Autumn Is Here!!

                            Autumn is here, and so is school!! Emmy is working so hard this year with her grade 4 and Elle is starting kindergarten!

                                        Our dear home all decorated for fall.

                               Housewarming party!! We had so many of our new church people come for an outdoor BBQ and get together.

                                            The goat pen was the favorite place to be it seemed!

                                                           Feeding treats to Bella

                                               

  Elin and a new friend feeding the goats

                              My Handsome Hubby firing up the grill!!

                                 A great game of Kube rounded out the evening

                                   

                      Well actually getting into our gifts really rounded out our evening!!

                                    We feel very welcomed and loved by our new church family and are very thankful to be able to minister to them.

                                    My Little Elle. She is such a homemaker. She loves cooking and cleaning.

                                             

                                                      Eva's little trike basket is put to very good use almost every time she gets on it. This day in particular,the basket AND Emily's bike helmet  helped Betsy the bunny ride very comfortably . ( the helmet was a brain child of Elle's who thought it made a perfect car seat!!)

                                Betsy is seriously the most laid back rabbit I've ever met. She is Elle's pride and joy.

                      Grampie and Grammie Cameron were visiting that afternoon, and Grampie was working on his truck in our driveway. Well he had to take a moment to take a look at Eva's "wheels" to make sure they were in working order too!

               His truck's problems were a little more serious!!



                              The girls and I were hanging out on our front porch waiting for Ryan to come and pick us up one afternoon, when I got my camera out for some fall pictures.

                              Where do I begin? Our 4th little miracle Elin,  she is such a character.

                                                Our sweet Eva

                  Big 5 year old Elle's smile showing off her latest news!!!

                 Our big girl Emmy. Getting  grown up so fast.

                                           Intentionally showing off her new smile now!

                                  Elin has discovered how to say "cheese" whenever she sees a camera pointed her way. Now we have to work on keeping her eyes opened while she does it!

                                               I'm amazed at how fast my baby is growing up too. She does still want to curl up in my arms and snuggle at times, and those moments are among my favorites!

The Last Hurrah of the Summer

Our little family went with my sister Jenny and her family for a fun 2 night camping trip to P.E.I. to end our busy summer of fun and craziness! All the girls (9of them!) had so much fun  together in all our adventures. One of the favorites was Avonlea Village. We all had so much fun looking at all the old fashioned things and playing with all the old toys.

                                             Emily and Charley looking at the displays

                                                 Elin and I looking at Lucy M. Montgomery's photography

                                          It is so fun getting all the girls together.

                                                   We do get lots of grins and smiles as people see us all together in a row!

                               Elin "shopping" in the general store

                                                  Elle a little mesmerized by all the hats!

                                               She did find a favorite!

                                 Leila ,Penelope and Elle having a lazy game of crokinole on the front porch.

                                      We were treated to live music and did the girls ever love the experience! Great East Coast melodies.

                               Now we finally got to the dress-up house. There were hats and dresses flying everywhere, with little girls running around squealing.

                                                        Elle's favorite hat choice!

                                    Eva's!

                                                  Elin and I just watched and helped with the dress up  this year.
                             


Well that was our summer. Lots of new, and it is starting to get normal. School starting was next on our family agenda,and after frantically searching through many boxes of books, we finally found all the ones we needed.Life is still busy ,but now that we are more settled, it is easier to stop and breathe in between the craziness. God has been so good to see us through all the changes that he has brought our way, and I'm so grateful to him for all the blessings he has given and that his "mercies are new every morning". We have all made new friends and are very happy with our new church family and home. Our new community is fun to be a part of too..don't get me started talking about Dunster's donuts 5 Minutes away, and the fabulous cappuccino they sell.My post- move  5 pounds weight gain says enough about that!!!! Yikes!!

                                         

At our new Place

The girls quickly settled into our new home. The paved driveway was a huge exciting world to explore!! The band aids we went through those first few weeks!! Skinned knees and toes!

                            Elin put Eva's Trike basket to good use pretty quickly!

                        Then the construction began on the new barn!! This was Ryan's first solo building adventure, and he was pretty unsure of his skills, but after some phone calls to his dad, he started, and it quickly began to take shape. The girls loved helping(or hindering!) Our goats were staying at a farm close by until we got their barn ready for them, so we were very excited to get it done so they could come home to our new place!

             The roofing! The girls quickly learned to take the plastic strip off of the shingles for Ryan and I . Did they ever love helping !

                                      The roof going on.

                                                  Elin enjoying the heat!

                  After Ryan and I got one side of the roof shingled, we had some friends come and help. What we did in 6 hours, they did in 1  ..Crazy!!!

                                   The girls have made new friends (with new toys!) and are very happy here.