Tuesday, October 19, 2010

How is it the middle of October already?

I seriously can't believe it's October 19th already, this month is flying by! We've been busy with camping trips, visits from My Dad & Connie, a trip to Circle S to get pumpkins, and..... we leave Friday for our trip to visit the Gibbs! I guess that's partly why I'm surprised this month has gone by so fast, usually when your waiting for something your excited about it seems like forever while your waiting.


Up first our camping trip.

We somehow convinced My Mom and her husband, My sister and her husband to join the kids and I on a camping trip in Old Man's cave in Hocking Hills. This area of Ohio is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! when we went this past summer i thought that it would be twice as gorgeous in the fall with all the leaves turning colors. We were a bit early for the best fall foliage, and it didn't help that it rained ALL night long. It was cold and the grownups were kinda grouchy and just wanted to get warm and out of the rain so it wasn't exactly the camping trip I had hoped for, but the kids had a great time. Up next my Dad and his wife Connie and her daughter Hannah made a quick trip from Illinois. They have had a CRAZY busy fall so we were so glad they could squeeze in a quick trip. We took them to the Italian festival Saturday night. We were able to grab this quick group shot before they leftAnd my Dad loves profile shots, but I laughed when i saw this because we all look like..... well to steal a line from the movie up.....

SQUIRREL!!!! And I love this picture of my Dad with the kids! I wish we lived closer and he could swing by on his way home from somewhere and pop in a read the kids a book or help Alex with his homework. I miss him the most right after we get to see them. I just love my Dad! And then as is our fall family tradition, we took the kids to Circle S Farms to pick out the perfect pumpkins and eat the best donuts in the whole world!!! The kids get to go down slides into huge piles of straw, wander through bales of hay made into a maze go on a hay ride out to the field to pick their own pumpkins and then finish it off with the best pumpkin donuts. This is one of my favorite traditions! It amazing for me to see the pictures from just 2 years ago when Ethan was just a little baby! I asked Theo if he thought we'll be able to drag them to
Circle S farm in 10 years... he says no... but.... I hope we can!

1 comment:

Tara said...

Oh, it's good to see you guys! What a wonderful Fall you're having. And even if your camping trip wasn't quite as you'd pictured, it still looks fantastic - Hocking Hills is amazing! And what a treat to see your dad! And now you get to see the Gibbs?! Good times for Cathie!!!! I'm so glad! (I assume you're flying - I sure wish your plane would land here for a few minutes!) Have a GREAT TRIP!