Decorating, deer scouting, leave jumping, and rangley visiting..

This weekend was special.

1) Austin was at Grammie's house, so mommy was bored while Daddy was doing side jobs..

2) I am coming down with an awful awful double awful cold.

So..

 First.. Let me say, how thrilled I am for it to be.. 

What did I do allll day while Austin was having a blast at gram's, and daddy was working his tush off?

First I decorated for Halloween, so it could be a surprise for Austin when he got home..

you can see I wrote fall with glitter glue onto the pumpkins

our entry way, they light up at nighttime.. ooooo 

our front door.. GHOULISH isn't it??

Then... I was STILL bored, with all the housework done..

I decided to surprise the boys with collecting ALL the leaves in our yard.

BUT.. I didnt do it the old fashion way, with a rake, no! That would take 

TOO LONG.. so I leaf blowed, while listening to my i pod..

THIS.. Is what I got..

( after learning to blow WITH the wind) 

It doesn't look that big, but man IT IS!! 

Last night, AGAIN, with no Austin, Keith and I carved pumpkins and baked seeds.. 

We got a little kit, and it was really fun ( and romantic, hahha) 

cutting out the 'guts'

washing the seeds

caving out design

I am reallly concentrating..

THE FINISHED PRODUCT!!

Today..

we First ran our errands, and then when out scouting for deer... ( in an undisclosed location, for our hunting secrecy) 

We found deer, coyote, AND moose tracks.. It was a lot of fun..

looking at some tracks

coyote tracks

moose tracks, you cant tell, but they were HUGE!!

By this time I was ready to pass out from all the hiking, and the not-being-able-to-breathe-out-of-my-nose problems I was having..

I was in luck, because our next stop was our 3RD ANNUAL trip to Rangley, to see the peak of the foliage at the height of the lands..

Yes, 2/3's of the clan have colds, and are therefore a wee bit cranky, but we had fun..

It was about 60 miles to get there, and me and Austin both napped ( much needed I might add)

It was not as cold as last year, but it was still a little chilly..

When we left, Austin waved " buh-bye" for another year...

we napped some more..

and came home to the surprise mommy had made..

And by this time, he was in a good mood, and ready to play.. 

After such a long and fun, and tiring day..
we took baths and went to bed..

brushing our hair

NIGHTY NIGHT!!