Cello and Church

Here is Jack teaching Ava how to play the cello.  

Driving around the other day, we stopped and took pictures of this really cool old Lutheran Church.  

Classes

I took pictures of our school classes the other day for a bulletin board project and here are Ava's and Jack's classes this year. 

Volleyball and Friends

We were able to go to a volleyball game for our school when they played Woodcrest a couple of weeks ago, and that was a lot of fun seeing our teams play and also catching up with friends.

Fall Happenings

We've been having a good fall and enjoying the weather.  Here are some things that have been happening over the last few weeks.

Brent and Heidi came down for a visit and we were able to go out and do a little hunting

We were able to get 3 ducks and we shot at some other stuff.  It was a lot of fun.

Jack didn't actually go duck hunting with us, but he surprised me by being willing to hold one of the dead ducks.

Our school had Grandparents Day on a recent Monday, so both sets of parents came down on Sunday and stayed over and we were able to have a fun day at school with the kids.

That morning it was super foggy outside.  We couldn't even see the cornfields right behind the barn

We are blessed to have such great parents!

We took a walk down to the lake on the farm.  It was a beautiful fall day!  The walk was a little difficult over all the harvested and tilled up fields but we enjoyed a nice rest looking out on the lake.

Ava even found a new pet that lasted until she dropped it somewhere in a cornfield.

The Kids & the Cats

The kids love their cats and they love spending time with them.

New Ruler

I always wanted one of these, and now Jack is almost taller than it, but that's ok.  Still fun!

What's happening at our place today...

We are pretty proud of both of the kids' reading, and Ava just asked Jack if she could read his Charlie and the Chocolate Factory chapter book.  Not sure if she will really read all of it, but I'm happy she is interested in it.  

Harvesting beans today!  Our farmer friend is pretty excited about harvesting I think.

Shadow is our cat who is more like a dog.  He likes to follow us around and loves attention.  He walks all the way down our driveway (about a quarter of a mile) and back with us.