Fall Fun

It seems I missed an October summary post, and am embarrassingly late in putting up pictures from a visit from Rich and Carol late last month.  Time is just flying by, and free time is at an all-time premium with Jeff working downtown these days.  And with the holidays fast approaching, I don't anticipate feeling caught up anytime soon!

But, we did enjoy a great fall here in Colorado with beautiful weather and lots of fun activities.  Snow and cold temps arrived this week-our first real dose of winter.

Fall photo shoot

 

 

A visit from Nanny Carol and Papa Rich

 

No shortage of fall colors!

A failed attempt and a group photo

 

Pumpkin carving

 

The little helpers were gone and the men were left to do the work...

 

Last soccer game

 

Team photo

 



Oh, and I ran a little marathon.

Mile 23



The kids had a picnic

Halloween

Hungry little dino!

For an adult costume party

 

 

Other

 

Ellis has taken a liking to my old Pooh Bear, whom he calls Boo

Nora earned a mani/pedi for stopping her thumb sucking

Fun  in the snow

 

 



Is it October already?

September was a very busy month; alternating trips for Jeff and I, a visit from my parents, marathon training and the start of soccer season.  You can easily pick Nora out, the only one on her team who wears pink socks :)  Her team is awful and gets beat (badly) every time, but she is oblivious.  She loves it, and has so much fun every Saturday!

 

 

As mentioned, my parents came for a visit over my and Mom's birthday weekend.

 



Ellis practicing his moves

Being silly

 A trip to the Denver Zoo!

Nora loved reading the map, had to remind her to look at the animals.

Feeding lorikeets

We took a trip to Garden of the Gods.  Having never been there, it was a beautiful day trip and great way to spend the day!

Nice to meet you.

Such a boy!

A quick ice cream stop in Manitou Springs.

The kids has good taste...

 

And once we got home, it was time to bake a birthday cake for Mom and me!

 

 

Whew, what a day!  And now it's October-time for the pumpkin patch!

 

He found the smallest one in the patch

Ellis' pumpkin

Pumpkin washing time.

Jeff started a new job this week, I'll miss my houseboy!  We've got Halloween parties coming up, soccer continues through October, I've got a marathon to run and Jeff's parents are visiting later in the month.  Seems like things aren't slowing down anytime soon.