It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...

Duck report from the deck.

Somebody's got an itchy trigger finger!

DADDY'S BOY

A few of his faces...

A Little Look into the Future

After posting those last pictures, I looked out the window and couldn't help but see the sorry state of our future Christmas trees.

Next year...

(at least it resembles a triangle)

The next year...

(not sure of any redeeming qualities here)

And the next year...

HA!

Ummmm.....we might be going to the tree farm! :)

I told you I chose the best one!

Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

We have a handful of very sad looking pine trees on our property that never really had a good shot, as they are under some big walnut trees where they get almost no sun.  We'd talked about needing to take a few of the really bad ones out when I decided we might as well take advantage of having a mini, and quite pathetic, "tree farm" right here.  So Ryan went out in the yard with a hack saw on Saturday and cut down the tree I'd 'selected' in less than a minute flat.  (It's only going down hill [quickly] from here--this was the best it gets!)  It may look a little sorry, but as long as I think of it as our "Little House in the Big Woods" tree, I love it!  Bring on the tin cup with a peppermint stick and a penny! :)

Decorating the tree with "Jack's help"

Our little star is a bit heavy for the teeny little top of the tree, as you can see by the slight forward tilt!

"New" Dresser

My latest project was redoing a dresser that was left in the shed by the previous owners.  My mom gave me an eye for seeing the potential in old furniture, however Ryan was a bit skeptical!

BUT...

$8 later...

(a couple cans of spray paint and rolls of drawer liner)

it was approved to be brought into the house. :)

Perfect Setting

Something we didn't even think about when we bought this house was the perfect view we would have of some amazing sunsets from our front porch.  We get a good view of the sunrise from the back deck too, but the sunsets are what have been pretty amazing lately.

And for those of you who are really only interested in seeing Jack...

OCTOBER

We've had some camera issues, so here are a few pictures from the month of October or possibly before--it may actually be ALL of the pictures we have from the last month or so.  Oh well, not everything needs to be documented, right?!

Jack is a BIG daddy's boy these days.  He practically crawls out of my arms to get to Ryan when he sees him.  He sits w/ him at his desk sometimes...lots of good paper to rip and crumple, a computer, cords to pull on, and a calculator and cell phone...perfect!

All excited that he gets to stay up late to watch the presidential debates.

(No, we did not actually keep him up...are you kidding me?!  He happened to wake up, so we spoiled him and let him stay up w/ us for awhile.)

...listening carefully...

Visit from Grandma Bette & Grandpa Phil 

What a blessing it was to get time with them.  So thankful they made the trip down for the day.

A little Birthday hike out at Jester Park

And finally, our little Jack-O-Lantern on his first Halloween.  Is there going to be a theme for Jack's costumes you ask...ABSOLUTELY...until he's old enough to rebel that is!

Clever suggestions are welcome. :)