Fall: pumpkins, beef & falling leaves

On Monday, we carved our pumpkins.  My hands were too goopy most of the evening, so I didn't take many pictures.  But I got this cute one of Torah with her pumpkin.  :-)

On Tuesday, Torah & I drove up to Arlington to pick up our beef for the year.  Every year, we buy a farm-raised, grass fed cow, and we split it with a friend.  It will usually last us close to a full year.  This is what half a cow looks like in our meat freezer.  

Nathan bought a little electric fireplace for his Bremerton office.  He put it together in our living room.  Torah LOVED it and would play in front of it for hours.  It cracked me up to hear our little millennial 4-year old say, "Baba, can I plug in the fire?"

This is the fall progression of my favorite sumac tree in our front yard.  This was over the course of about 3 weeks. 

4-year old daydreams of ponies.
This picture was actually from last week - at a birthday party that Torah attended - but a friend just sent it to me & I absolutely love it.
(Click on it to see it bigger.)  

Today was Micah's first Sunday blessing the sacrament.  It is tradition in our ward that the boy's father helps him for his first time.  It was neat that his best friend, Russ, was up there with him also.  The only thing better would have been if Jared could have been there.