Happy Halloween!

Banana Bread

Getting ready for a visit with family and friends.

Winter Prep

Scooties has been preparing for winter.  Sleeping and napping and then a little more sleeping. I think he was a little annoyed with me for interrupting his slumber.

Cooper's Nap

Another good napping day.

Magazine Bowl

Another magazine bowl project.  Used one whole Martha Stewart for Kids magazine for this bowl.

Ben's Fourth Welding Project

Socks.

Newest sock project.

Celebration at Church

Mortgage burning celebration at church.  There was a program during the celebration that honored the chartered members.

Door Shades

Picked up some decorator fabric remnants to make shades for our door windows.

Ben's Third Welding Project

Village

Doug created this cute little village from an old hollowed out dead tree that he cut down this summer.

Ben is Welding

Ben is really into this welding thing.  Here is one of his first creations after making Ellie's turtle.

Ben's Turtle

Ben welded this turtle to give to Elllie.

She's Twenty-Two Today

Celebrating Ellie's 22nd Birthday today.  Wow 22! How did that happen.  Is twenty-two like the "terrible twos", only twice as terrible? :)

Birthday Brunch

We had a family birthday brunch after church to pre-celebrate Ellie's big day.

Cooper's Pillow

Found Cooper a new pillow at a garage sale this morning. Sewed up a new cover for it, and after a busy day following Doug around and looking for chipmunks (you can see the dirt on her nose), she curled up and took a nap.

Roasting Pumpkins

Roasting pumpkins to put in the freezer for the winter.

A Good Thing to Know

Doug and I found this sign on our Rattle Bridge trail walk last week.

Buddies

It's a good thing to have a buddy who takes care of you.

New Flower Bed

The weather has been so gorgeous, I decided to start prepping the ground for a new flower bed.

Leaves of Fall

Trying to capture fall in a single picture is very challenging.

Fencing

Doug and I (mainly Doug, with some expert, usually not asked for, opinions from me) worked on putting up a decorative fence today.

Winter Firewood

Firewood for this winter.

Harvest Time

Ben rode with Glenn in the combine again this year.  He has been doing this for many years.

Rick is always there to haul the wagons.

Rattle Bridge

We took a walk over by Rattle Bridge tonight to enjoy another beautiful fall day.

October Days

We have been having some beautiful fall days.  Warm, sunny and beautiful fall colors.

Autumn View

Beautiful view of the Mississippi River and Shepherd road from inside the Science Museum.

Summer Gourds

Great Weekend

Ellie and I had our "Girls Weekend" and woke up to a cold and frosty morning at Willow River State Park.

We visited the Science Museum.  Saw the omni film "Arabia and toured the "Dead Sea Scrolls" exhibit.  We also did some shopping at Valu Thrift.

Fun, fun times.  Good memories.

Fall Harvest

Picked a wheelbarrow full of squash, onions and the last of the tomatoes before the predicted freeze tonight.

Fall Planting

Bought a few plants at the half-off sale at Hermes.