lately...

enjoy our month, in pictures!

my tiniest helper...laundry folder :)

off to tennis!

my first brew of kombucha!
look at that scoby!!

ginger lemon...yum!

out shopping for my mama's birthday!

cinnamon cream cake!

a beautiful morning for yoga on the porch

date night at the new coffee shop downtown...joe pine!

one of the sweet cc mamas and dear friend gave a free massage to all the cc-ers! love her!

playdough ice cream cone :)

happy actual first birthday baby rob!!

zoo trip for his birthday!

i am not a beer drinker but this was a perfect fall day, with the windows open, the boys playing outside, listening to my classical music, nursing my big baby, and drinking a leftover party beer :)

visiting with a friend during mommy's choir practice

getting cold enough for campfires!

strawberry kombucha and beer!

homemade ribollita!

peach kombucha!
can you tell i'm getting obsessed?

lego morning.

gabriel's got style.

date night in!

acorn squash from our garden

waiting on tennis to start!

mv is getting so good! he moves up to the higher age group in the spring!!

and jacky doo is getting quite good himself ;)

finishing up grandmommy's house!

soup weather!

wearing their new star wars shirts and shoes to church

two little boys learned to ride their bikes so they got rainbow ice cream cones at the jefferson general store!

time to move grandmommy in!

oh such a lovely quiet morning this was.
the boys were all still asleep.
i had finished my quiet time and workout.
i lit the candles and turned on the christmas lights.
the rain was pattering and the coffee brewing.
perfect fall morning.

ah, i have such wonderful helpers.

game night!

borscht from beets from our garden!

and still-warm pumpkin bread.

my little beet harvester.

the boys' new project.
Michael Restaurand.

you can't beat the views!

symphony night at our church!

at last year's symphony, i went into labor with baby rob.
we told the maestro and he thought it was hilarious and asked for a picture :)

spinach smoothie face

another smore night!

its getting close!!!
i'm 50% excited for them and 50% jealous.

new tires.
but a good little wait-er!

jack is obsessed with the tasty videos.
i only let him have my phone if he's taken a good rest and he gets it for five whole minutes to watch his food videos.
and requests that i make about a thousand of them.
this quesadilla roll up ring thingie was the latest :)

harvesting bell peppers!

mike and my parents went to new orleans for a weeklong conference and mike does nothing but send me foodie pictures all week!

caterpillar crossing!

wipeout on his bike.
he then requested the stroller for the rest of the way.

apparently, it was the day of injuries!
gabe cut his thumb shortly after we got home from our walk where jack wiped out...

then mv hit himself in the head.
with his own stick.

THEN baby rob fell down hard into the cabinet corner and bruised his little cheek!

so after that, it was chamomile tea time and naps!

we are so glad that grandmommy is here for hot dogs (and wine!) while daddy and nanny and paw paw are gone!

another gorgeous morning on the gd farm.

doughnut run!

dreary afternoon.

mid-fall beet harvest!!

and our first year doing jerusalem artichokes!

robert and i matched for church :)

another wonderful month!!