Our pumpkins!

I may have had to buy five consecutive sets of flowers for my front porch this summer, but I CAN keep pumpkins alive! We harvested our little patch last week and the boys had so much fun! We've watched these little guys grow all summer long, waiting and waiting for them to plump up and become orange. We filled the whole wheel barrel with our harvest!  

City Creek.

Last week, we took our annual family hike up City Creek. Although, we frequent this trail often throughout the summer time, we always make it a point to hike it each autumn. It is breathtaking and such a gift! How I love this place.

Rakes and leaves.

I've missed my old trees terribly this fall. We've hardly had any leaves in our yard all season long. Finally, my sweet apple tree gave me some and last weekend, we had a perfect sunny day to rake them and get the yard ready for winter. The weather was so gorgeous. The boys had a ball.

Oh, this little sunny-headed alfalfa child of mine. What a stage you're in.