catch up

I guess it's about that time. Time to post again. I've been getting grief about it so I better do a post before I lose friends. I have a lot of pictures from September through October so bear with me. I'll try to keep my words minimal.

 Rhea turned 19 on September 6th complete with her peanut butter pie

 We had an Endress Family day in place of our campout since it was rainy and cold. The day was perfect. Lots of games were played and lots of food was consumed.

 Pumpkin Festival 2014. Pumpkin sundae=delicious

 From L-R: Nicky Barber, Wendi Roth, Holly Funk, Sadie Teubel, and Me

 Goodfield Invite

 Harvest has come and gone, but it was a great time. Sophie and Tessa looove to be out in the field.

 This brings back so many memories of when I was younger and use to play in the beans.

 Soph and Tess love soybeans. It's disgusting, but they eat them by handfuls.

 I love this picture of my Gramps. One boot tucked in, one boot untucked.

 A little breakfast date with this girly. I bet you will never guess why she chose this muffin. It couldn't possibly be because of all that powdered sugar on top could it?

 I like this picture because that is both of my grandpas sitting on the straw bale.

 Me, Holly, and Sadie on the hayrack ride at the invite a friend wiener roast at our house. We served 83 people!

 Time in the combine with my dad is the best time:)

 Tanner's Orchard with Nicky Barber and Kendra Schmidgall and Holly Funk.

 So we didn't really notice how creepy that guy looks that it's the car, but other than that it's a nice picture:)

 Wendi turned 21!!

 Morris North invite. We went early and toured the Morris area on Saturday.

 This is Riverview Dairy

 In height order. From L-R: Me, Holly Funk, Ashley Sharp, Rory Wagenbach, and Kendra Schmidgall

 This cow and I had a moment according to Holly. My mom asked if there was glass in between me and the cow, which there wasn't. I think she was appalled that I would get so close to a cow.

 Reason #1 why I love this picture: Kendra Schmidgall. Reason #2 why I love this picture: Our height difference. Thanks for keeping me Kendra! It was great coming out and visiting you!

 On Saturday night of the Morris North Invite Holly and I stay with Lucy Wulf. So great seeing her again!

 Can we just talk about how much I love the autumn sunlight. It is seriously so beautiful.

 And fog. I just love fog. I think it is so mysteriously beautiful.

 This past weekend was Charity Steffen's baptisms in Belvidere, so Holly, Wendi, Rachel Schrock and I went up early to go hiking at Castle Rock State Park.

 We ate our lunch by this lovely area. We were planning on hiking, but then this guy on a motorcycle told us that we should be careful because a lot of girls get abducted from this park, so during lunch, Wendi and Holly had this horrible feeling that we should not do it so, we decided not to.

 We came across this cute drive in diner, and stopped for some ice cream.

 I ordered a root beer float because I love root beer floats, but was pretty disappointed. It wasn't very good, but the drive in diner was a fun experience.

 So instead we went shopping. There was this puppy store inside the mall we went to of course. Holly loves dogs so we couldn't pass it up. Ok, so I love dogs too. They were adorable:)

 Giordano's for supper. A new experience for Holly and Wendi.

 Holly telling us mystery stories.

 Mom made pumpkin pie this week with fresh pumpkin that she took from one of the fields near us. It was seriously the best pumpkin pie I've ever had. Ignore the fact that the cool whip was runny. Haha.

And golden, fall sunrises. I took this picture the other day and it just made me think how much more beautiful heaven will be. It's hard to imagine anything more beautiful that what we have on earth, but God's word tells us that there is beauty we've never experienced. It will be a sight to behold!

Hope you all are enjoying the last of fall. Life has been super busy for me, and I'll be thankful when it slows down. To all my readers, thanks for putting up with my long silences:)