Fall Break!

For Fall Break we headed to Mimi & Papa's to spend a few days helping, serving and playing! Ty was out of school so we had a few extra days to spend with family. We also had special visitors coming into town: Blake & Maren from California came to visit!

We took our work clothes and the kids were great helpers painting Mimi & Papa's shed.

Papa had been working on this project all summer and wanted to get it painted before the winter storms came.

Nate was a great help to my dad painting the shed. With lots of helping hands the work got done quickly!

We took a trip up Middle Canyon to see the leaves. It was a beautiful sunny fall day!

Ty had a lot of fun balancing on the log.

And this handsome-happy boy loved playing in the leaves and collecting rocks!

And Miss Mara doesn't get much more photogenic than this!! She had a different pose every time I looked at her!

She took the opportunity for her own personal photo shoot!!

She loved climbing on the rocks and stumps!

The leaves were gorgeous! The next day when Blake & Maren arrived we drove them up the canyon to see the leaves since they don't get to see the colors of fall in California.

I loved the carpet of leaves on the ground. So many terrific fall colors.

We couldn't let a beautiful day pass without playing at the park! It was the perfect weekend with nice weather, fun activities, and just hanging out with family!

The kids couldn't get enough of their Uncle Blake! Especially Mara who has a deep love for her uncle and spent every waking moment and as often as she possibly could spend with him!!

The kids especially loved all of Uncle Blake's electronic toys he brought: Ipad, Iphone, electronic games!! (We don't have such electronics at our house!) They thought it was so fun having a electronic toy they could hold in their hand and play! (Who needs fancy electronic devices when you can just use Uncle Blake's when he comes to town!)

It was fun to have Kate and Anna out to visit too. All the nieces and nephews attacked Uncle Blake and all tried riding him at the same time!

The kids loved wrestling and climbing on Uncle Blake! He is such a great uncle!

It was a fast and busy weekend with a bridal shower for Maren and catching up with friends and family for the newly-weds but it was so good to be together! We sure miss Blake & Maren and glad we could see them for a fun fall break weekend!