Oh Boy October!

We've had a busy, busy October. Chad left for 2 weeks to go Antelope hunting with Bryce and Dad in Wyoming. While he was gone, Cassidy's Grandmas were awesome and came to spend lots of time with her. During Grandma Kit's week, they went to the pumpkin patch. While Grandma Margie was here, she and Cassidy spent lots of time outside smelling the flowers and playing in the garden.

Cassidy loves going with me to feed horses and exploring the new barn. She gets to "sample" the apples before the horses get them...only the best for her boys.

One of our great pumpkins....

Mom, Cassidy and I left Friday the 16th to head back to Dayton, meet up with Chad, and deer hunt. Our friends from college, Jon and Jill and their two kiddos Lance (almost 2) and Courtney (3 mos) came over as well to visit and hunt. Cassidy and Lance really hit it off and were very cute together....once they were convinced it was ok to share!

Doing chores with Grandma...

See, they can work together!

Dad has come a long way and seemed pretty comfortable with all 3 kiddos

Cassidy trying to fill big boots

Chad and Mom ganged up on me and convinced me Cassidy needed her first hair cut, I mean trim. I'm not ready for her first hair cut yet! We just cut the few hairs from her bangs that were hanging down in her eyes.

Cassidy mugging for the camera

and using Grandma for a jungle gym

Cassidy loved taking her wagon through the field and down to the barn to say hi to the mules. She wasn't too impressed though with Gidget. Cassidy had put some little pumpkins into her wagon but also had a few scraps of hay. Gidget was going after the hay but Cass was worried about her pumpkins and actually yelled at Gidget and tried to shoo her away.

I'd show pictures of the yummy deer we got, but I can't. Out of 5 tags we only had one deer hanging at the end of 4 days. I didn't even see a horn. We got lots of hiking in though and nice weather. As always it was wonderful being on the farm and a great trip. We are slowly getting back to our routine after a scramble this week due to the fact that Cass's babysitter got hired for a teaching position and started right away. We have found another wonderful sitter though that Cassidy will start with next week. They just live 2 doors down and have a little girl a few months older than Cassidy. I think they will be good friends and be able to go through school together. It seems to have worked out beautifully, despite my stress!