She finished the race!

Last Sunday we spent some time in the backyard together. Check out that carrot from the garden

 Henry was pushing the lawn mower

 Bocce ball!

 The spooky yard two doors down is ready for Halloween

 Lyza had her last race of the season this week. Mason loved the big field to run around on

 Ready to start

 Look at that smile!

She did such a good job. We are so proud of her!

 We got hit with some unexpected snow overnight. It wasn't cold enough to stick on the road but it stuck everywhere else. It looked really pretty

 I think he has outgrown these clothes

 Mason had to shovel off the trampoline

 And ride his bike over the snow covered grass 

 The leaves are all sorts of pretty

 We had a short clothes shopping trip as a family and Mason loved crawling under the change room doors

 These two are cute when they are nice to each other

 I took Nixon out one day to scout out a location for an upcoming photo shoot. He is such a handsome model!

 It is looking beautiful down at the beach

 We love playing with Henry before bed time

Nixon had team photos yesterday

 I also did some individual photos with him right after (I think it is funny that he put an acorn on the top of his soccer ball)

 He had lots of fun warming up before the game, especially holding her hand

 Nixon worked really hard and was always headed toward the other team's net

 He was SOOOO close to getting this goal

 Nixon wrestled this kid to the ground because he wanted to be the one to throw the ball to the ref

 He won!

 Another really close one

 Go Nixon!

 I took the two big boys out yesterday afternoon to play at a park we don't go to very often

 The fall colors are amazing!

Take care

Autumn Came Back!

Last Sunday some friends invited us over for dessert. Mason and this little girl were so cute together eating ice cream

 Will he grow up to love reading?

 With the excitement of his birthday celebration we kind of missed doing his 1 year photo shoot. So we did a late one instead.

 Of course he would not sit still

 He has such a cute smile!

 Kim did a face mask one evening

 Henry was not very happy about it

Lyza is so obsessed with reading that she reads at the bus stop

 Lyza has been doing cross country at school and this week she had a race

 We are proud of her and how hard she has worked at her running!

 Getting ready for Halloween...a piranha

 The leaves are changing colors and looking so beautiful

 We picked some concord grapes this week

 Mason helped Kim get the grapes clean and ready for juicing

 This was quite the process

 Henry and Mason were really good and kept themselves busy

  

 After an entire day of making grape juice we have a lot of juice!

 There was no school on Friday so Lyza and Nixon got crafty

Mason said this is his daddy (I guess I do have angry eyes every now and then) 

 On Friday night we made some apple cider

 Henry loving some pizza 

 Yesterday while Kim and Nixon were at Nixon's soccer games I took the other kids on a walk and we enjoyed the beautiful fall colors

 Henry was so happy to be outside in the fresh air

 Panoramic pictures with an ultra wide angle lens look interesting 

Nixon was a superstar at his soccer game

 He scored at least six goals (he and Kim disagree on the total) in two games

Here are a few of them

On the way home from our walk yesterday we found a really big and gross spider

So like any good father would do, I made my young daughter disturb the spider so I could get its movement on video ;)

That's all for now

Take care