A Field Trip~by Beth

I did it. I actually took the kiddos on a museum field trip this past week. I had tickets for our local hands-on museum and thought I better redeem them before time ran out. The above photo is of Emma doing a weather forecast. There is a closed circuit camera and tv that allows the children to see themselves doing the weather. Emma did a fine job. I helped her with placing all the icons for the different weather. It is quite unusual to have snow in Minnesota and a hurricane in the Gulf at the same time. The children also got to see gravity in motion with various tracks and balls, air, clouds, a thunderstorm, wind tunnel, and a live demonstration of feeding the sting rays. We also were able to get to a show that featured a python, some sort of frog, and an alligator which they all got to touch. Can anyone say "Hand Sanitizer?" We had a nice time and even stopped for a quick lunch on the way home.

Abigail's 4th Birthday~by Beth

The day after Nathan was married was Abigail's 4th birthday. While all the relatives were around, like Grandparents and a great Aunt and a great Uncle, we had a little celebration. Here is our beautiful Abigail.

Caleb and Joel are both Referees~by Beth

Last August Caleb took the referee course to become a certified, Florida soccer referee. He passed his test, ordered his uniform and got on the roster of refs. Here is a photo of my two guys headed to Caleb's first game as a ref.

A Fall dinner~by Beth

Just before we left for Nathan's wedding, I cooked up our great big pumpkin that was gracing our table. I froze all the cooked pumpkin for future use and made some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies for the trip. When I got home I made a yummy fall dinner of pumpkin soup, generally liked by most, and some fresh baked rolls. It looked so fallish with the seasonal table cloths, decorations and candles. I just had to take a photo. Kind of reminds me of Abby Anderson posts :-) I also made a delicious chocolate pie from a recipe I found in a magazine. It turned out wonderfully. It was so rich it was a good thing that we all only got a thin slice.
So, here was our dinner last week. It took me until now to get the camera unloaded with all the computer trouble we had at the end of the summer. I hope to update with some other photos. That will have to wait for another day.