Fun at the Farm

Jacob got Columbus Day off from all his teaching and conducting, so we had a fun family day! We planned to go hiking, but that morning I saw that a pumpkin patch/farm about an hour away was having a special holiday price. The kids decided that they wanted to go to the farm instead of hiking. It was a cloudy, very windy day, but we spent about 3 1/2 hours at the farm - totally worth the drive and the ticket cost!

Jacob and the kids loved the 80 foot long slide! They went down over and over!

It was SO long! :)

We did the kiddie part of the corn maze but passed on doing the part that takes over an hour to get through. Ha.

Jumping in the hay bed was fun too!

Duck racing. Poor Levi had a small casualty with a mud puddle. :)

The three big kids and I did the bumpy cow ride through the corn maze. 

I love this babywearing daddy!!

We took a hayride to the pumpkin patch. Since we already got each child a small pumpkin a few weeks ago, we just picked out one bigger pumpkin to carve. 

The jumping pillow was amazing fun! We went back to do it several times.

This was right before we left to go home. Apparently Asher was taking a snooze and Ava was mad. LOL

I'm thankful we could spend the day together and have so much fun! 

Happy hay bales :)

Tough times and some pictures.

Our family has been through a deep trial since I posted last and I was just not finding the words to write. My dear sister-in-law, Katie, (Jacob's sister) and her husband lost their first baby boy. She was 21 weeks along and had had a normal, perfect pregnancy. It was so unexpected, but to see the grace of God in their lives has been incredible. He has given so much strength and joy to them as they walk through this valley. Please keep them in your prayers.

I feel like I'm finally starting to get back in the groove of Jacob's ridiculously insane school year schedule. It's been hard going back to "single-parenting" much of the time. Thankfully this week has been a thousand times better than the last month was.

Here are a few pictures from the last few weeks:

Ava's first guitar lesson with Uncle Judah. 

Fun at the park! We were the only people there on a beautiful morning.

Ava loves books just like her siblings.

The boys just playing. 

Lily in a new dress from our cousin.

Ummm, yes...we love books.

Reading with Aunt Audrey.

Family time at Grammie's when Uncle Joseph and Aunt Audrey came for a visit.

Aunt Katie teaching Lily how to cross stitch.