It sure has been awhile since I have posted! I keep thinking I need to back track and write about things since we have moved, but that might take awhile. So I will post about that when I can, and just start about recent events!
We just had a wonderful trip with Mama Luci and Papa D! They were able to visit for 4 days during their Fall Break time. We packed in as much as we could, and had such a good time creating more memories! The first day we took a long walk around the pasture and into the tree line behind our house. It was the perimeter of 80 acres! It was so beautiful, admiring huge tree trucks, watching Caleb climb them, Finney chased a turkey out of the brush that flew over us (good hunting dog), saw never ending fields of harvested corn, the crisp ponds, Enoch climbing trees, frogs, finding old hidden farm equipment, and almost being on "I can't believe I'm still alive" show by dodging the bull that we kept thinking was following us. (I think Mama Luci and I over reacted a little haha) It was so pleasant to be outside and Enoch was so excited to show them our chickens. And then Papa D made him a tire swing him a fun tire swing on the side of our house!
That evening we had a Weenie roast down by the farm ponds. We bundled up, built a huge fire, and brought all the junk food we could find. We were surround by trees, but had a perfect gap in them letting us see the stars and the moon. It was so bright we could see our shadows on the ground. It was also so peaceful and gorgeous. The boys loved it and so did we! And then I heard some noises that made me sit in the van for awhile until they went away..... I got cold and came back out, and made some S'mores!
The next day Mama Luci and I went exploring while the men stayed here and the boys napped. We have a cemetery right down the road from us that was fun to see. The majority of the graves dated back to the 1800's, with the most recent one being in 1940's. It was sad to see all of the children that were lost back then, but so interesting to be in such an old place that not many people new about. We drove around for hours on all of the back roads, seeing animals, old houses and school buildings, the fall country side and of course with laughs and jokes. So fun! That night we had GG and Papa over for a big deer roast, so they could see the Loafmans as well.
Saturday we went to a cute little pumpkin patch and children's barnyard about 30 minutes away. It was so well put together, with a petting zoo, a train ride, a corn maze, hay slide, tunnels, a tractor and firetruck to climb on, a corn shell sandbox, water pump races, and a little kid size digger. We were there for awhile and had to pry Enoch away in tears. The funniest part of it was looking back to find Enoch right in the middle of all the activities and people with his pants to his ankles, aiming, and saying "Tee tee!" Yes we got a pic. After that, we drove just a few miles North to Iowa and enjoyed seeing some massive white windmills that lined the road for miles. Also, we drove through a town called Tarkio on our way back and enjoyed the well kept, historic town with big Victorian houses. They said they never get tornadoes due to the river that surrounds them...Im pretty sure I going to move there. We came home to crissen our yard with a game of Bocce.
yes that's Enoch with his pants down on the right.....
And yes, our adventure goes on! We woke up Sunday to pack for a hike up the Squaw Creek Mountain side overlooking the refuge. Noah was strapped to my back on a carrier and Enoch walked and rode on Papa D's shoulders. Once again, it was just perfect weather and scenery. All of the orange, yellow and red leaves lined the path the lead us higher and higher to our view. We saw some Eagles, a deer, some really interesting twisted trees, a birds nest and a lot more of God's creations. After getting peed on by Noah, playing in the leaves with Enoch and losing my glasses (we did find them, thank you hubby) we worked up an appetite for Red Lobster! Yum yum! And of course, our fun times came to and end and tears. We had to say Goodbye =(
(pictures of hike to come.....)
