The Road Less Traveled...

Saturday, November 6, 2010

First snowfall of the year!!

This morning we got our first snowfall!! We woke up to partial snow flurries / sleet rain that finally turned into a small snow fall which turned into slightly more falling!! The kids and I were so excited that we threw on a warm jacket and went out and played! Then after being wet & cold and realizing it would last a little longer, we came in and got into our snow gear - snow boots, hats, scarves, gloves, heavy pants and snow jackets. (Sorry, but didn't get pictures of the second round of snow time and the said outfits!) We even found a small patch of snow drift, only about an inch tall, but still, cool! And since Noah kept asking about making a snow man (yes, even now!) I grabbed as much snow from the drift and balled it up and added another to make a snow man!! Of course, it was really small and looked more like ice, but to Noah and Hannah, it was great!!

Bella loved playing in the snow

Showing me her snow!

Noah showing me his snow!

aww...that's cold!!

The TINY snow drift!!

Opps, our Iceman melted!!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Falling leaves of red and gold

Today I saw a somber and melancholy sight. On the way to drop Hannah off at school, there is a particular route I take because it goes by this huge, beautiful maple that has turned to gold. It has slowly shed more leaves and today, they ~~disappeared~~ were almost all gone, spread among the grass and the road paving my way.

I have thought of taking pictures of certain trees

as they change yet I have missed my opportunity.

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So I went outside to gather what remains of our neighbor's maple. The changing leaves started bright and almost neon...now have turned gray, muted and sluggish, yet still beautiful. Just another part of the autumn season we all go through...changing and losing our leaves and taking on the bare coat of winter until we are given our new coat of bright greens.

Happy Fall Ya'll

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Don't forget about the time change this weekend!!

Hooray for gathering an extra hour.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Trunk or treat pictures....and more!

Saturday we had our annual Trunk or Treat 2010 Event with a grand turnout of (an estimate) 400-500 kids! We gathered our decorated cars in the parking lot, filled our trunks with treats, and had a blast. ;-)

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A month before, I didn't really want to decorate! I knew Andy would do the van for the youth group and I wasn't in the mood. I had other things on my mind, painting my house (still), curtains, and a dress. Then weeks before, I had this idea of turning our van into a castle and since the SUV has a lift gate door, making it a tractor. I envisioned the project, brought home some large cardboard boxes and then they got rained on.

The day before I was working with my bummer of cardboard trying to make it stiff and straight to form my castle, first priority for me. It wasn't working, so I gave up to bring Hannah home from school. On my way home, I found the prize piece of cardboard!! There were a several delivery guys unloading a huge printer two blocks from us and this piece covered the printer. So I loaded it on top of the van, it was too big to fit inside, held on with a hand while driving and came home to work. (Reminds me of a time in high school taking a canoe on top of my VW Bug the same way!)