the chestnut leaves wide open as a hand...

....a little bit of color from my backyard to you!

Isaac and I have been dying to get out of the house as the past several days have been rainy... a good walk around the pond is in order.

sticks and snails and puppy dog tails...

there are very few pictures of the three of us in existence...

isaac thinks he's a bicycle

difficult to resist getting soaking wet

my easy-going self-sufficient ezra!

shimmering orbs that glitter and dance...

daddy and ezra at the church picnic last sunday... ezra is the make-out king. he likes to be in very close proximity to your face at all times.

isaac and i are roasting a turkey and blowing bubbles today. all day.
check out "Blowing Soap Bubbles" by Barbara Crooker... beautiful!

what's orange and round and filled with seeds?

At last pumpkin carving season is upon us! Today we toasted pumpkin seeds and it officially feels like autumn. We also had our first frost last night so hopefully we will start to see some color on our trees.

I want to look into joining a local farm co-op... we'll see.

at last we have reached the end of our travels...

Today is our second day home in 6 days, and it is a beautiful one. The weather is perfect, making being home that much more enjoyable. We drove to Mississippi for a cousin's wedding and stopped through Chattanooga and Charlotte for visits in between. Hopefully someday the boys will forgive me for 34 hours of driving.

Pete and Jenna make a beautiful couple and it was wonderful to see family and for them to see us. It was also good for me to get in some different experience with improv. Their church's praise music is quite different from what I am used to(not in a bad way!). You can watch the service at www.crossgates.org in the video archives.
Last night we finally(we had to cancel the original plans because he was sick) had Isaac's 2nd birthday party last night at Gravelly Point park so that we could watch the kids squeal with excitement as the planes went over us. It was a beautiful evening and actually quite relaxing as far as birthdays go...

hello everyone....

So I figured I had better get on the blog wagon before I am left in the dust! Plus I love easy ways for family to see us as the boys are changing so fast these days. We are getting ready to drive to Mississippi tomorrow for Pete and Jenna's wedding(yay!) so next time I post I will probably be exhausted but joyful!

Love,
Susanne

ps. My new talent this week is teaching myself how to crochet beanies from a YouTube video... I have completed 5 of them so far... guess what you're all getting for christmas?