Showing posts with label Outdoors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Outdoors. Show all posts

Monday, November 10, 2014

Pumpkins in the Pumpkin Patch

One of my favorite things about fall (which is not one of my favorite seasons) is our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. I love taking my three little pumpkins on a hayride and taking their pictures (even if the picture taking is not their favorite part)! What a great day!








Thursday, March 28, 2013

Seizing the Good Spring Weather

 We've not had much spring yet. Flurries on March 21st and 2-4 inches on Monday! It's been more fun sledding. I seized a few minutes of semi-good weather on Sunday before church to snap these spring preview pics.






Saturday, September 8, 2012

Coasting on the Flat Lands!

One really great thing about Chesapeake is how FLAT it is! That makes biking easy and fun. Grace loves her new Dora bike. Archie got his first 16 inch bike and is now riding it without training wheels. Archie wasn't exactly thrilled with the prospect of learning to ride it the "hard"way, but I think it was worth the effort.


Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Pretty Sure There Won't Be Anymore White Stuff This Year!

Welcome to SPRING! It's been lovely weather here lately, and I'm officially predicting NO MORE SNOW for Blacksburg! To celebrate, I thought I'd post some pics from one of our only snows of the year.The kids love to go sledding on this HUGE hill near our house. Grace insists on going all by herself. She looks so tiny flying down that big hill! At least she can come back up it!

Archie and his best friend.

Hunter and I like to get in on the sledding action, too.

No snowmen this year...maybe next.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Another Year at the Pumpkin Patch

After so much fun at Sinkland Farms Pumpkin Festival last year, we couldn't resist going again this year. Going with the same friends, made it even more fun! All the photo ops are, of course, one of my favorite parts. Thanks, Jeet, for the great family photo!

Hunt snapped this one of me and my boy in the preschool hay maze.

Check out last years blog post for a similar shot that shows how much Archie has grown.

More pumpkins that one could count.

Archie had fun again on the pony ride. Grace was still too scared.

Face painting was more her style. She got a cute pumpkin.

Archie loved this crazy Hokie thing. It high-fived with him.

He also got to milk a fake cow.

The mini-pumpkin chunker (catpult) was lots of fun. Because Archie helped clean up the pumpkins, he got some free shots.


Saturday, October 15, 2011

Crossville Fun

When Grace got hand, foot and mouth disease the other week, we didn't let it spoil our fun. (Thankfully, she didn't have a very bad case.) We took the time off to go see Memaw and Papa. We got to help Papa celebrate his retirement AND birthday. The kids LOVED running down this hill.



Rolling down the hill was also pretty fun!



Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Lovin' Spring!

Spring has sprung, and I'm loving it! I can't stay outdoors enough. I think we were only inside for about 2 minutes all day Saturday.

I took the kids to the park today, and Grace is quite a little daredevil. She is unaware anything is too big for her.



They love the picnic table I bought them during my Saturday yard sale treasure hunting. We've already had several picnics.

Archie is getting quite good at riding his bike.

We're growing a garden (indoors for now but we hope to transplant soon). Don't you love this ensemble Archie put together? Snow boots?











Thursday, February 3, 2011

Grace Picture Hodgepodge

There's really no rhyme or reason to this post. I just wanted to share some of my favorite recent Grace pics. Thanks, Aunt Kay, for this cute dress! (Mommy was thrilled for a warm enough day last weekend to take outdoor pictures without a jacket!)


I thought Grace was ridiculously cute the other day when I carried her in from the car asleep. Usually, the movement wakes her up, but she was really out that day. She's pretty funny here surrounded by (clean) laundry.

Grace likes to sit in the corner of her crib, surrounded by her stuffed critters, and read a book to herself until she decides she's sleepy enough to sleep. She is a perfect sleeper so it's fine with me. Usually she just flops over when she's ready, but this afternoon she fell asleep sitting straight up! (I went in later and she had flopped over :)

Grace loves her boots and purse. She feels special wearing them. Never thought an 18 month old would be so particular about her shoes...Can't you see the bliss on her face?