some recent photos of mr. noah

new lego builds, sharing pizza with mom outside at a fall fair, so excited to put up the pumpkin in the front yard, turning a cardboard box into a tractor, and standing near the humongous scoop of a real excavator.

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

a few photos of mr. noah at school recently.

love, laurie

fall at roba family farms

after going to the pumpkin walk on saturday, we headed to roba family farms.  we haven't been there in a few weeks, so noah was happy to go back.

love, laurie

the pumpkin walk

when noah was only a few weeks old, we went to visit the pumpkin walk at creekside gardens.  we haven't been back since, so it was nice to explore it again this past weekend.

this time noah was big enough to walk through the pumpkin walk on his own and he sure enjoyed seeing all of the pumpkins everywhere.

love, laurie

the best view

noah was thrilled to find out that the open lot next door to us was being excavated last week.  we discovered it when we came home from school and immediately ran outside to check it out.

noah positioned himself in the side yard on a tiny chair to supervise the workers.

later, he decided to get his own mini excavator out and drive around our yard just like the workers next door.

needless to say, the workers really got a kick out of seeing him!

love, laurie

happy birthday, little blog!

today this little blog of mine turns 15 years old.  i'm not sure how it has been 15 years since i started this adventure back in 2011 on a whim.  i'm grateful for my little corner of the internet as a virtual scrapbook to chronicle the highlights of our lives.

happy birthday, little blog!

love, laurie

we're in a magazine!

happenings magazine featured our family ice cream cone halloween costumes from last year in their october 2026 issue.  those were some good costumes!

we're so grateful that they featured our design.  i had fun making those costumes for us!

love, laurie

preschool snapshots

a few recent snapshots of mr. noah from preschool.

love, laurie

some random photos

noah waiting for his speech lesson,

noah in the car with mom waiting for a friend's birthday party to start,

noah and mom enjoying freshly baked banana nut muffins that we made together,

and me being stuck because leko decided to curl up on my back.

love, laurie

farm boy

noah and i took a quick trip up to ritter's cider mill on saturday with grandma to get some apples and cider.  

while we were there we said hi to the farm animals, noah played on the farm toys, and he was really happy to find a blue new holland tractor!

love, laurie