Autumn Colors

I attempted to post about the beautiful colors once before, but blogger was having troubles that day...so here we go again!

A few of my bloggy buddies have inspired me with pictures of the beautiful autumn colors they are being blessed with in their home areas of the country (New York and Pennsylvania). I thought I would try to show off some of the beauty of autumn here in Kansas. My family and I enjoyed a day at the zoo last weekend, and here are some of the photos I captured that day...blessings of autumn color, and the blessings of my family. Enjoy....

Here is one of the first trees I saw when entering the zoo. All ablaze in bright golden yellows and oranges...just breathtaking! The picture doesn't do it justice, the sun was behind it and washed it out a bit.

These two were spotted in two areas of the zoo, I thought they were cute, they looked like they were dripping leaves of fire.

This tree is an evergreen, no fall colors...but it's shape just pulls me in every time I see it!

Here are two of my "little animals" racing to see the bigger animals.

My monkeys looking at the furry ones.

Abbigail and Bethany decided to help me find beautiful colors.

RED! RED! RED!!!

Andrew and Daddy playing around.

One little flower trying to hold onto summer...see you next year sweet thing!
(try to ignore the litter next to the flower...I was so entranced by the flower that I didn't even notice the garbage till i was posting this!)

Weekend pictures

Well, since blogger won't let me add anymore pics to the last post, I thought I'd just do a new one.

Recap...we went to the zoo on Saturday, here are some pics. (to see the picture bigger, just click on it! :-))

Sunday, after church, Warren made his famous French toast. YUMMY! And the best part...I didn't have to cook! Yippee! We all took a nap (yes...all 5 of us!) then we went to the lake for the rest of the afternoon/evening. The kids went swimming for a while, it was too COLD for me! Warren fished (didn't catch a thing!) and then we ate hamburgers/hot dogs. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures! It was a good time, though!

Today, Abbigail's class is going to the zoo (didn't she just go there?? :-)) and Andrew's class is going to Wendy's for frosties...as a "thank you" for their food drive.

Busy Days

The end of school is in sight. Lots of "parties" and special things going on at the end of the year.

Thursday Andrew and Bethany decided to be artsy and wanted to paint. They did beautiful paintings! I'll try to take pictures of them and post them tomorrow. Andrew's picture has a beautiful sun in the corner, and I asked him what was in the other corner. He said it was Jesus when he came out of the tomb...just melts my heart! I'm so thankful and excited when I hear my children talking about God and their faith...just AWESOME! (Bethany's picture is the top one, then Andrew's, then Abbigail's...she saw their paintings when she got home from school and wanted to do one as well.)

Friday, Andrew's class had a picnic at the park. It was fun, but VERY windy (what do you expect...it IS Kansas!) That evening, Abbigail had a lock-in with her Girl Scout troop. I was, of course, the worried momma. She's never spent the night away from me, except with my mom a time or two. My baby...with a bunch of other girls...ALL NIGHT! I figured she'd be passed out on the gym floor by 10. NOPE! Her leader said that she was still going at 2:00 am when they made the girls lay down. Then she was up bright and early! CRAZY! SO I figured she would be very cranky today, no, she did pretty well! They finished the lock-in with a pancake and scrambled egg breakfast for the families. All the girls were presented with their awards and patches for the year. Abbigail is so excited, she received 14 patches. Guess I'd better figure out how to attach them to her sash!

After the breakfast, we dropped daddy off at a meeting and I took the kids to the zoo. The otters and the playground were the favorites again. This afternoon was the high school graduation, so we went to a few parties...no cooking today! Now, that's my kind of day!!!! :-) All the kiddos are sleeping, and I think I'm going to go join them! Good night! :-)

Ok...I have a lot of pictures to share of the past few days, but after I got this one on, blogger won't keeps freezing up on me. I'll try to add them tomorrow. Sorry. UPDATE...Blogger let me add 3 more pics, then froze up again...try again later! :-)