Misc. September fun

Nate picking up his brother's love of firefighter gear. (Hard to see, but he's wearing the oxygen tank.)

Story time with Daddy

Enjoying Momma's Dr. Pepper birthday cake

birthday dinner at Craft with my Hubby

Apple Week

I'm a week behind in my blogging, so here is Apple Week from last week. I guess really it ended up just being "Apple Day" because the week was pretty jam packed with other things, but here are some pictures from our trip to an apple orchard:

But the fruit of the Spirit is:

love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control.

Galations 5:22-23a

Garden Week

I won't lie. There were definitely times this week that I missed sending Charlie off to school, but we still had a great week doing lots of garden things.

Making flowers:

even Momma made one, too

Going to the nursery to pick out a flower for them to plant:

Our visit to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens

Daddy had a meeting in Fort Worth, so we rode over together and then he met us for picnic lunch.

You cause the grass to grow for the livestock

and plants for man to cultivate,

that he may bring forth food from the earth.

Psalm 104:14

Cowboy Week

We started off Cowboy Week with a trip to the Fort Worth Stockyards with friends. We enjoyed the cattle drive and petting zoo. And the boys even got to sit on one of the longhorns, "Big Jake."

Making cornbread to have with chili. I love that these two like to help me in the kitchen. Maybe we have a future Top Chef!

My cowboy. I happened to open a bag of hand-me-downs Monday morning and found these great cowboy boots, and they're in great condition.

Munching on the trail mix we made.

Coloring paper-bag Western vests:

Loving the S'mores bars:

Be watchful,

stand firm in the faith,

act like men,

be strong.

1 Cor. 16:13

Fun with Aunt Nancy

Beach Week

The boys and I did our first adventure this week. I decided we'd officially close out the summer with one last trip to the beach.

First we made Sand Pail Cake and enjoyed it for dessert after Hawaiian chicken on Monday:

On Tuesday we made "beach in a jar:"

Wednesday was our outing to the beach with Rodger and Janice. While we were there I used the sand to make molds of the boys' feet to fill with plaster.

Then today we just colored some fish.

We also made a couple trips to the library to pick up some great beach books and we learned some new fish songs. We also worked on a new memory verse: "Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all the deeps." (Ps. 148:7)