Fall in Midland

I love Fall!  Fall in Midland is different than Utah.  I especially miss the Autumn leaves on the mountains.  However, there is still that Fall feeling when it starts getting cooler outside.  Here is a little of what we've been up to so far this Fall.

Friday Night Lights

We went to our first high school football game--something we've been told you have to do in West Texas.  Ezra was so excited and talked all week about the football game.  Even though it was 80 degrees at 4 PM, it was freezing and windy that night at the game.  We only stayed until half time, but Ezra still loved it.

Pumpkin Patch

Ezra loved going to the pumpkin patch this year.  He didn't want to listen at story time or get any pictures taken.  He just wanted to pick up all the pumpkins and ride in the wagons with Jack.

He was willing to sit still long enough to get some pictures with Louisa.  And when he was done he let me know by pushing Louisa out of the way.  The photo below captured the moment just before Ezra pushed her forward.  Thankfully Louisa is a tough girl...she has to be with a big brother like Ezra.

A Tour of the Fire Station

We visited one of the local fire stations with some of Ezra's friends last Saturday.  Ezra loved the "thunder trucks," as he calls them.  We even took a ride in one and Ezra got to sit up front with Daddy.  He was in heaven!

And just a few random photos...

Louisa loves to eat, although for a while most of the food ended up all over her face.  This is understandable as she's learning how to eat solids, and actually she is doing much better now.

Ezra, on the other hand, seems to be regressing in his ability to get his food into his mouth.

Louisa also loves tub time.  We tried out August's neck inner-tube for the first time last week and she had so much fun wiggling around and creating waves in the tub.

Louisa's nearly sitting up all on her own.  She can sit for quite a while with just the help of the Boppy pillow.

And she's getting some early practice driving the tractor.  Ezra was very upset this cowboy hat wouldn't fit on his head, so I had to go pull out my straw sun hat for him to wear, which he thinks is a cowboy hat.