Fall is Here

Ah, the colors of fall... brown, yellow, orange, red; all in brilliant array. I also love the rustle of crunchy leaves, and for the most part, don't mind raking them. We have plenty to rake in this yard. So, yesterday afternoon we started on the side yard. The kids were having fun running and hiding in them of course. So they decided Ranger needed a little fun, too.

One pile of leaves, which serves as a good hiding spot. All these leaves are from this one tree. As you can see, we only raked up half. It is hard to believe this is all from one tree. Also, notice our privacy fence. We could not afford to fence the whole yard this year, so our friend put up this one section for us. It gives us plenty of privacy from the street pictured here. It is a very busy street.

There are no colors here, but this was just a neat picture as the sun began to set last night. This flagpole is in our sideyard next to the driveway.

Our maple tree just turned yellow in the past day or so, and it's leaves are falling fast. One of my favorite trees is the blue spruce next to the maple.

This tree is amazing to see. It is totally split in color right down the middle, and the colors get brighter every day. Have you ever seen a tree with a green side and a side turning colors? By the way, this is my neighbor's tree, but I just had to take a picture because it is so unusual.

Bowling Fun

Last Sunday we went bowling as a family. The last time we went bowling was over a year ago. It was an event for homeschool families. The bowling alley was smoke-free(thankfully), and they gave us a treat by playing Christian music as we bowled. This event was sponsored by the 2nd group I am now a part of. The other group is for the co-op classes, this group is mostly for field trips and events like this one. A good majority of the people in our co-op classes are a part of this group as well, so the kids get to see many of their friends. This should also fill our calendar pretty well, too. And as a side note, Colby joined our group's 4-H club last week. I always thought it was for people who had a farm, but it is for anyone. In March, Dalayna will join Mini 4-H, and will have the opportunity to do sewing projects, etc. I will keep you up to date on how that is going!! Busy, busy, busy!! Here Terry is trying to get Dalayna to put her fingers in the correct holes on the ball, but she wasn't interested. Instead she did the "granny bowl" ,as I like to call it!!

They also put the bumpers up for all of us, which made it so much easier for the younger kids.

Colby chose to bowl with some of his friends.

I just noticed that her shoes match her outfit!!

Some tips from big brother. When Colby was finished with his 2 games, he came over and tried to help Dalayna bowl. We had a great time, and I beat Terry at both games!! I tried to take a picture of the scores on the screen, but it didn't work, so you will have to take my word for it. This group is supposed to do more bowling events, so we will look forward to those!!

Thanks to My Kids

A special thanks to my children, who worked together on the computer in designing this month's blog header. Now they need to teach me a few things about the "paint" feature on the computer.