Elks Club Harvest Fun

On Sunday our next door neighbors invited us to be their guests at the local Elk's Club Harvest Festival. I don't actually know what the official name of the event was, but that's just what I am calling it.

The kids had fun dancing to the music for the cake walk, decorating pumpkins, getting their faces painted, and most of all, getting to ride on a real horse!

It was definitely a sweet surprise and a beautiful afternoon to be outside enjoying the scenery of mountains in the distance and colorful leaves.

 I would also like to add a picture from a few weeks ago. I was cleaning up the kitchen after dinner and noticed a very unusual calm/quiet in our house. What a pleasant surprise to find all the kids sitting together on the couch with Mac reading Corrie and David. Sweet moment!

Lastly, some pictures of the scenery from our church's women's retreat this past weekend. Turned out to be the peak weekend for Fall color. I could have sat for hours taking it all in.