Chatlie

Our niece, Chatlie, came to visit for Thanksgiving from Florida. It began to snow tonight, and she informed us that she has NEVER seen snow! I think she likes it! It looks good on her anyway!

Running Squaw

It must be getting close to Thanksgiving. The Indians are beginning to assemble.

*WARNING*

OK, so winter arrived a little faster than I expected. THEY ARE CALLING FOR SNOW ON THANKSGIVING DAY. I can't believe it!

Last week it was fall. The temp was somewhere in the 50's and the leaves were gently falling (all day--it was like it was snowing leaves! It was beautiful.) The ground was covered with great big, colorful leaves. THIS week has been rainy and wet. The leaves have lost their fluffiness and are now wet and compressed. And the snow should start around 11 pm tonight.

I'm looking for the bright spots: we get to experience SNOW with Johnny's parents since they are here for Thanksgiving. Johnny's niece, Chatlie, is also coming from Florida today, and it will be an experience for her as well! AND, it looks like we have an opportunity to try out our new snow gear! We'll consider it a TRIAL-RUN so we can make sure we're ready for the snow season. I'll let you know how we make out. Watch for the "All Things Winter" costs to shoot up! I may have to buy something off of that strange isle in Target. Wish us luck!

Snowing Leaves

Fall is BEAUTIFUL!

The ground is just covered with these huge yellow leaves! I noticed today that they collect on the houses just like snow. It's so pretty!

It's hard to photograph, but the leaves are just swiftly falling off the trees all day. I LOVE IT!

The kids kick through them after school.

Here come Parker, Caleb, Grayson and Cassidy! School is out!

I love this place!

Jeff & Karri

Jen's brother, Jeff, and his wife Karri came to visit! We sure enjoyed it!

Jeff lent the kids a hand in raking leaves.

He even joined in a friendly game of football!

It appears as though Grayson's team came in 2nd place!

Fall Frolic

What can be better than playing in a freshly raked pile of leaves?

Here are the kids in slow motion, jumping into a HUGE pile!


I think Parker actually caught some air!


They almost appear completely buried, but if you look closely, you can see all three faces!

See? Peek-a-boo! We see you!

New Aisle in TARGET

I was strolling through my most favorite store in the universe, TARGET, and whoa! What is this? Some kind of a strange aisle. It included lots of red metal and plastic things with black handles. I'm not real sure what all of it is for, but it must be important if they have a WHOLE aisle devoted to it. I was so shocked to see it that I had to snap a picture. (Some other shoppers gave me weird looks. I wondered why they weren't taking picutres of it too! I mean, I've been to Target at least once a week for many, many years, and I've NEVER seen anything like this before!)

And on another shelf I saw that for the low, low price of $12.99, I can buy ice melt for my dog. Glad I don't have one of those!

And this is when I realized, WE AIN'T IN TEXAS NO MORE!