Monday, October 7, 2024

Fall is here and Nathan turns 8

Out for a Blossom sprint

Burritos! 

Blossom walk on the hill

Elly all hooked up and ready for her oral surgery

Quick trip to the pond on a very hot evening

New pool



Nathan trying out for Waunakee Wave

Elly tried French horn and sax at back to school night


 
Labor Day weekend at the cabin





Drum kit....

....that evolved into DRUM KIT!!


Sharing ice cream treats




Trial run with Blossom in a canoe.  She did well.  We don't know if she liked it, but she didn't jump out.

Water battle!




Back to the Rhinelander dog park




Elly wrote out the fingering for Ode to Joy




Elly won for biggest seaweed 





Breakfast at ERA Pancakes in Wausau on the way home

First day of school!!




Badger football game tailgate party.  Nathan made a Saturn button.

Giant Bucky!


Showing off Bucky tattoos.  And some weirdo photobombing. 

Shiny Bucky.



The kids' two favorite parts of the football game? The band and the cheerleaders.




The 5th quarter


Super Blossom at the big dog park

Air Doodles!

Blossom happy to see Elly coming home from school

Blossom enjoying a pup cup at the coffee shop

Nathan's first soccer game of fall


Blossom on a walk with just me.  "Are you sure no one else is coming?"

Nathan dribbling toward the goal




Nathan's birthday party at Enchanted Valley Acres


The sky is not looking good...



Cupcakes and snacks inside the barn as the storm hits.

Watching the storm outside

We got everyone moved to our house for a little more partying

Making sugar pickles


Sushi conveyor belt for Nathan's birthday dinner.



Nathan mining for gems

Birthday surprise from aunt Jen!!!

Nathan wearing his birthday crown in class

More presents!




Fishing pole from papa

Mmmmm.... pickle cotton candy...

Karaoke machine

Chocolate Shoppe ice cream cake







Still warm enough to swim the last weekend in September.  (although pretty chilly)


Just relaxing



Giant marshmallow s'mores


We replaced Nathan's drum kit with something fancier


Forgot to get a before picture, but there used to be a giant brush pile over there and we (mostly Carissa) burned it all.

Starlight cruise 

Nathan shoots and just misses


Karaoke 


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