Handy Man Luke

My mom found this entire tool kit at a Big Box store in Wenatchee this week. It came with everything you see except the clothes he's wearing. Luke is now prepared to pitch in and pull his weight (only 35 lbs!) around the house! And it makes for a great Halloween costume. He was a bit disappointed that he wouldn't be Larry Boy or the red PowerRanger, but once he saw the hammer and tape measure, he was all in!

**Kendall Construction is my uncle's construction company in Chelan.

We went to the petting farm at Banjo Creek today. Luke was a little apprehensive of the animals at first, but after strong encouragement and reassurance he actually wanted to feed the goats out of his hand. By the time he came around to the idea, the goats were full and only one would eat.

He was very proud of the "Most Original Costume" ribbon that he won!

He's kinda creepy looking, but he's made of plastic!

Secret Artist

Most of you that are followers of our blog know that Luke has this funny way of stacking yogurt on top of our milk jugs in the fridge. Well, I have three more funny pics to add...all within a weeks time. Our little artist at work--

First we have

"Two on Three"

Then,

"Little Milk, Big Milk"

And last, but not least,

"La Leche con Limon"

Picking Apples

Steve and Luke harvested our apples today. We have three trees in our backyard. They picked 3 large tubs full of apples. I'm not really sure what we'll do with all of them...apple pie, apple cobbler, apple crisp, applesauce, baked apples, apple butter, apple chutney, apple...

Where's Steve-o?

Jonah's crawling

I know what you're thinking, Jonah's crawling already?!?!? That's right, he's 5 1/2 months old and he's crawling and sitting up by himself.

Adam's present

Luke told me a bedtime story tonight about God's present to Adam.

"Adam was lonely, so God gave him animals but he was still lonely. So God put him to sleep, took out a soul, got some dirt and made Adam a present...Eve. Then he wasn't lonely anymore."

I love that Luke learned this at preschool today! He's getting such a great beginning, thanks to Mrs. Jenkins.

Luke added a cute ending to this story!

Family fun Autumnfest

Autumnfest with our Couples In Action group was lots of fun for all ages. The kids carved pumkins; Luke and I won the "smallest pumkin" contest. I actually bought it thinking it would be less work, but little did I think about fitting my hand in a tiny squash! Hmm. Now I know. At least he had fun pulling the seeds out!

Can you see Luke on the left?

Everyone brought a pot of soup or chili, yum! Steve and many of the adults tried their hand at making fresh apple cider. After some discussion about all the parts of the cider press, we made quite a bit of tasty cider! Here's to the first annual Autumnfest! Hope to see ya'll there next year!

Oktoberfest

Met our good friends, Michele and Walter, in Leavenworth today for Oktoberfest. Drank some beer, ate some brats, had lots of fun! Luke had a big time trying on funny sunglasses and jumping in the balloon house with Wyatt. Jonah had big eyes looking at dad's HUGE new beer mug.

Luke's stacking ability

This summer, Luke took to stacking small yogurt containers on our milk cartons. Steve and I got a chuckle out of opening the fridge to see this site. Today, I opened the fridge to see this...

...we're out of yogurt.