Park days.

The days have been wonderful.  Not too cold, not too hot.
This park is a walk away.  So we wonder there often.  I forget how fun the park is to my kids.  When it was too hot during the summer, we didn't venture out much.  For obvious reason....

But the all the kids are at a great stage right now!  So I had to document a few of them at play.

Jake's First Fall

It's so weird to think that this has been Jake's first fall.

But it's true.  Being born a year ago, in Central WA is considered winter already.    The leaves were long gone.  So here's his first taste of colorful, crunchy leaves...literally.

Halloween Dead Tree

This week's DT craft is my Halloween Tree.  If you are curious to see what it looked like before, head over to the Craftwell DT blog for details!

The bats are coming...

Doesn't this make you want to go camping?
My bat project is over on the Craftwell blog!  Go check it out!

me and my kids.

A little something about me...
I prefer to stay behind the camera.  I typically don't like to be in pictures.  I have too many insecurities that are so ingrained in my mind from growing up that they are just here to stay...in other words, i'm my own worst critic!

But, I want to be in pictures with my kids.  I want them to see me in them as well as themselves when they look back on their childhood.
So one day, when I was all fancied up, I was determined to do just that.  So we took a lot, a lot a lot of timer pictures.   I think under the circumstances, they turned out amazing.  They each show their personalities perfect.  And it helps that I love them so darn much.

The weather is nice.

I gotta admit, TN in the fall is beautiful.  It's the perfect weather.  We hit the park a lot these days.  Jake loves to watch the others play and be played with.
On the way home, we walked around the Cove again.  They have added more stuff!