

Look at that golden yummy goodness! We made 40 gallons total! I can't take all the credit, after a couple hours on the first day, I delegated my responsibilities to those around me.

Feeding the ducks at the park has become one of my favorite activities. I was a little unsure about how that goose in the corner was eyeing me, though...

We made a leaf pile as big as the Expedition one day, and you know that is big! A dramatic leaf throwing battle quickly ensued.

After a truce had been made, we made this cool leaf fort. Who knew leaves could have so many uses?

Within a minute after this peaceful picture of serenity was taken, the leaf war raged on again!

Legos have become a new passion for me. Here is one of my creations. I call it, "Storm Trooper on a Spaceship that has Lots of Lasers that Shoot Lasers."