New Puppy and More Fall

As suggested by the last post, we got a new puppy!  Her name is Ash, and she was roughly 5 months old when we adopted her.  She was a stray from Texas and we all fell in love with her when we met her for the first time.  Here's her first photo on the car ride home from picking her up.

And then like any new baby, we took A LOT of pictures of her.

Ash started by sleeping in Kayla's room with her while we were awake, then was moved to her kennel.  Nowadays, she prefers to sleep with Colin and Pumpkin (although she disapproves) before getting moved to her kennel.

Even Daddy got in on the puppy cuddling action, although if you ask Ash, Jordan is her favorite as evidenced by she listened to him all the time and listens to me...well...let's just say unless food is involved, she's not listening to me at all the little stinker.

Although on a rare occasion, she'll let me know that sometimes she loves me too.

Hey, that's my kennel!

Happy Halloween!

Colin took karate last fall.  For a kid who loves to punch and kick, it only lasted one round.

Colin started sitting out with Daddy while deer hunting!  He'll be out there hunting on his own before you know it.

Colin and I took a hike at our local county park one morning.  It was quite lovely spending some one-on-one time with this guy.

Leaf pile fun

Took the kids to the voting booth last fall.  While our choice did not win, it was a good learning experience at the booth, even if they did go a little overboard on the stickers.