We have been enjoying the fall. The pumpkins, leaves, weather, and longer school hours have all been reminders that our wonderful summer is over.

Grandma Karen came last weekend for a visit. It was nice to spend some time with her before the snow falls in the mountains and makes it trickier for us to see her.

Grandma was impressed by Jackson's improvement in reading.

When I was a kid, we would have had to rake the back yard for almost an hour to get a leaf pile this big. Now days, it just takes a leaf blower and a few minutes.

Kennedy took this picture as "evidence" when she came to let us know what Jackson was up to.