if this was what fall was like...

i could handle it! ;-)

80 degrees. sunny. so we headed to the farm. and soaked it ALL up!

 pat and joshua are gone for the weekend. but we weren't too miserable...

 look at that SKY!

 and then rebekah took my camera.

 we asked levi to take a picture of us with my phone...

 so i had to take matters into my own hands.

they have these AMAZING donuts there. i got us all one. and i ate 3 bites only. that is some SERIOUS self-control! i know the kids love it when i join in with them for special things like that. but i also know it might hurt my stomach...and since i was parenting solo, i couldn't risk that.

 we were heading to the car, and spotted these hula hoops. the kids LOVED that i tried it. i was AWFUL at it. {and had no idea rebekah was taking pictures! sneaky...}

 sawyer was AMAZING at it! kept that thing going for a LONG time!

 and this was what joshua was doing...also having a blast of a day!

i think we'll all sleep good tonight!