Falling For Fall

Miss Angel enjoying a beautiful fall day!

One of many of our surrounding trees all "aflame"

The view from the deck. I never get tired of looking out my windows

It's so nice to drive through these trees every day just to come home!

Every corner inside has a little touch of fall too! I just love Fall. Can you tell?? It's just another one of God's many beautiful gifts...

Homecoming

Sniff Sniff, tears....our girl went to her first Homecoming Dance! She and her friends got ready at Grammy's (my mom's) and had their pictures taken on the same staircase where I used to be photographed on such occasions. Nat had a blast at the dance, as we expected she would, and she looked like a doll! Thanks to my sister, Nat was all put together, wearing a dress and accessories from my sister's formal wear shop. Daddy even got dressed up just to open the door and escort her to the dance. What a fun time the girls all had, doing each other's hair and makeup! I had some very special time with Natalie at home beforehand, doing her hair and eating twizzlers...these are the times we will all remember.

Happenings

Wish I could post more,but until we can get some sort of high speed, i have to wait until I go into civilization! We've been busy enjoying these last couple of weeks with school now in session. On Labor Day weekend we sort of fulfilled one of my wishes...to watch a movie outside! We built a fire and just plugged in our portable DVD player and put it on the picnic table...rednecks for sure! We had our snacks and comfy chairs and loved every minute of it! The girls looked so cute on the first day, Natalie with her 'mermaid' braid, Serena with her beloved Beatles shirt. They are both enjoying their first year of jr. high and high school so far. Natalie marched for the first time last week IN THE RAIN. She wasn't too thrilled about it but as usual, the band did a super great job. I yelled louder for them than our winning football team! I was also busy doing some shooting...pictures, that is, of our triplets in the family. They are crazy to work with, but so fun too.

They all look so much alike, don't they? These are the new uniforms our community provided! Not quite the nerdy one I had to wear a looooong time ago!

Aren't they sweet?

My special after-school snack for them...homemade oatmeal cream pies!

Chelsea, Riley, and Nicole, almost 16 already!

A Crashin' Good Time

Who doesn't love the fair?? This year we skipped our local fair and went to the Ogemaw County Fair to meet up with some friends for the demo derby! I love a good race and even better..big crashes! Especially with combines...I know...who'd have guessed it? My friend Sara and I even picked our own cars...hers won both times. "Her car" said "Sara" on the side. Mine said "JR 69" My initials and birth year...whoops...now you know! We just thought it was kinda cool...anyway..so much fun! We all earned a punch on our "Redneck Cards" that night as we whooped and hollered and even let out a couple "YEE-HAWWWWS!" We ended the night with you guessed it....chocolate dipped cheesecake. ON A STICK!! Cotton candy, french fries, giant pretzels...hmm..sounds a little bad now that I'm sharing. Oh well, once a year, right??

Backin' Up the Bus

I'm a bit late in posting some things we've done this summer...mainly because my dial up is not only slow, it's non-existent most of the time! Anyway, we held my brother's wedding reception at my mom's in early august, and I had the honor of making the cake! It wasn't too much work, perfect for a garden party. We had a beautiful dinner with family and friends which would have ended wonderfully but for the fact one of our guest's cars was broken into. Some money was stolen...so sad that you can't leave your doors unlocked in a small town anymore. A few days later, we celebrated Nat's half birthday with a "smiley face" theme, complete with a smiley face cookie, lollipop bouquet, and a smiley face garland that Serena made with help from my Cricut cutter. Nat loves smiley faces, so this theme made her smile when she saw it. After her outdoor party, we took it inside and made our own smiley faces...See if you can guess who made which face...you may be surprised to find that mine looks like Charlie Brown!!:) What? Not surprised? Me either!!