Halloween

We had a visit from some of Hogwart's most famous including: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley and Dobby the house elf.

Mom, James and John made it to the school for the Halloween parade and also got to see Mrs. Polly.

Fall Fun

 Jumping from the swings into a big pile of leaves

 Making a leaf maze

 Running around crazy

Hanging out and watching all of the fun.

Walking on the water

We got invited to a secret pond. I jumped off of a floating yellow dock. My foot was on the water and my other foot was in the air. I said I was flying on the water when I saw this picture.
-published by Grace

A few happenings

 John just seems to get bigger every day. He is now sitting up and also just started crawling. Watch out big brother and sisters. He will be coming in your rooms now.

 We had a recent trip to Nauvoo and just had to have a ride in the wagon behind the oxen before they close for the winter. When the oxen chew their cud you can feel the crunching through their horns.

 James turned three last month. His favorite present was a pretend cell phone.

 Anne had her first field trip to the local apple orchard and got to ride the school bus for the first time. Mom and James and John met them out at the orchard. Here they are on the wagon getting ready to go out for a ride behind the tractor.

 There was a recent epic battle in our back yard between a wicked witch and a brave knight. For a while it seemed the battle could go either way. In the end, the knight was victorious.

And one picture of mom and John for good measure.

Private Fishing Pond

 My neighbor Dave is my fishing buddy. One of his coworkers has a private pond a little bit out of town. We got invited to come out for a family day of swimming and fishing. They had a paddle boat and some life jackets.

 Grace and Anne had a great time playing in the water.

Anne caught a bluegill

Edwin caught a bass

 Jennifer found some big frogs and really wanted to catch one. Even if it meant taking off her sandals and trudging through some thick mud. If you look closely in the bottom left corner you can see that big monster.

Those are some tricky frogs Jennifer.