August & September 2013

August and September went by so quickly that we neglected to post an update until now (Oct.).

August was a warm month for us so beating the heat was a top priority.  Matt & Maddy built a water slide of sorts which entertained us all. There is a video at the bottom of this post showcasing Maddy's water slide talents.

A big event for us came on Aug. 10th when our nephew, Thomas wed his bride Emily in a beautiful ceremony where Maddy was the flower girl.  She loved dressing the part and was honored to be included in their special day.

Maddy is 43 1/16" tall and weighs 48 lbs.  We will need new clothes and shoes for school.  The shopping and laundry are never ending!

We were surprised to find out that we have become pumpkin farmers.  A pumpkin patch grew from seeds within some discarded pumpkins from last fall.  It has been so much fun watching them grow.  There are 2 different types that grew.  One vine has a more rounded leaf and that vine grew extremely large pumpkins.  The other more pointed leaved vine grew smaller pumpkins.  To date, we pulled 4 big pumpkins off the vine that we had to move in the bucket of the tractor because it was much easier than trying to lift them.  We will have a couple photos in our Oct. blog update highlighting our pumpkins.

Cookie smiles courtesy of Jimmy John's

 

Darcy working miracles with Maddy's hair.

Hair completed for the wedding

Maddy excited to be a flower girl!

Wedding party

Family picture at the church

"Water slide"

1st big pumpkin to come out of our pumpkin patch

Maddy started preschool on Sept. 9, 2013.  She is attending preschool at the Lake Park/Audubon Elementary school which is our local district.  She is thrilled to be going back to school!  Schools days are Mondays, Wednesdays, & every other Friday from noon - 3:00 pm.  She has Denelle again for her teacher.  The teacher's assistant in her class is none other than her Auntie Edie.  How great to have your Aunt in your class!  Just recently, her class finished an apple unit so we extended her knowledge on apples by visiting a local apple orchard.  We were able to taste many different types of apples and picked Sweet Sixteen & Honeycrisp apples.  Maddy has an apple for snack every evening so having fresh picked apples is a nightly treat which we are savoring.

1st day of preschool Sept. 9th

New school sign

Preschool classroom

Debbie's 43rd birthday

 We closed the campground on Sunday, Sept. 22nd.  We have been busy with fall projects since we shut the gate.  The weather has been good so we continue to try our best to accomplish "to-do's".

Closing day of 2013 campground season

2 more big pumpkins from our pumpkin patch

Video of Maddy using the "water slide":

Thanks for tuning in!  We hope you're having a great October!