Kids Crafts

Hunter and McKenna enjoys doing crafts and are very good at it!

She Works Hard For The Money!

McKenna helping me clean in style!

Apple Orchard

I took McKenna and her friend Charlotte to an apple orchard for play group one Wednesday.

They had a little "petting zoo" with goats, chickens, rabbits, and llamas. McKenna wanted nothing to do with the animals. I asked if they wanted to climb the hay mountain and they declined. The corn maze was closed this year (except for the weekends) so we mozzied on over to a big bird cage looking thing. "Climb to the top and wave" I said. "I don't want to" came the reply. Perhaps they wanted to just sit and watch the grass grow? No. They found something fun to do afterall. Swing on some small, rundown, overcrowded, swing set! Because of the line for the swings, their turn lasted about 2 minutes and thought we could have gotten a lot more out of a nearby park. "Oh well" I thought "let's take some pictures on the wooden train and make it look like we had a blast!"

In an effort to make the trip memorable, I decided to buy a bag of fresh made apple fritters and an apple to share (I didn't want to pick any because we got an invitation to pick as many apples as we wanted at a member's home). Last year, Kara bought apples and they cut one for her to share with us at lunch. I figured I would do the same so I dropped a few dollars on an apple ($4/lb) and guess what? They were of no service in helping me cut my apple. I stood and watched the girls eat their donut at a picnic table surrounded by bees and I took the monster apple home and put it in the fridge next to my 50 cent apples.

Turtle Rescue

I took McKenna and her friend for a bike ride and saw something move toward the street. I guess it's not a big deal to see turtles around here but I have never seen one in the "wild." We took it home and made a little place for it to stay until Hunter got home from school.

When it came time to free Billy, Hunter put him on a rock and he plunged into some water.

September Golf Date

We had to postpone our golf date because of scheduling conflicts, the weather and the fact that we had to wait one week to receive our coupon (which never came by the way). When we did finally go, it was awesome. The weather was perfect and the course was beautiful. It was a super fun date!

Apparently, nobody carries their own clubs on this course. A cart is built into the price of golfing. It was my first time driving a golf cart and it was fun.


RJ started getting into his groove toward the end.

I'm not sure that I have a groove but I only lost two balls! Don't judge my technique. Nobody ever taught me how to golf properly. I just swing and hope to hit the ball. It's a bonus if it gets airborne!

Bonus!

Camera Crazy

In an attempt to keep the kids from getting into trouble before church, RJ decided to do an impromtu photo shoot.

On conference Sunday, I put Reagan in a black turtle neck and blue jeans. McKenna decided to be "twins" and dressed accordingly. When Hunter woke up, I think McKenna talked him into wearing black and blue jeans as well. Ironically, in order to look a little more dressy for conference, RJ chose jeans and a black top. He swears he didn't plan it! I didn't follow suit and wore a pink T-shirt with shorts.

Playing the hymns of Zion.

Equal opportunity.


I love it when the kids play nice with each other. I have to capture these moments to remind me that they exist.

First Field Trip

McKenna got to go on her first field trip on Monday. We went to a pumpkin farm. The kids played in a corn pit, saw cows, dogs, kittens and goats, picked pumpkins and went on a hay ride.

There was a handful of corn in her front pocket when we left. It was a lot of fun.

Reagan is matching the decor.

Yeah for the hay ride!

(Chloe is in the back in the green, Charlotte and her family minus Tim are behind McKenna and Sammy is in the front).