This Little Light of Mine...

Right now Joy is a super singer.  She wants me to sing nursery rhymes and "Jesus" songs all day long.  One of her favorites the past couple days is "This Little Light of Mine"(here's a rendition that's kinda over the top with kids dressed in really bright clothes...) :-)

We had fun on Sunday carving our orchard pumpkin to be the Light on our front porch!

A Nice Day at the Orchard

Antique Cider Press - year 1869

My hubs - off the charts! ;-)

Admiring the pumpkins, then distracted by...

...horses!

Guardians of the pumpkin patch? :-)

So many to choose from!

While our pumpkin was getting cleaned, we did some trivia.

Second team of horses for the wagon rides

The orchard's new bakery

Uber enjoying her "Apple Cider Sipper" (tears when we packed it away) :-)

Life is Grand :-)

Sportin' her new hat from Papa

And they just keep falling and falling... :-)

Hmmm, don't think they'll all fit in the suitcase...

Sitting up like a big boy in the stroller

Enjoying the company of his toy friends ;-)

"Helping" mommy unload groceries - yikes!

Busting into Micah's hand-me-downs!

Digging into the -gulp- 24 books we picked up at the library!

Listening to mommy's version of audio books (recorded on GarageBand).

Scotty got to fly over a local lake with a missionary pilot friend in town!

Time for LEAVES!

Baby Swap?

The same onesie and the same baby, but wow - what a difference!

About 3 weeks old

Just over 3 months old

Crayon "Cupcakes"

Step 1: peel paper off crayons

Step 2: put crayon bits in cupcake holders

Step 3: bake at 250 deg F

Step 4: let cupcakes cool down

Step 5: peel off cupcake liners

Step 6: enjoy!

Source: http://www.craftbits.com/project/rainbow-crayon-cupcakes

Time for the Happy Dance...

...my sister Rachel is coming to visit for a whole week in November!!! :-)

Fall has fallen - and we're loving it!

Psalm 8:1-4

Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

You have set your glory in the heavens.

 

Through the praise of children and infants

    you have established a stronghold against your enemies,

    to silence the foe and the avenger.

 

When I consider your heavens,

    the work of your fingers,

the moon and the stars,

    which you have set in place,

 

what is mankind that you are mindful of them,

    human beings that you care for them?

Let the raking and bagging begin!!

I thought this was a beautiful leaf!

Fun with Photo Booth

Do we look nerdy or what? (It was super fun)!

200 piece puzzles from Papa - thanks!

And a puzzle for Joy :-)

School: Arts & Crafts (making a pinata)

School: Home Ec. (making apple crisp)

School: Learning Measurements

PB cookies for daddy's monthly dev meeting

Leaf bug: Take 1

Leaf bug: Take 2

Leaf bug: Take 3

Found a princess outside :-)

[Note: Noah was napping when most of these pics were taken...]