Fall was beautiful this year!!  We had many days to walk to school and play on the playground, to go outside in the backyard and swing and slide, we even had a Halloween without snow!  Then we got hit with 14 inches of snow on Thursday night.  So now we're playing in the snow, and coming inside to warm up with hot chocolate with tons of marshmallows.  Boots and gloves are propped in front of the heat registers to dry and snowpants hang in the kitchen.  Here is a picture of Nadia and Ella enjoying the warm fall weather.

Our spindly little apple tree.  The two better producers were off this year, since they weren't pruned before we moved here 5 years ago, they only produce every other year.  This tree reminds me of the Charlie Brown Christmas tree now, with the snow weighing down it's branches.
Our pumpkin plant.  That's as big as it got, it didn't get started soon enough so we had to buy our pumpkins this year, hopefully for the last time!
The carrots did well, even with my haphazard thinning.
Travis supervising the pumpkin painting and carving.  Little girls with knives make him nervous.  This from the guy telling me today about shooting off roman candles under the bridge at his grandparents house, all alone, when he was 7 or 8.
Eve in her Halloween makeup.  As a pirate rock star.  
Princess Ella just had to pick one of her pretty dresses to wear.  She had two different ones on throughout Halloween day.

Nadia as Hello Kitty.  It was late in the evening after the games at a neighbor's party.  She is without her ears and most of her makeup whiskers.
Treat box came in the mail from grandparents in Colorado.
Pumpkin purse for a little pumpkin.
Kitty purse.
I had many more pictures that wouldn't upload.  I am frustrated and giving up for now!  Today we're going to enjoy the snow and play outside.