Little Farmer

Shawn's parents took the kids to Little Farmer pumpkin farm and apple orchard.

Lots of fun!

Spinning Gourds

A stopped over to purchase some of our garlic for a local food service.

He saw the kids playing outside and offered them each a curious little toy.

It's a tiny gourd that spins just like a top.

He read that colonial children played with them and tried growing them himself this year.

The kids loved them...yes they really do spin like tops!!

...and we saved some seeds to plant our own next year. 

Projects Lately

For their LIFT Club, Miles and Celene have to design and build a bridge out of Popsicle sticks and glue

Out of all the kids, whoever's bridge holds up the most weight wins!

It's been quite an undertaking around here

this is the state of the dining room table going on 3 weeks now!

Eli doing his school work

Theo is in cutting and coloring school ;)

Eli working again

Miles slicing and freezing our fall bumper crop of radishes

Miles (not very safely) fixing our cabinet handles

little crafter

girls busy preparing puppets for a show

Theo thinks he helps

Celene has been taking crochet lessons from her great-grandmother and has really excelled!

she took this picture to send to her friend who also crochets :)

Hannah and Miles making venison jerky

Brave Little Boy

Eli underwent a minor surgery last week and was very brave.

He's healing well and at full speed again. 

Thank the Lord.

Fall on the Homestead

Shawn and the little boys watching the sunset from the hammock 

Sunday afternoons walking down the lane

making leaf piles and jumping in

some beautiful fall rainbows

fall sunsets

kids using empty feed bags to hop in