Winter Already??

Enjoying the October snow!!

Look at those big ol' flakes.

My "fall" centerpiece.

Beautiful Kansas sunset.

My little cuddle bugs eating apples and cereal, while trying to stay warm this morning.

Well, we've had some very mild fall like days this summer, but now that mild summer has decided to skip fall and go straight to winter! And the sad part about it is that I'm not quite ready for the cold yet :) This weekend, it actually snowed, yes, that's right, it snowed a few inches, but that didn't phase the kids, they actually enjoyed bundling up to play in the cold snow last night! We were down in Kansas this weekend for a wedding and hoped that the weather would be a little warmer down south, but of course, it wasn't. We did have a great time down there; the wedding was beautiful, and Matt and I got to do some sightseeing. We visited both KU and K-State's campuses, toured the historic school that houses the Brown Vs. Board of Education Museum (being a teacher and history buff, I had to get at least one museum in there :) and enjoyed the beautiful changing leaves. This morning as I was decorating the house with fall things and watching the snow fall again, I couldn't help but feel that I should have been putting up my Christmas tree instead of my pumpkins! :)

The Country Pumpkin

The Country Pumpkin

The kids getting their annual picture taken in front of the old truck! Grant wanted to chase the kitty, so he had no interest in smiling for the camera. :)

Pretty pumpkins!

Where'd the kitty go??

Every fall, we visit the Country Pumpkin, which is located outside of Sutton. For almost 8 years now, (8 yrs. for JD, anyways) the kids, have gotten their picture taken on the back of the old hay bale truck. Soooo, in keeping with tradition, we had to make a special trip down there again! The kids enjoyed eating the candy & popcorn, (which is free, by the way) while picking out their own pumpkins, and of course, chasing the cat around the barn. Now hopefully, we get to actually carve out the pumpkins this year! :)