BUSY...........

We've been a bit busy here lately. We've finished up with Kaylee's soccer league, only to start another that BOTH kids are involved in; we've painted the entire kitchen; we've enjoyed Fall Break and got lots of work done around the house; and we've gotten most of our Trick-or-Treating in already! Here's a few pictures of the kitchen and the kids with their pumpkins.

Jake thought this was pretty cool that he and Kaylee got their names painted on the wall. Even after 2 coats of paint, you can still see their names (only if you know to look.)

We painted 3 walls of the kitchen a tannish color (called Harvest Brown.) The one long wall you see below we painted a dark moss green, almost brown. We're still working on painting the interior doors in the kitchen. Hope to be done with everything before Jake's birthday party.

Here's the kids with their pumpkins.

Kaylee and I spent the day on Saturday with most of the women on Jesse's side of the family. We took 2 vehicles and drove up to Amish Country in Daviess County. We had a blast! I'd have to say the best part was lunch at the Gasthof. It's a buffet style amish restaurant. Kaylee and her cousins couldn't believe they were actually allowed to go back up to the dessert and icecream bar more than once. One of them swore there were over a hundred candy toppings to put on the icecream. They were a hoot. We found some really good deals too. I got some Birthday/Christmas shopping out of the way. I got Jake a wooden tractor, hay wagon, and fencing for his animals. Kaylee found a wooden cradle for her baby dolls. The kids loved seeing the horse and buggies on the road. It was a lot of fun. Kaylee's already asking when we can go back.

Yesterday evening, we drove up to French Lick train station. We took a 2-hour train ride through the Hoosier National Forest, from French Lick to Cuzco and back. The kids loved it. They were especially wide-eyed when the train was stopped by a bunch of robbers on horseback! Jacob wasn't too sure of everything, especially during the shootout between the cops and the robbers. Kaylee was amazed by it all. Unfortunately, my camera quit working on me just as we were being robbed, so I have no pictures of that. PHEWIE!


Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! Take care!