Last Harvest

Patrick spent the morning in the garden harvesting the last bit of root veggies. He harvested a ton of carrots and beets. Winter has now settled in and snow has covered the garden. Emma is sad that the garden is sad and not growing. I told her it had to rest until spring, and that in spring she can help plant again.

Go Colts!

Colts season is in full swing and the women of the house try to appreciate the sport. At least we will support Patrick's habit of watching.


This is the closest our family will get to the cheerleading pyramid.



But really we are just as happy being silly outside, than watching the game.

Toy Catalog

You know Christmas is approaching when the really thick ads start to come. You know the ones that are not geared for adults at all. The thick toy catalog with its glossy pages and bright colors with everything you could ever want but never need. With the chatter of "I wants" and "Oh that is so cool" and the marker circles of things to put on your wish list. It's that time of year, and I don't know who was more excited Patrick or Emma... (well Emma has been sleeping with the catalogs so I think she takes the award for most enthusiastic.)

Happy Halloween!

Pumpkin Carving

Emma and Patrick did a fantastic job carving this years pumpkin. It was more Patrick's overzealous hard work that made it turn out, and I think Emma really appreciated it.


Step one remove top, that was easy!


Emma wasn't really sure about the gut removal... She declined to participate.


Emma didn't mind watching Patrick do the hard work of scooping out the pulp.


The finished work! Wall-E, he was difficult to get a good picture of. Even harder with Claire "trying" to help.

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Fall

I love fall. It may be the hardest time on my body, but the crisp cool weather is my favorite. Recently I had a pumpkin day. Claire and I went to bed rather early, so the next morning we work up and were ready to take on the day. It helped that what I woke up to were some beautiful colors in the sky.






So I plopped Claire in her highchair, tossed her some Kix, and we baked!









These muffins were Fabulous! They were pumpkin ginger muffins found here. They were divine. They maintained moistness, without much difficulty. We also toasted pumpkin seeds, and had a mock pumpkin latte. It was a great day!

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Flaherty Fall Vacation

Great trip! We had lots of fun and the girls did amazingly well in the car.



Giant Claire doesn't look so giant, amid the vast space of our enormous chalet!
7 bedrooms for 2 families, definitely more than we needed.



Unpacking, I planned all of our groceries because I didn't want to use vital trip time at the grocery store. After the 7 hour car drive and 20 min one way your lost on a mountain drive those Budweisers in the foreground were much needed.



Claire enjoyed the stairs. They might be big and she might be small, but don't tell her that.



Snuggling with Daddy on the balcony.



Emma singing to the mountains.



Hiking



Big Rock



Flaherty girls



Papa Bear



Emma Bean and a Bear



Some evening yoga to work out the sore joints of hiking.

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