Hi friends!  It's been a busy fall for us!  We've been working hard... but we've also managed to squeeze in some fun.

 Our friends Sid and Peggy invited us out to their country home to learn how to press apples into cider!

                                                               Turning the press

 

 Washing apples

                                    First field trip of the year to a children's science     
                        museum

Lots of picnic lunches

 A business trip becomes more fun with a detour to Hutchinson to visit friends and then Underwater World at the Mall of America (here they are on our hotel balcony).

                                                   Haddie being a lady bug

             Running through a straw bale maze with cousin Tony

                                                Those pumpkins are heavy!

 Haddie expressed much desire and was able to communicate what Communion at church means, so she took part for the first time this month.  She was very excited.  Here she is that morning.

               Hiking on a beautiful Fall day, enjoying the colors

                       We ventured off the path because it was so warm.  ;)

                                  Checking out animal tracks in the mud

                             Making an Irish recipe from great-great Grandma

Praising God for health, guidance, protection and provision!  We are very blessed indeed.