Trick-or-Treat!

Jack thoroughly enjoyed trick-or-treating last night, as any 2 year old would!  He appears to be a construction worker, but he's actually a Jackhammer...keeping with the Jack theme. :)

"Are we going to the next house?" 

Lane the Lion

Happy Halloween!

Learning to Work

Jack has two chores...so far. :)  Putting away the silverware and picking up walnuts.  Ryan never thought he'd be thankful for walnut trees, but it's a bit harder to find jobs for a town kid than a farm kid, so he just might end up being okay with them...I said might.

Getting some help from his dogs

Getting a little help from dad...or dad getting a little help from Jack!

Early Morning Pour

Thought these were some cool pictures Ryan got before an early morning pour awhile back.

Hello Fall!

Fall appears to be here...Woo-hoo!  We welcomed it in Sunday afternoon by going to the orchard.

3 Little Pigs' Houses

Corn Poooooool!!

Before we realized the seats adjusted...

...after seat adjustment...much better!

Waiting for the hay ride

"I see it!"

Dad and his boys on the hay ride

What a fun way to spend the afternoon.  And guess whose idea it was...Ryan...again!  He's great at suggesting fun stuff to do as a family.

Sad Day

For some reason the businesses that are going in next door in the Big Creek Technology Campus would like to see through the woods to our house.  (This is the closest I've ever gotta to tying myself to a tree! :P)  It literally happened in an afternoon.  I'd hung laundry out that morning and put the few stray pairs of underwear that missed making it into the dryer on the back line so no one could see them...or so I thought.  I came home to see that the back hoe guy had a great view of them all afternoon!

What a shock to come home to a back hoe IN "our" back yard!

BEFORE

We decided we're really glad we don't have the pool now...
there went the privacy!

AFTER

This pictures actually makes it look like a beautiful sunrise
behind the trees, but that's actually just piles of brush/trees,
the cornfield, and distant tree line.  It will soon be the back
of a building, like the one on the right. :'(

I know...what are we complaining about...we still have an amazing lot.  At least our trees don't consist of two "sticks" in the front yard.  But it still feels so sad, as it really changes to feel the lot.  Don't blame us if appears that new trees and/or underbrush have been planted in the woods at some point!

Luke

Luke came to play yesterday and it turned out to be quite a hoot!  These two have pretty much only parallel played up until now, but yesterday was a different story.  It has to help that they are able to understand each other now.  Another factor is that Luke's imagination seems to equal Jack's, so they are both able to see how a couch becomes a truck and a foot stool a trailer, etc.  They also both have grandpas who have farms, so they are on the same page when it comes to farm equipment!  And apparently they have the same sense of humor for now--what a riot to hear them cracking up about stuff together!

Buddies

Pretending something

Not THAT is a good friend...playing with the little brother too!

Playing together

This was probably this first time Jack really wanted Lane to play with him.  First, he wanted Lane to hide with him.  Then he hid from Lane, who found his feet sticking out from under the curtains, which then became their tent.

"Woo-hoo! Jack wants to play with me!" 

Brothers 

Found him!

"Pum in Yane!"

Outtakes...

Doesn't take much to get Lane off balance!

Whoops...tight quarters!