Happy First Day of Autumn!

Today, we celebrated the first day of Autumn!


We had scrambled eggs, old fashioned donuts and apple cider for breakfast.


After lunch we baked Pillsbury sugar cookies with pumpkins on them (I did plan to actually bake cookies from scratch, but...well...I'm 8 months pregnant and ran out of time!) and had a few candy corn.




We set out some of our Autumn decorations and enjoyed the rainy weather. :)


I just love this season of remembering God's provision for us throughout the year!


Here's another picture of Henry, just for fun.

Henry

Here's the newest member of our family - Henry.


He's 11 weeks old today and weighs just under three pounds! He's half Shitzu and half miniature poodle, so he has a very pleasant disposition, is great with the kids, rarely barks and doesn't shed! We love him already, even though he's not totally house broken yet. :) Abby is learning to be careful and slow down, while Allison has been a huge help - taking Henry outside, entertaining him, keeping him out of the kitchen, etc. Chris has been teaching him to "sit" and "fetch" - which Henry has been picking up really quickly.

Days at Home

We've been busy but...home! Allison's started school and so we've been sticking closer to home this month.











My sister got married last weekend and we were blessed to have my nephew stay with us for a couple of nights!

Afternoon at the fair

After picking Allison up from soccer camp, I surprised the girls by taking them to the fair! We saw exotic animals, including a lot of snakes (ugh) and a baby tiger! There were horses, veggies, canned goods, cakes and quilts to ogle over and then we headed over to the rides.


Abby really enjoyed her first carousel ride!




Allison ran into a friend and they road the mini-coaster together.


It was pretty hot so we decided to cool down with yummy ice cream cones.


Last night, while going through some recipes online, I came across a super easy recipe for Blueberry Lemon Bars and decided to give it a try - YUM!

Beach Camping

Last weekend, we went camping at the Oregon coast with Chris' parents. As the campground was full, we parked our trailer and their camper in some friends' wooded driveway. The beach ended up being super windy and cold, but our "camp" was sunny and warm!


The girls were so set on playing in the sand that we decided to bring some back to our "camp" from the beach. They were thrilled!


The girls - enjoying some quiet down time after a busy afternoon and cool shower. :)

What I've done when the weather was cool...

bake!

I tried a new banana bread recipe - one loaf w/ choc. chips & one w/out. Does anyone have a great banana bread recipe that makes really moist bread? Mine always ends up just a little dry. Still yummy though!


I also made lots of cookies - oatmeal raisin and M&M cookies. I froze half of each batch. The bad news? It's been so warm that no one's been baking so every time friends come over they get all excited that we have homemade cookies! I now have just one half batch of cookies left! I just made the cookies two weeks ago! I guess I know what I'll be doing the next time we have cool weather. :)

What we do indoors on a hot day...

build blanket forts!






Complete with a light lunch :)