Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving!

Here are a few Thanksgiving pictures. Walter was so proud of this turkey he made at school.

Here the kids are posing with their cousins on Thanksgiving.

Sorry that I have been neglecting my blog lately. I am taking an online course and it is taking up much of my time once the kids go to bed.

Winter has definitely arrived in the copper country! Around Thanksgiving we had one storm that gave us over a foot of snow. Rose E has been cracking me up with her comments lately about the outdoors. About a month ago she realized that she could see her breath when she went outside and panicked that she was on fire and smoke was coming out of her mouth. Then one day she was walking in the snow and said "I'm getting soggy." Too cute.

Happy Halloween

Really, does the weekend have to end?
Such the little helper!

The four wheeler driver and puppy say "trick or treat" at Grandma's house.

A few four legged guest came to say hello!

Pumpkin carving

and some new porch friends!

Lastly, Walter and Rose E with their friends out trick or treating.
It was another fun and eventful weekend!

Never know from day to day what life will bring!

Early Sunday morning my husband Jeff unexpectantly went into surgery to have his appendix removed. He is now home recouping. It is mind boggling to me how fast it all happened, thank goodness for today's doctors, nurses and technology!

Some recent pictures

On Friday we went on what may be our last Ranger ride for the season in our area. Here we are in the Calumet area under an old mining building.

Jeff and Walter climbed this huge rock pile to see the view below.

Two weekends ago Walter had his last soccer game for the season. My parents, my grandma and my sister and her son Colton came for the day to see him play. Here are the kids in the yard with cousin Colton.

Lastly, a few more pictures of the kids at the pumpkin patch and corn maze this year. Walter was happy to be our navigator as we hiked the maze and Rose E said "there's lots of corns."

These two characters continue to keep us smiling. Walter is saving his money to "buy his own railroad someday" and one day at the dinner table asked "who do I need to pay to buy my own railroad and who pays me?" I thought wait a minute here you are only five! Yesterday, Walter fell on the playground equipment outside while at school and got a fat lip. Anyway, I picked him up from school and he said "Rose E, my lip fell off at school today!" Rose E has been quiet the little caretaker here taking care of her Daddy, her baby dolls and her toy dogs.

Our Trek to the Huron Mountains

Today we took the Ranger four wheeler into the wilderness from Lanse to Big Bay through the Huron Mountains. What beautiful scenery!
Here are a couple of views taken on top of Mount Arvon.

We also stopped at Slate River falls.

Along the way to Big Bay we saw several waterfalls and streams like this one too. We drove round trip around 100 miles and when we where done Walter said "that was the goodest ranger ride ever!"

;)

Here is a picture of Walter with Grandma today after his soccer game. It is so entertaining to watch at that age!

School is still going well for this big guy(nothing but good reports from his teachers), however, getting up early in the morning has been an adjustment for us all. Anyway, last week I had to wake him up one morning and he came down stairs to announce that he " ran out of batteries." Luckily he still wanted to go to school though! Too cute.

And this girl of course is entertaining too! She has been wearing these red glasses and giving us all pretend shots while claiming to be Dr. Susie (Dr. Seuss)!

Past Weekend Adventures

The weekend before Walter started school we rode on the four wheeler Ranger up to Quincy Hill in Hancock, Michigan and had a picnic. Walter was in his glory because we ate next to old train cars and visited an old mine along the way. The view from up their is breathtaking!

Oh and speaking of school, Walter is loving kindergarten. He comes home every day very excited and we have received good reports from his teachers.

Last weekend we took a drive to Freda Michigan and visited an old mine on Lake Superior.

Here are the kids exploring the ruins.

Again, another beautiful site!

Last weekend we also had our church picnic at McClain's state park. Here are the kids in front of the light house. They where so excited about hiking the trails in the woods!

This weekend we trailered the ranger to Watersmeet, Michigan and drove it to Iron River, Michigan. We took along the kid's cousin Cale. He was a little adventurer with his binoculars.

We crossed over some scenic bridges and the kids where thrilled that we ate lunch in an old train car and then toured a museum in Iron River.

A favorite part of the museum of course

and another beautiful bridge. It is amazing to me how fast fall came this year. One day it was in the nineties the next day it is in the fifties and the leaves have begun to change.