Fall in the Pac-Northwest

It's officially fall/autumn in our neck of the woods, and we are loving it!  We are also officially friends with the orchardist behind our property and got to 'glean' the trees behind our fence (golden delicious...ymmm).  It's been great!  Lots of applesauce and apple crisp at our house.  We also got to mooch two boxes of pears from a orchard that wasn't getting harvested this year.  It's been a fun fall so far!  

Here are some pictures of our harvesting and a fall family outing for our church at a pumpkin patch last Sunday.  

Leyton and Jared gleaning...going back to the days of Ruth

Apples from our neighbors orchard!

Evie at the pumpkin patch in her fancy fall outfit from Grandma.

Sun Valley Church Family Outing @ the Pumpkin Patch

Evie's pumpkin of choice

Our sweet kids having a blast!

Project: Baby Bibs

Made a few baby bibs today for two new baby girls that we know.  I love this paisley print, so feminine and fun for a baby girl who needs to be cute while she's eating!  This is a simple pattern I slightly modified from a bib my sister-in-law (Racheal) made for Leyton when he was an infant.  I topstitch around the bib with a decorative stitch.  I only have a couple stitches on my machine but they are fun to use on stuff like this.  

Craft of the day...off the list!  Moving on to clean up my kitchen before my kids wake up from their naps.

Camping in the Cascade Mts.

A couple weeks ago we went camping with our friends, the Carlson's. They have kids the same age as our kids, so the kids did great together! They knew about this great spot, about 45 mins from Yakima, gotta love living in the great northwest! We froze our tails off though...it got down to freezing at night and we didn't have good sleeping bags for all of us. Clearly, we need to invest in more outdoor equipment now that we have kids to camp with! Goodness sakes.

You have GOT to listen to this

I recently listened to a sermon/podcast by Voddie Bauchman called, The Centrality of the Home, which was more than worth my time!  So, I thought I'd pass the link on to anyone who is willing to download it and take the time to listen to some wonderful challenges and a different point of view on modern evangelism and raising kidos.

Good stuff.