Randomness

First of all we woke up to snow dusting our yard this morning. The sky was gorgeous but as the saying goes....'pink sky at night, sailors delight, pink sky in the morning...sailors take warning'. The boys repeat that each time they see a pink sky!

Yesterday Owen lost his first tooth! We have a family tradition that someone (usually Scott) dresses up in my wedding dress and delivers the dollar bill as the tooth fairy. It is always a fun time with lots of laughs.

This week Davis got a special gift in the mail from Aunt Pammy. She was feeling sorry for the little man and all his woes of being the 5th boy:) He got a cool sticker book that we work on every morning. Thank you Aunt Pammy!

Life on the Farm

Today we had a fun field trip to a farm out in Shipshewana. The sweetest amish family shared their chores with us and showed us a little of what they do everyday.


We were able to watch the cows being milked

Churn cream till it was butter. After we shook it for an hour or so:) she drained all the excess cream off then rinsed it in a bowl and drained it until the water ran out clear. Very interesting.

Chopped them up

Layer on the press
Press the juice out
Watched apples be pressed to make apple cider. They had a homemade press that they invented that was 4 layers thick. Brilliant!

They call it the terrible two's

It has been a rough couple of weeks deeling with this little guy. Hard to believe when you see him like this:) I have to stop and think about what his little life is like. Being the youngest of 5 with 4 BIG brothers who are always doing BIG boy things, telling him what to do and how to do it. He tries so hard to be the boss. Of course that doesn't go far with mom and dad, yet he still tries. I struggle because during the day I am so occupied with teaching the other boys, he often gets lost in the shuffle. When I saw him sleeping like this today, I had to grab the camera. These years are going by so fast! My baby is so big! ( for all of you who are going to comment something about "well its time for another" - don't bother;)

Fall Party

Today our neighborhood had a Fall Party/Chili Cook off. There was a First Second and Third prize for the best chili. At first, I wasn't even going to cook chili because I didn't think I had anything out of the ordinary but much to my surprise, I won first place! I won this cool dutch oven - which I have been wanting for some time now:) I really could not believe it:)

Besides the good food..... they had a hay ride for the kids, the boys bobbed for apples and decorated their own carmel apple.

They also made these cute little mummy pumpkins.

We had a great time and are so thankful for a great

neighborhood to be a part of.

Girls' night out!

My wonderful hubby suggested a 'girls night out' for me this week and I took him up on it:) Brittany, Amy, Rebecca and I left the 2 husbands, kids and dog we are dog-sitting and went to eat at Chipotle and to the mall for the evening:) We had a blast eating, laughing, heel kicking (don't ask) and shopping of course. We found some great bargains (a top for $3.99!) I am so thankful for the many friends God has brought into my life here.

October is here!

Fall.....One of my favorite times of the year. Here is what is happening around

the Yoder home this season.

Starting to decorate my front porch.

Our mums are beginning to bloom
The sweet smell of Bananna bread- made by Reis of course.
Football in cool weather. Reis is #83.

(our record- 7-0:)
" Here we go on a turkey hunt..a turkey hunt..a turkey hunt":) A flock (?) of turkeys roam through our yard every morning. We've picked which one we'll eat on Thanksgiving already:)
Fall decoations all through the house and pumpkin spice candles burning.

A few of my talented cousin Pam's creations.