Friday, December 11, 2020

Halloween, Jamir's birthday at the coast, Family pictures

These guys raced down this hill so many times this summer
Got his racing goggles on
practicing face paint
Dahlia patch
Jamir wants to add a water feature here. The boys love to play in the water.
Getting Halloween set up
Thought of these myself. I thought I was pretty clever
Danny races again
hot dogs on the front porch
October is the best month for dahlias
restained the deck for winter
not sure why, only that he gets babied too much

added some witch hats and bats. And purple solar lights
giant dahlias!
another round of juice
ready for winter
he's really enjoying those grapes
walk around the lake. Definitely on our summer camping list
so pretty
wild apple tree. and blackberries.
we don't see that many turtles
all you walk around the lake, there are campsites along the way.


in the treehouse with Smokey
mums and lavender and a volunteer morning glory
first fire of the season.
mini pumpkins on the trellis
rustic corn tassel wreath
too many bubbles
smores inside
turkeys frequented the yard
this space has changed a lot in just a year. Hopefully this next season the wisteria will start to cover the arbor
moved the lime tree inside (this space will be next on the project list!)
hybiscus standard, petunias I dug up (that randomly grew in the yard)
more turkey friends
park climber
Halloween bat pinata
the silver maple was beautiful yellow
spaghetti squash given from a friend's garden. It was really yummy!
One day I heard screaming outside from both the boys. they had gotten into a hornets nest and had several stings. It was funny after the scare was gone
amaranth. first time growing and it's cool!
my happy things



I took this apart and gave the neighbors each a nice bouquet
more harvested before the freeze, plus the marigolds
first time peeing in the potty. he has yet to do it again




we saw horses with their owners too!
visiting trees of mystery for Jamir's birthday. We stayed at the coast in a cute motel and walked on the beach in the morning (pictures at bottom)
these tree walks were pretty cool.
the boys loved this ride. 
Ben was thrilled that it was decorated for Halloween. Another car had the top half of the skeleton.
Ben took our picture
last stop at the coast for fish n chips
park after church for a picnic
posing for abercrombie
finishing Papa's cake leftovers
sparklers on the deck
fall color out my kitchen window
poor Smokey
they thought it was warm enough for swimsuits
giant limes off our tree
luckily this came off or Danny would have been in real trouble. He would be the one to draw on the couch
We rode our bikes around the neighborhood to see all the Halloween. Ben kept up in his little balance bike
glorious fall
Ben insisted on being a bat
Danny didn't really have a costume. On Halloween night we put a spiderman on him
The neighbors were so nice. Each house had a gift bag made for them. They got soo much stuff before we even left for trick or treating
The creepiest house

We rode around with bikes. It was great because we got to see a lot of houses and the boys stayed entertained.




the bounty







Some fall pictures in the backyard