From Ocean fishing to Corn Maze!

On October 1st, Jason, Lee, and Dean had the opportunity to go to the beach and

do some fishing for 30+lbs catches! 

Drum concert by Justin!

 

Playing in the rain on a nasty weekend! At least they had fun!

Carved pumpkins 

We went to the Alpha and Omega farm on October 24th with Karen, Dean, Lee, Der and Sydney....

very beautiful and almost summer like day for awhile!

The Hay Maze

Train ride!

They're favorite thing is the corn box!

They were jumping in and covering themselves!

Horse wagon ride around the corn maze.

We actually got through the corn maze this time instead of using the emergency exit.

Enjoying Fall!

I ordered a Spiderman costume for Justin since I had

ordered a Harry Potter cloak for Hallie's costume...

Jason and I went kayaking on the New River on September 20th

with Lee, Der, Dean and Karen. It was lovely!

Hallie is enjoying reading these Dog Man books!

We love Just Dance....this one is to Waka-Waka!

 

Justin driving the tractor!

They enjoyed the zip line too at Nana & Papas!

It was Justin's first time doing it!

A few pics from Sydney's 2nd birthday!

We went to the Greenway on Sunday, September 27th.

It's the longest Justin has riden his bike and he did well for about 3/4

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Virginia Creeper

On Sunday, September 6th, we did the Virginia Creeper Trail with Lee, Der, Sydney, Mike, Becca, Dean, Karen, and Matthew!

17 MILES from Whitetop Mountain to Damascus!

The kids had a blast!  Hallie rode her own bike and loved it! Justin rode in the buggy (aka chariot)  and loved the bumps!  Neither of them complained- Justin didn't want to stop and kept asking us when we were going to start riding again when we were eating lunch!

My right elbow/shoulder didn't enjoy how bumpy it could be so I was mainly in the back and didn't get to see them....but it was beautiful forest and there were lots of bridges over creek water we rode over. It used to be a railroad track and I'm sure it was a lovely ride on a train too!

I even saw this huge beaver dam (but no pic, I didn't have my phone on me)!

At the place where we rented the bikes.

After our shuttle van, we arrived at Whitetop Mountain/Mt Rogers for the Adventure!

Where we stopped for lunch about 2/3 of the way down.

Random pics from the trip!

A video Jason took!

The night before we celebrated Hallie's birthday some more....with a pinata!

More August and Hallie turns 10!!

Videos of the pool!

 

Hallie wearing the lei that Jason wore at John's funeral.

                         Earthquake happened on Sunday August 9 at 8:10ish in the morning. The kids were in                                             the family room and said the fan and tv shook!

Silly pic!

We went to Olive Garden for Grandma, Der, and Hallie's birthday, celebrated on August 16th.

Then back to the pool!

End of the first day of school, August 17th, which is remote learning!

Justin's area is at his desk!

Hallie is in the front room/dining room!

Something I found from long ago....

On Saturday, August 22nd, we went up to Linville to see Deda. These are treehouses at Linville Harbor.

We got Boris a few weeks ago for Hallie's birthday present!

He's a happy fish!

Justin slept under this fort he made for a few days.

We went to the Apple Orchard in the afternoon of Friday, August 28th.

We went up to Nana & Papa's to do birthdays for Hallie and Der.

We went shopping earlier that day at Hanes Mall.

The kids loved the sprinkler!

She's TEN!!!

We got tons of calls from family and had the neighbors over

for ice cream cones and cookies. The kids were so busy I didn't

get a chance to take any pics!

She got this from Aunt Deda....Hallie's Treasures

A note that Jason left for her.

Jason went to spend the night with Dean/Karen on Wednesday

Sept 2nd since Dean had a Duke appointment the next day so that meant....

MAMA SLEEPOVER!