Fall is here!

So far this Fall we have been very busy doing fall things!
The kids and I went the day before it was supposed to frost and got to pick the last of his tomatoe crop and a few onions! Love FREE food!

Then we went to Grandma Wanda and Grandpa Joe's and picked Apples.
We have made apple sauce and Apple butter so far. Thinking about trying some apple spice muffins. They look really good!

Then we went to the farm and picked our Pumpkins we planted last spring.

We had planted some seeds that were supposed to grow 100 lb pumpkins.They didn't get that heavy, but they sure got big!

Happy Birthday Matthew

Matthew's birthday was yesterday. He turned FIVE, and don't even get me started on that!
His day started out with toast and a candle.

Then Spiderman cake and a party.


Then presents. He took about ten minutes to open this one and one other because he didn't want to ripe the paper. He diligently took each piece of tape off till it was open.

He got a few of the Transformers he wanted. If anyone knows how to actually transform those things in less than a half hour please teach us your tricks.


Matthew and Uncle Luke trying to get the transformer transformed!

An early morning roundup

A few weeks ago the kids and I (along with a few thousand other people) went to SD with my mom and dad for the annual Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup.


We had to get up very early and wait in traffic for a long time.

Everyone had lots of coffee and hot chocolate.

And fun.

Except maybe the buffalo who were about the gets there yearly shots and medical checkups!

One of lifes lessons

Matthew had the privilege of learning one of life's lessons from Grandpa a few weeks ago

He learned to check the oil.

And he learned that sometimes you have to add just a little.

Seeing alot of this lately

Lately we've been seeing a lot of this.
All babies all the time.
And the more the merrier.

She is such a good mommy to her babies.
Well....except when she leaves them outside overnight
or doesn't feed them for a few days.

So fun to see her turning into a little girl instead of a toddler!

Minnesota State Fair

Saturday we went to the Minnesota State Fair. It was a beautiful day so of course everyone and there brother decided to go that day also! Every were you looked there were people!



I had first thought we would end up staying until the evening to see the fair lights at night, but by about 5:00 we had all had enough of the people. Surprising enough it really wasn't a big deal to keep track of the kids. They were really good about staying right next to us or in the stroller.


Matthew and Abby were the only ones to go on any rides. Here Matthew is on the Dragon Roller coaster.


Abby on the swings.

We all took a ride on the Ski Lift. I really didn't want to ride, but we needed one more rider to go with one of the kids. I choose to go with Matthew because I knew I would have to keep it together for him, and I also knew that he would sit really still and not rock the car that we were in. It wasn't that bad once we got in the air, but I could still do without. :) Despite that crowds it was fun, but Todd and I would both like to go back WITHOUT kids.

A Wedding

Friday night we went to the wedding of Todd's cousin Brian and his new wife Heather. They had a beautiful outdoor wedding in Minneapolis.

The kids are dancing together above. They were one of the few on the floor at the time, so they got alot of oh's and ah's of course!
Todd and I at the wedding.
Matthew waiting for the ceremony to start.
Abby waiting for the ceremony to start.