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Friday, October 21, 2011

Let's Catch Up!

Blogging has taken a back seat since the school routine has ramped up. It might take a few days to get through the many, many posts that follow. Hopefully the next delay will be a bit shorter! Jack and Bryn are best buds these days. Bryn asks for Jack all morning until he comes home on the bus. Here ,they are enjoying some banana muffins together for an afternoon snack. Impromptu "cheese" at home. Bryn was the one requesting the camera for this one!

Bryn loves her baby. Her favorite thing is to change her diaper and wipe her tush. I seem to be going through an awful lot of wipes these days.

Bryn also likes to bake when everyone is at school. She helped make apple chips one day...

or, maybe she preferred taste testing the apples...guilty!

Halloween is almost here!

MEA has arrived so we decided to head to the pumpkin patch today to get our carving pumpkins. Here we are with our crop... Jack inspected a lot of pumpkins before he found the perfect one!

Is that Bryn?!? Yep, she took off in the fields to find her OWN pumpkin!

Happy hunters after the pumpkins were picked.

A Beautiful Fall Day

It was the first week of October...and we were wearing shorts! We spent a short afternoon doing some exploring around Lake Minnetonka Regional Park. We were actually scoping out spots for our photo shoot the following weekend, but we had a great time hiking the trails.


Inside the trees, climbing on logs was the favorite spot.


Quick stop for a few smiles:)


After we were finished checking out the trails, we dipped our toes in the water. We just couldn't resist the water with the beautiful sunshine! Bryn liked the sand between her toes!





The real pictures turned out pretty cute. Bryn was a bit tired that day, but we got a few smiles out of her before she totally gave up. Nothing like the big "cheeses" she gave us this day. This is the link to see the family photos...



http://angbarclay.typepad.com/photography/2011/10/love-watching-this-family-grow.html

Apple Orchard Fun

No fall is complete without a trip to the apple orchard. We tried out a new one this year, and had a great time. Jack had been there for a field trip earlier in the week so he gave us the tour.

Climbing fun on the haystacks...

Krista came to join us for some fun. Here she is taking a tractor/trailer ride out to the apple picking trees. Kate had to hold on to her tight so they didn't fly off the corner!

Mike made sure Bryn stayed put on the ride.



Kate...finding just the right apple.

Jack, picking a LOT of apples.

Bryn's first apple picking.


Bryn was also in charge of the "bag" of apples.

My favorite...the butt shot:)

Soccer Season...here and gone

The fall soccer season was kind to us this year, sunny and gorgeous almost every day! Here is Bryn in her spectator spot...snacks in hand. She got a little more impatient as the season went on and wasn't quite as willing to sit so nice. Action shot of Jack (he's in the red). It was amazing how much he improved as the season went on. He even scored a couple of goals in the last few games!This is what he looked like a lot in the early part of the season.


Kate also had a great season. One game with a couple of bloody noses (yes, in the same game), but she recovered and only flinched a little for the rest of the season! Here she is, ready for anything.


Action shot during practice...


Incredible Festival

The first weekend after school is always the Incredible Festival...a carnival in the church parking lot. Kate and Jack love to ride and ride and ride. That leaves Bryn with some extra time to people watch...one of her favorite pass times. Man, it was bright out that day!
Kate and jack after a turn on the "Dizzy Dragons."


It took some convincing, but Jack finally talked Kate in the ferris wheel. She's not such a fan of heights.


I had to take the first "high" ride with Kate to remind her that she really can do it on her own and that she really likes it. She's looking a little nervous here, but it got better:)


No carnival is complete without the motorcycles...Kate and Jack had unlimited ride wrist bands so they went on each ride at least twice, then hit their favorites again!