Life In The Details: Just Checking In

Just had to momentarily share my wonderful news, a moment I have eagerly awaited.... Over the course of the past couple of weeks, I have spent hours transferring my photos from their CD's onto my new external hard drive. Well, about 110 CD's later, I have finished!!! Whew! What a relief. Now, I just have to pull the pictures from three cameras, load them to my computer and then to the external drive, plus load the 25-50ish CD's of documents onto my external. But I am so relieved to have the photo CD's complete. And I feel so blessed that I did not lose any pictures in the process.
Hopefully (fingers crossed), I will update within the next day or so and post my October pictures. Because there are some really stinkin' cute ones I want to share. Plus, I want to get caught up on updating before Peanut has his sixth birthday and Halloween rolls around and there will undoubtedly be even more crazy-cute photos and moments to share.

UPDATE: Pictures Have Been Added :-)
Like always, just click on a picture to enlarge it.

Autumn Moon

We've had some lovely full/near full autumn moon-lit nights. Moonlight makes me happy.

Carving Pumpkins

Little Bear's pumpkin was the biggest of the bunch.

This is the first time he EVER scooped out the pumpkin guts from the inside of the pumpkin.
He said, "I know I gonna regret this but I'm going in!"

Breakfast Time

Daytrip to Arthur, IL and The Great Pumpkin Patch

It just isn't autumn without a trip to the patch.

These were the pumpkins he picked out, lol.

Peanut's wagon-load was a bit smaller

He could be in, through and out of the hay maze and back again before we had made it even 1/2 of the way through. I'm not sure if that is a testament to his speed and maze-navigating ability or our lack of maze-navigating ability. In our defense, Little Bear was our leader the first time through.

Oh yeah... They are cute!

Pumpkins, scarecrows, fallen leaves, corn fields, misty air... Pretty sure I love autumn best!

My mom and my dad... wait.... huh? When did mom start wearing dad's facial hair?

This photo board was made for him.

I feel like Cinderella.

I love my little scarecrow.

In the broom corn maze.

Scarecrows amid a sea of orange and gold.

Cinderella pumpkins are one of my favorite types of pumpkins.

I love being in Amish country, especially on a crisp, misty autumn afternoon.
Can I convert just t to live somewhere as quaint and charming as this?

What would a pumpkin patch be without a wagonload of pumpkins?

They make any trip more fun!

Halloween Decorations

Peanut and I got a bit "crafty" one evening and made this sign.

Nothing says "Halloween" better than a Jack O'Lantern.

Black lights, cobwebs and spiders, oh my!

Jack O'Lantern, strobe light and a crow

Halloween decorations

Decorations, close-up

Football

Football buddies. Peanut told me that this picture
would be to remember all the good times he and Peanut had in football.
Such a cute kid! Two cute kids, actually :-)

Number Four

Little Bear in the only picture he would let me take of him.

Peanut said that he had never won a trophy before, and that he needed to put
this football on his shelf because it was his first trophy. He has true Pollyanna spirit!

Bench Buddies

Child of the Corn

He can eat a whole dozen ears all by himself in one setting. That's how much he loves corn on the cob.

Party at Extreme Sports

Peanut with the Birthday Girl

It's all fun in games... until you gets stuck

Fun in the Foam Pit

Little Bear could do some awesome moves from the spring board!

Bounce ball

Hang on tight!

Here comes Peanut down the slide!

On the balance beam

This is the way Peanut "eats" his cupcakes... The poor little bald things.

Letters to a Friend

This month, Peanut was introduced to the grease board. He made quick use of its capabilities and wrote a letter to his "best friend" from church.

Puppy Love

I love how Gretel (black) and Cally (red) lay in their bed, usually with Gret's paw draped over Cally.

Illusions

For the Upwards Football closing ceremony, the church brought in
illusionist Ken H.. Dad was one of the volunteers brought on stage
to help with one of the tricks.

Princess's Halloween Fashion Show