I go for a bike ride each day for about an hour. It is my favorite time of the day because it’s simply beautiful living here. I thought I would take my camera along today to take pictures. I go one of two routes, so tomorrow I will do “My Bike Ride – Part II”.

Down the road, maybe a mile from where we live. Wannacut Lake is on the right which you will see in the next picture, and there is a little body of water across the street from it as you see on the left.

 Wannacut Lake – We live on the right side of it.

 Up the first hill and looking back towards the lake which is on the left. 

Pretty rock formations.

Still riding…  Heading towards Blue Lake. Isn’t it pretty?  Approaching Blue Lake. 

 Beautiful water

My little turtle friend who came up to see me.               Up close 

Shallow water with a clean, sandy bottom gives it this pretty green look. 

On my way back, I stop here to drink some water and do whatever else is necessary.

Flower going to seed…

Our neighbor’s cows. Almost home!

A moose in our backyard, so very close to our home. This morning we woke up to Leah saying that there was a black cow in our backyard, outside of our kitchen window. It was a MOOSE!I had to crop most of these pictures in order to see him better.  See how close he is to our house? We stood outside our back step to take pictures of him. He seemed very calm and curious like a female cow.

We still stayed close to the door…. just in case. We were in such awe while taking these pictures. We still can’t believe it.  It’s too bad our neighbors weren’t home at the time, they would have thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Just a curious looking guy! Walking away. I was so sad to see him leave. He knocked over our dock – the two pieces completely upside down. We are thinking maybe he used the dock as a scratching post. His big ole footprints. What a memory. I hope we see him again one day.

I just had to post this. My husband some years ago prayed that we would have 8 children. We felt like this was God’s Spirit leading him to pray this. We’ve always believed we’d have 8 children after we had the first five. Well, it’s been a couple of years now since the twins have been born, one miscarriage soon after they were born and we’ve been pretty content. Still waiting, not much in the way of planning for the perfect moment to come together in hopes for another baby… no supplements or anything else to try to conceive. But, our time is closing in if it isn’t done already. With the thought of possibly taking down the cribs for the twins in a while, my heart somehow panicked. I want another baby! One more pregnancy. One more (or two – I love twins), baby to hold, to nurse, to love, to watch while he or she is sleeping. So, with prayer and more of a dedicated focus on trying to conceive, taking some maca and red clover and more prayer, maybe we’ll have another baby. Just maybe. Please Lord.

Here, dad and Hannah were going through the basis they picked just yesterday before the frost. The house was so fragrant for hours.

 Little girls doing some home school in the living room. Daddy was fixing the kitchen table. After 8 years of kids hanging and swinging from the base board that goes across underneath, it came out of the beam.

Beautiful Fall weather. Our favorite (and shortest) time of year.

Turkeys on the beach!

Here are some turkeys that we see all over the area here. This flock was walking in our backyard the other day.

Hannah and Elisabeth spotted this quail stuck in a fence of ours. Of course they had to bring him in to show us first before we let him go. He was surprisingly really calm. There’s a quail family that live in some bushes just up our driveway. They came out this last Spring with lots of new, little babies with them. It’s been fun watching them all over our yard this year.

Mommy’s new Edwardian apron. I just got finished making this today. Here is where you can get the pattern if interested:

http://www.candleonthehill.net/store/catalog.php?item=266

Little Hannah likes wearing aprons as I do.

Beautiful face.

Oh, I love this picture of you, Hannah. I wish I had some more of you to add here.  : )

I haven’t done pictures of Elisabeth exclusively since we lived in Iowa. I got some nice shots of her here.  Ah, you still have your cute little look you had when you were a baby.  : )

Pretty girl with a new skirt Momma made!

Pretty girl. I like this picture. You look so grown up!

Beautiful picture of your pretty face.

I think this is the last post for catching up.  Sweet LeahLeah, your cute little mouth reminds me of your big sister Stephanie’s look when she was little (now 20 and in Florida).    Little AnnaWhat a beautiful girl you are!       You look like a cute little 2 year old here.  : ) 

Caught red handed! Matthew and Leah snuck out of their rooms early one morning and raided the kitchen cabinets. They left their stuffed animals and some of the food for evidence.   Eating at the table –  no more high chairs!  Pretty, little Anna again.    Little miss Tabitha.  Tabitha’s quirky look.

Cute, little Miriam is now 3 years old. Here she is giving little kisses to Anna while Tabitha is trying to make something of her hair.

Pretty eyes.

Eating homemade cheesecake with apricot sauce.

You look like you are filled with delight here Miriam.  : )

Well, I suppose it’s time to play catch up on a couple of posts here. Here are some pictures of the twins in July. 

Anna sleeping so peacefully, she actually had me worried. Both of the girls are climbing out of their cribs now so we will most likely be disassembling the cribs in the next few days so they don’t get hurt. I am saddened that we would be putting them away already. It seems like yesterday when we bought Elisabeth her crib (the other one that Tabitha is in). I am just sentimental about putting it down.  : (  It’s hard to believe that in 10 to 12 years we could be pulling it out again for her babies!  

I made apricot cake for the girls. Here it is cooling down.

Waiting anxiously for their cake.

Anna trying to get Tabitha’s cake.

Looks delicious!

Cute, little Tabitha.