On Sunday we took a drive, and with the window down to catch the last hints
of balmy air, I noted a distinct crispness that wasn't there just a week ago.
And the GOLDS! Oh the golden hues lighting up our landscape. I swoon!
(and couldn't help sticking the camera out the window)
Another view I like in the fall:
He's got his work cut out for him, but what a guy! And now there's a ripe harvest of help.
This new
and gettin' it stacked! I just hope the novelty sticks until the shed is completely full :-)
Getting back to our Sunday drive...
We spent some family time; the kids took over the playground,
and mom and dad took in the beautiful lake view!
You know what we did after all this fun? We had more fun!
We did. We went to a local brewery and ate dinner together - but not just any dinner, no.
It was a "dad" kind of dinner. A memory-maker for sure!
First we ordered about 6 appetizers or so; things like Buffalo Wings, and Calamari, and Cheese Sticks
OH yes! That was dinner. But wait...
Dad followed up our appetizer-entre with a humongous Brownie heaped with ice cream and whipped cream
and drizzled with chocolate syrup. Two. Two of them. We put one in the center of a table
and removed the chairs so our whole tribe (or Pack of hungry Lions, as they were referred to by the waitress) could gather around it with spoons.
The other was for me and dad. What a guy! (I keep saying that) And it was an amazingly quiet dessert
despite the copious amounts of grease and sugar they consumed and it was just plain ol' good times.
What more can I say? It's very hard to beat a Sunday outing like that.
Give us a week to recover and we may try though :-)
I love love love that last photo of the whole family! That needs framing ;-)
ReplyDeleteWhile you are enjoying and seeing in the changing hues and cooler days.. we are getting blown about by squawly spring weather with blustery gusts and periodic wet stuff falling from the sky LOL. The great thing about spring of course is summer is getting closer woohoo.
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful family. I love the pictures of Daddy with the children, here and there. Precious.
ReplyDeleteI thought my favorite picture was the new header but the new family picture is sooo good too. Love all the smiles squeezed in there :-)
What a dinner!! I could just pictures the children all gathered around with their mini pitch forks, oops I mean spoons :-), and gobbling up that yummy dessert!
That's enough love and fun to last you at least a whole week:-)
Btw, you look GREAT. Aloria is a whisp of cuteness and the kids all look wonderful~
~Cinnamon
Oh THANK you!
ReplyDeleteWe begin to have the Fall-ish wet stuff falling from the sky Julia. It's nice and cozy, but in about 6 months I'll be very ready to have Summer too :-)
Pam. I should HOPE so!
As for trees, there are more and more the farther North you go. You oughta come see for yourself. I'd like that :-)
Cinnamon, we might have used pitchforks if they'd have had them.
Thanks friends!
Oh! Wonderful pix, Analene! Thanks for sharing your day with us...I AM going to get a couple of those photos off to Costco so I can frame them today...heart-fulls of love,
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I love laughter and need more doses of it! Boise is a desert compared to here. It's like a rainforest in our neck of the woods!
ReplyDeleteI have dark clothes, I have PB&J, I have beans and pop corn and carrot sticks and apples :-)
If you came, I would have cases of Dr. Pepper just for YOU.
You're JUST RIGHT as far as friends go Pam! :-)
What a glorious day! Especially the dinner part! (don't forget I am pregnant ;) I love that last picture of your family. I have to ask, was that picture taken in one shot?!
ReplyDeleteLove you bunches, me
I LOVE the family photo. It is wonderful! We don't get to see much of you as you are always behind the camera, so it is a special treat when we get you and the entire family together!
ReplyDeleteMissing you tons. We will catch up soon.