Fall stiff

These photos are fairly self explanatory. Colin and Spencer took Easton to the pumpkin patch.  The ones who hung around after the concert went along for a fun day. I think they all sent me a few photos so I just saved them all.  It looks like they had a great fun day!  The weather was absolutely perfect!

Dusty and I took Harper, Evelyn and Wrenley on the Kaw Valley farm tour.  We enjoyed some of the farms, although that tour seems like it has turned into more of a winery tour and less about small farms.  We found a few places to visit and had a great time at the ones we got to.

And the most exciting part?  I found a woman who showed me how to propagate my elderberries and gave me some guidance on making syrup.  That was worth the drive for sure!   

We did have to hurry back from the farm tour for Evelyn’s volleyball game.  She worked really hard and I know that both of the girls were tired.  Heck so was Grammy!  

I will forever be a summer girl, but my second favorite is fall.  Fall activities.  Fall food. Hoodie by the bonfire, chili on the stove and pumpkin muffins in the  oven is perfect. 

Plus if you try to watch tv right now, all that is on is political commercials.  At least you can forget about that junk when you’re  outside! 

 

Friday fun

 

The big kids decided they were going to a concert together in Wichita.  Then they were  hanging out with Colin, Spencer and Easton.  I’m not sure what Preston and Sunny were doing, but they didn’t make it. 

I love that they sent photos, but until my mom pointed it out, I hadn’t noticed Spencer and Tatum were reflected in the mirror of this group picture, which is pretty neat. 

Jim, Harper Saige and I were on babysitting duty for the girls and Mallory’s dogs. 

I love that my kids like doing things together. It really makes my heart happy.  

Friday was the first day it didn’t rain in I don’t know how many days.  So of course the girls wanted to be outside after school.  Which is awesome.  We were all drawn away from chores to see what Maude was incessantly barking about.  She found a tiny snake.  It was just a baby black snake (western plains rat snake).  We could not get her distracted away.  Bassett hounds have a huge attention span and are incredibly stubborn. 

Someone was reunited and we had a hard time dragging her in for dinner!  

He loves her too….I’m 100% sure of it.  

We had an easy dinner and did some crafts. 

Evelyn was very patient and did a great job on some diamond art.  It turned out great but I didn’t think to take a picture of her finished project. 

Probably because this one spent 4 seconds on her painting and then decided it was time to put poor Tooth Fairy in a basket. This process lasted a lot longer than her crafting time.  Did I intervene and save Tooth?  Negative.  He lives to annoy me, so it felt like payback.  Plus he has claws, he could have stopped it any time he wanted to.  

Bonus- everyone (including Grammy) slept all night!