Category: Fall

Fall pictures

One morning we had a bunch of turkeys in our front yard. These turkeys have been around most of this year but they usually are further down the lane, close to Ehler’s. And normally we only see 3 or 4 but there were at least 10 in our yard that morning

Game Lucas put together for FHE
Beautiful sunset
First snow of the season. It was mostly raining so it was really wet snow.

Carving pumpkins

Our pumpkins didn’t grow super great this year in our garden but we had enough for the kids to carve
Samuel had no problem cleaning out his pumpkin but he wanted nothing to do with it once I started carving it
These two eventually got their pumpkins cleaned out, though they weren’t happy about it
Finished products
All lit up

The next morning it was really foggy and the moon was still big and bright as I walked the kids down the lane

Corn maze

We went to a local corn maze for FHE. They have a lot more here then just a corn maze, so the kids loved it.

Riding on a barrel train. It was super bumpy
Trying out the small maze
Riding the zip lines
Playing in a bin of corn
Bouncy house

Eating our picnic dinner

Entering the maze. We did the shortest one they had but it was still fun
Trying out the corn cannon

NYC

I had a chance the end of October to go to New York City to meet with a new client for a couple days. I’m not a big fan of traveling by myself but it was fun to be in NYC. I didn’t have much(really any) time for sightseeing, but I did try and walk around each morning and take in what I could.

The hotel we stayed in was just a couple blocks away from Central Park, so I walked there one morning, stopping to get a bagel, and ate that in the park (figured that was a pretty New York thing to do). I was impressed, even though it’s such a big city, with how many trees and other greenery there is. I expected it to be more of a concrete jungle but was pleasantly surprised. Not sure if the entire city is like that, maybe I just lucked out where we stayed.

Our hotel was right across the street from this fire station
Loved seeing all the trees in the midst of all the concrete
Outside the American Museum of Natural History one morning
I love the look of these buildings. Also, saw lots of Halloween decorations
Walking in Central Park
Sitting in Central Park

SeaWorld

Our last full day in San Diego we went to SeaWorld. I think this was my favorite of all the places we went to. Had lots of animal exhibits, fun shows, some rides and kid play areas, so a little of everything. It was also the least crowded of the places we went, so I enjoyed that.

They have these pools right after you enter that you can touch any of the creatures.
SeaWorld was all decorated for Halloween
Checking out the dolphins
This was a mild ride that took you to the top of a tall tower, allowing you to see all around
Watching an otter get a snack

Playing in some water

Waiting for one of the shows we watched. We saw a dolphin show, an animal show and the orca show. We got pretty soaked in the dolphin show

This was as we left. Lucas was still pretty wet from one of the rides we went on

Legoland

Had to get a picture after breakfast, since no one was here yet
Getting ready to go inside

Sam and I went on this boat ride while the others went on a roller coaster
Looking at the Lego animals
They finally got through the line for the roller coaster
Getting to drive their own cars
William loved driving a car. There were only a few other kids at the time so it was great
Sam got a little tired and finally took a nap

Jousting