Ordinary Days from Last Fall

 My favorite new building project all decorated for fall. Love it.

 I got to go with Grayson and his preschool class to the pumpkin patch.  It was so fun and fall-ish.  They got to go on a hay ride, pick a pumpkin, do the corn maze (which Grayson was totally scared of), and play at the play land complete with a cool zip line.  

Many years ago Grandma B took a cute picture of these kiddos in this wagon.  Years later she was getting rid of the wagon and decided we needed a farewell picture.  We've grown a lot.  In numbers and size.  It was great getting together with cousin and great that Sam's baptism gave us a great excuse to make the trip.

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Fun hiking with the Browns.

An elfish character from one of her favorite books.

Snack machine.  Yup... it was a fun one since we created it together.

Another homemade one that was lots of fun, even if it was a bit harder to put together.  It took a few tries to figure out what would work.  Turned out cute though.

And... a knight.  And really he pretty much just wore his costume for the picture.  He doesn't like being burdened by all that stuff to carry around.  It's much harder to jump and run fast and gather lots of candy.

We had a pretty busy fall with all of the boys playing a sport this season.  Grayson gave soccer a try and after a rough start (he wouldn't go in for the first game) he eventually got the swing of things and had a great season.  He had watched his older brothers play so he understood how the game worked faster than many of the other kids.  And we found out... he's pretty fast.  :)

Andrew tried flag football and it was tons of fun.  He found that he enjoys the strategy and pace of  the game and so now isn't sure what his favorite sport is.  He had a fun team this year too.  Here they are celebrating the end of the season.

Sam, of course, played soccer and had an awesome season.  His coach was the best, so devoted and committed to making it a great season for all the boys.  Even when his own son broke his collarbone part way through the season, he was there for the boys, rain or shine.  We're hoping he gets to be on his team again another year.