My Day-To-Day Photos

Happy Thanksgiving! We had a very nice meal on the Sunday but we missed Auntie Brenda and our newest family member, Uncle Stephen. I sent Auntie Brenda a bunch of texts from our afternoon, including several of the pictures below.  Gourds from my garden for the centerpiece! Buns from my oven, and I also provided a casserole of buttercup squash. They are not all for you Grandma! Waiting patiently for his meal. We just love having our photo taken. Always occupying herself with drawing. A riveting conversation always includes hand movement. Three deer, a mama and two young ones stopped by for a feast as well.   Happy 88th birthday Grandpa Fred! Another meal, actually there were two with Saturday night steak dinner and on Sunday, a lovely chicken lunch. With Auntie Brenda and Uncle Stephen both there, this felt more like the holiday weekend. UNO! And more UNO! Finally - my cake. Brenda - My hair looks bad, and steals his hat. S

Setting my sights on a new goal has my attention focused elsewhere, and as such, my day-to-day blog has suffered some. So get ready for a photo-heavy post.   As far as we know, the kiddos are both doing well in school.  Kaitlynn is as last year, excited and working hard. Jared's approach is less enthusiastic. He really does not like having the Grade 4's in his classroom and now they may have to have gym class with the Grade 3's tossed in. He is not interested, though in transferring schools to be among more kids his own age. He's excited for high school where things will be normal. I  hope he has the same shift in attitude that Kaitlynn experienced.   Jared wasn't really looking overly forward to his overnight canoe trip, but he ended up having a really good time and is looking forward to his week-long camping trip in the Spring.   Our Fall has been a beautiful one. The mild temperatures, it's October 4th and we still haven't had a major frost,