Fall

 Autumn is here and that means the pumpkin patch!

Brendan took a cute picture of this smiling piglet

...and this GIANT pumpkin

Emily wanted to go to STEM day at Crystal Bridges

And I got some help this year making lots of applesauce with my favorite MacIntosh apples.

Emily went hiking with her Girl Scout troop at Park Springs Park

And carved a cute pumpkin which was enhanced by the plastic teeth their Uncle Lee made using his 3D printer

Emily lost a tooth and was very concerned that the Tooth Fairy would take good care of it

For Halloween, her school had a dress up day but the costume had to be a book character, so we scrambled together a quick "Fancy Nancy" costume that turned out really cute!

We also did a volunteer shift packing nutritious food for countries that are in food crisis

Another Girl Scout meetup; this one at Ozark Natural Science Center.  Brendan tagged along with us to this interesting place!

Veteran's day at school; Emily brought a photo of her Grandpa with several of his brothers and sister who served

We got a tiny dusting of snow

Went to see a movie at the theater with the Wittenbergs, and squeezed in some other fun with them, too!

Thanksgiving - Brendan used his timer to get some much needed family portraits

Ready to get on their float for the Christmas parage

Making gingerbread cookies for Santa (and maybe a few for us, too)

Christmas Day Nerf gun war!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!