we were out by the fire last night cooking dinner....
liv says "why is the smoke following me?"
linc responds, so excited that he has an answer for her
" i know all about smoke...smoke follows beautiful. I knowed that from grandpa"

lincoln, ian and i went on a tiny road trip up to grabill last week. Our destination was the general store in the downtown there. they have really cute things there. tons of old junk.. piled high, just the way i like it. Then we stopped at the country sales. It was an interesting store, mostly all bulk style. they did have good peanut butter, great rice selection for pretty cheap, and also the popcorn and spices were good. ...but most of the stuff there had a pretty long list of ingredients. It would be a great place to do some food storage stock up though. Anyway the stores were fun, but the absolute best part was the drive. Oh man...the trees were amazing! The road was covered in leaves and we were crunching thought them. The day was beautiful so tons of little Amish carts and horses were out... and the trees...did i mention that. i love you fall. please dont leave.

Our October camping trip was a fun, cold time this year. I love camping...but having a 4 month old baby to take camping in the cold made me a bit nervous. He did so great though. He slept through the night every night in his little tent, inside our big tent. The first night we let liv sleep in with my aunt. I guess she was up all hours talking about how she couldn't sleep 'cause she really wanted to go fishing and find some frogs. Well she was able to do all that and more. I love camping, out in the trees and quiet night. There are not many things i love more than being cuddled up in a tent at night with my sweet jonny.
The weekend we always go, there is a big yard sale festival in the nearby little town. More yard sales than you can ever imagine. I was able to find exactly what i needed to finish a painting I have been working on, and jonny found some old tools. my aunt got this amazing map of Europe that had been from an old school.