Happy Halloween~2015

It's finally here!!!!!!! Happy Halloween!!!!!!
 Trick OR Treat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Meet:  Maleficent and Little White Kitty-Cat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                       Halloween Barn  Party:
                                   Friends Maggie and Angie sharing a moment of adult time!

                             Emily and neighbor Brayden as a Ninja turtle playing; the blow-up of Kevin The Pirate minion was a surprise and success to the party!!!!!!!!!!!!

                    These are some friends over at Meesha and Maggie's house for Trick-or-Treating

 This is Maggie's daughter Abbey dressed as a Lady Bug............Next year I'm dressing up for sure!

Pumpkin Patch Picking

                                             Going for a hayrack ride to get our pumpkins!

We just couldn't decide which ones!

There were many other things to do than just pick pumpkins!

                                We got caught in a jailhouse-we were yelling "let us out now!"

Good Times at Bottomview Farm! 

More to come from those pumpkins we picked-Halloween Pictures next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Camping at Shawnee Nat'l Forest-Oct. 10-12

 Camping Trip at Bear Branch Campgrounds:  Theme of the weekend- "Keep it Rustic"
The campgrounds were a bit rustic, but it worked out great!  We were the only ones I think without horses, but our neighbors were so cool to let us pet their's, and the girls got to play on the playground.

 GARDEN OF THE GOD'S-BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

              At the top of one of the many high rocks you could see over the landscape-really pretty!!!

 There were many rock formations all around us; there were carved walkways for tourists to make their way around the hills.

 This is one of my favorite pictures of the girls at the Garden of the Gods...........................

 Since Shawnee is known for horse-back riding, we had to take a morning and go for our own tour of  the area on horse-back-everyone did great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 We will be back soon!!!!!!!!  What a pretty place to see!! Who would have known it is right there in the middle of southern Illinois!!!! Thanks Papa and G-ma Jan for joining us!!!!

2015 Fall Class pictures-long over-due

                                   Fall 2015 Class pictures: Hailey 5th grade;  Emily 1st grade

I'm always so excited to get these back to see how well they smiled for the camera!!!!!! 

Kentucky Downunder Adventure

  We went to see the kangaroos in KY at the little zoo they have there-it was small but fun!!

 You could pet the kangaroos softly; they only like to be petted on their backs, not their ears or face.
 Above you see the kangaroos and two large land tortoises that live in the same area; guess its kinda like the tortoise and the hare! :-)

As you can see, the girls got hands-on experience with some reptiles! The snake was a constrictor native to Australia; eek!!!

 

They had "Emo's" in the same area as well.

 Baby alligator at the hands-on animal viewing; reptiles are NOT my thing, but I did feel it's skin.

 Last, we got to feed these colorful birds some nectar from a cup, which they inhale the second you walk into their large enclosure; Rob had 5 after him at one time; this one was really curious and stayed on his shoulder for a long time; even kissed his cheeks after he got a taste of the food :-)