Enjoying Fall

There's been a debate over whether the proper term should be "fall" or "autumn". Whichever you choose, we had a great October. I was able to pull away from work a few Saturdays and get out to the country and enjoy the foliage and the cool temperatures. It actually felt like things were somewhat normal again.


After hours of searching, the Great Pumpkin was nowhere to be found.




A visit to the pumpkin patch isn't the same without apple cider and apple donuts. Liana agreed.





This was at the Pumpkin Festival at City Hall. Every year they try to break the record for the most carved pumpkins in one location. The proceeds benefit Camp Sunshine, a camp for kids with life threatening conditions. It's always fun. Liana enjoyed dancing to the music and pulling the tops off the pumpkins. We tried to get her to master the gourd bowling game, but she wasn't having any of it. However, the guys crack at the end of the video is worth it all. I don't know why Shannon decided to film this, but she thought it was worthwhile.

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Sammy, aka, the Great Pumpkin.


A typical Liana pose. We were keeping her from jamming to the live music. We're still trying to film her doing the "Frankenstein", which is her new patented dance move.




We went to another farm to see some animals and go on a hayride. Liana liked riding around in the old school rusty Radio Flyer wagon.



Mommy staring into space with Sammy.



Liana's younger brother, "Mammy"



Erin, Nick, and Lily (who was NOT trying to jump out of the tractor the whole time, unlike our daughter)



These costumes scored us some serious candy on Halloween. I don't know how many more years we'll be able to get away with that trick. This year Liana had a good time sampling every new piece before moving on to the next. I thought we'd be able to stash the candy when we got home and she'd forget about it...yeah right. Every day she makes a trip to the cabinet where it's hidden and flips out until she gets some.


Make sure you check out BeeMovie in theaters soon.


Taking it all in.


Lilly putting the moves on Samuel.


Cousin Shaylynn keeping an eye on Samuel.


Samuel's usual laid back mood. He loves being held and trying to talk to Mommy.
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