Trick or Treating and Apple Sauce Making!

The girls had so much fun dressing up. In fact, they put their costumes on in the morning and had them on all day.  Grace Anne especially loved her little dog out-fit and was so sad when she had to take it off at the end of the day.
We had fun making apple sauce on Saturday. We didn't can it this year, we just froze it, which made it go so much faster.

Grace Anne the adorable little puppy, Chloe` the adorable little cow, Selah and Abby beautiful princesses!

Melts your heart doesn't she?

Say cheese!

Beautiful girl!

Abby was the "pacifire" princess!

Cute Chloe` was too tired and it was too cold outside to go trick or treating,

 she stayed home with mommy to pass out candy

A picture with her pumpkins

Abby's

Selah's

3 Gallon sized bags of candy from their adventurous evening of trick or treating.

Make'n apple sauce. Abby taking a turn.

Selah taking a turn

Even Grace Anne helped!

Yum!

Always tastes better when you help make it!

Beautiful Abby!

It has been a fun past 24 hrs!

A Warm October Day...and other thoughts.

Here are a few pictures of the girls on this beautiful October day. They were enjoying the raspberries and
Chloe` was enjoying the leaves.

Sisters!

Love her!

And she loved the leaves!

All the sisters!

Chloe` still has a leaf!

Yum!

Cool baby!

Something to think about...

Zechariah 3:1-7 "Then the angel showed me Jeshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD. Satan was there at the angel's right hand, accusing Jeshua of many things. And the LORD said to Satan. "I, the LORD, reject your accusations, Satan. Yes, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you. This man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from a fire." Jeshua's clothing was filthy as he stood there before the angel. So the angel said to the others standing there, "Take off his filthy clothes." And turning to Jeshua he said, "See, I have taken away your sins, and now I am giving you these fine new clothes." then I said, "Please, could he also have a clean turban on his head?" So they put a clean priestly turban on his head and dressed him in new clothes while the angel of the LORD stood by. Then the angel of the LORD spoke very solemnly to Jeshua and said, "this is what the LORD Almighty says: "If you follow my ways and obey my requirements, then you will be given authority over my Temple and it's courtyards. I will let you walk in and out of my presence along with these others standing here."

That's Satan for you. The accuser. Now I'm sure many of the things Satan was accusing Jeshua of were true, it says his "clothing was filthy." I know my clothes get filthy often. I mess up and spill jealousy on my shirt and get my knees stained with anger. Satan is right there accusing me, saying, "God did you see what she did! See how bad she messed up!" But notice what the LORD does. He rebukes Satan. Forgives Jeshua, gives him clean clothes and a job working for Him! Guess what? He does that for us! Do you know why? Because of Jesus. Because I am His child, when God looks at me He sees the crimson tide that has washed me clean. I don't deserve it, none of us do. But I, like Jeshua, have been snatched up like a stick in the fire. Why? I don't understand it completely but it is because of the great mercy of God...His great love.

"And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from His love. Death can't and life can't. The angels can't, and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. Whether we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Pretty amazng huh? Go ahead and do a happy dance! Makes me want to!

Our family fishing in October

Fishing in October

I love early Fall. Color is splashed everywhere. Heavy autumn clouds glide through the sky. Smells of leaves and straw fill the air... This past week we enjoyed these Indian summer days outside with picnics and a fishing trip. Now I need to let you know that I only took the first 7 pictures. Selah took the rest and we have discovered that she is quite the photographer!!! (They are not "fixed up" she just has the eye for it!)

 

Remember, Selah took these!

Cool pic huh?!

The girls collected shells and little rocks for a craft project...

The fish stringer....we didn't want to bring any home so it was unused...but to Selah a great shot!

This is stunning isn't it?

And here is the craft project. We got a simple wood picture frame and glued all the shells and rocks to it. Added a picture from the trip and ta-da! A great reminder of a very fun day!