Fall Scenery

Because our house is a renovation nightmare right now and has been since we moved in, (a post for another time), Dan and I have taken many a Sunday drive to enjoy our outdoor surroundings and to get away from the clutter and craziness. Here are some pics from a Sunday drive from a few weeks back, when the weather was still not too cold, and the leaves in their prime.

Nothing better than blue skies and gold leaves.

It's hard to not turn off on every dirt road and explore.

Maybe soon I'll be posting before and after pictures of our house, it really is coming along, until then, leaves it is.

Fall Family Pictures

Our area is stunning in the fall, STUNNING! How could we not go take family pictures? It's been way too long so yesterday after church we found our perfect spot for family pictures. Now, I'm no professional but the one photographer I tried to call never called me back so I decided I would just give it a try myself. We've done this many a times before and although it's a pain in the rear to run back and forth into the pictures...it's free. Maybe spring we'll get an actual photographer.

Okay, dog is not cooperating and camera is slightly tilted. Hmmmmm.

Okay, I eventually figured out my camera was tilted.

I love this sweet family of mine!

Craters of the Moon

Geez, my blogging has gotten away from me. Our lives since we moved back to the States has consisted of home projects, home projects and more home projects. I think the theme of our current house could be "I can do that myself", and I don't mean us, I mean the previous owner(s). The problem with doing everything yourself is that you may or may not know what you're doing which can create problems for subsequent owners...am I complaining? I'm complaining. I'll stop now. On to brighter topics, like, visiting Craters of the Moon National Park over Labor Day. It was fabulous and slightly cold, but fabulous!

I mean, look at this place.

As you can tell, Avie made the appropriate shoe selection, her Sunday ballet flats. Sheesh, where we're you on that one Mom and Dad?

But really, who'd a thunk giant lava fields would be so pretty?!

Avie and my shadows saying hello.

My explorer Rayce.

And then there's the caves, well, lava tubes to be exact, whatever they are they're cool!

Craters of the Moon gets two thumbs up from the Nelsons!