Fall hike

We took another little hike in the mountains to check out the elk and fall colors, it was perfect weather and this time we finally got to see some elk!

The kids wanted to pose for their own pictures :) So this is what each one comes up with :)

Back to the river

We wanted to go to our same spot in the mountains that we did last year to just hang out and throw some rocks in the river and look at some pretty leaves changing, but there was a fisherman there and we thought he wouldn't appreciate us scaring all his fish away, so we had to find a new spot.

Bradley found a VERY old camera of mine and decided he wanted to bring it and take pictures just like Mommy (LOVE IT) :)

My strong man throwing boulders into the river :)

Sammie was crouching into the water and getting her little bum all wet :)

So we decided to go ahead and wade in the water a little bit

Gracie fell in about 2 seconds later and was not very happy :)

One of my most favorite pictures ever!

Baseball for 2

Gracie's turn to join Bradley in the world of baseball! She looked adorable and was so much fun to watch. Definitely not as into it as Bradley :) but she did a good job of listening to her coaches and learning what to do. During one of the games she was playing first and a grounder came to her and she just picked it up in her glove and went right to first base and got an out! I think the whole team only got about 3 outs the whole season so it was a big deal :)

Sammie's turn for school :)

Sammie started preschool!! At church she was having a hard time being left in her class and would cry and cry and we'd have to come get her. So I kind of stopped trying because it just stressed me out. So during the summer I decided that I should probably put her in a class to try to get her used to being left. And I found a class that both she and Gracie could take together so I figured being with her sister would soften the blow and maybe she wouldn't be so upset. It didn't seem to work at the time because she cried and cried when I left and the teacher had to pry her off of me and tell me to go. Turns out she didn't cry very long but I was still worried about how she would act with preschool. So I signed up to be parent helper on the first day of school because I thought it would ease her into it if I was there the first day. I think it worked - that and already knowing the building from picking up and dropping off Gracie there for the last couple years. She loved preschool from the very first day!

Walker - not really

Kolby was over 14 months old and still not really wanting to walk (which really was totally fine with me) so we gave him the walker toy to see if that would get him going :) He thought it was a climbing toy and kept trying to climb up on it. He very quickly got frustrated and was very angry with the toy because it was not working like he pictured :) It took him a while to figure out how to use it :)