Falling

Fall is my favorite season. I love the colors and the crispness and the excitement of the coming holidays. This fall has been much warmer than any that I remember--especially since I've been in Rexburg in the fall for the last eight or so years, and it's much colder there. We tried to take advantage of the warmer weather with walks to the park and the library, and playing in the backyard leaves.

Atticus loved riding in HoneyGram and Papa's jumbo Radio Flyer.

Netty too!

Enjoying the last of the sun before bath and bed.

Getting ready for a trip to the library. Our stroller is a "sit 'n stand," and this was the first day that we took out the back seat so Netty could sit on the bench or stand on the pedestal. 

Atticus "helped" Papa fix our brakes.

After almost a whole year wearing her beloved red boots, Netty's feet grew too big. She squeezed into them as long as she could before we finally passed them down to Atticus. And now Atticus loves them just as much as Netty did.

Playing outside with Stephie

Darling "Yu-di" - Julia (pronounced "yu-di-ah") is my parents' "adopted" Asian grandbaby. Her dad is Japanese, and my parents stayed with his family when picking my brother up from his mission. Now he and his wife live in Salt Lake City, and my mom coached the births of both of their daughters. Netty and Atticus adore Julia and her little sister Erika.

Netty dancing in the leaves

Giving Daddy some love

Netty was sad when we finally had to pass her red boots on to Atticus. I told her that we would let her pick out some new boots. I didn't know that our Kmart in Utah wouldn't have galoshes like the Kmarts in Washington, so we had to order them online. She picked out green. She was thrilled the day they finally came, and they are now every bit as much favorite as the red boots were.

The kids helped HoneyGram blow out the candles on her birthday cake.