Spooky cafe time

The third week we always go to my 

parent's place for a long weekend.

This year was a little different as my

girls had  a meet on Saturday

and my mom had just gotten out of the hospital

that Monday.

My brother and I along with our kids have 

certain things we do to help my parents 

get ready for winter.

This year my dad let us help bring the wood

in from the woods to the house

for the winter.

We were in the woods for 5 hours.

 My dad on his tractor.

The bucket in front of the tractor hauled some of the wood.

We also used the 4 wheeler with a trailer on it.

 The kids took turns riding in the box behind the tracker.

When Katie and Steven was in it,

the box tipped over.

It was a good lesson for the kids to understand why

Grandpa doesn't let them ride in the bucket of the 

tractor as they were asking to do so.

 After we were done,

It was time for 

Spooky Cafe.

My mom has created this for the past 5 years or so.

The kids all love it.

and adults too.

This year, she wasn't up to doing it at all.

So Erin, Elli and Kim 

took directions from my mom.

They did a great job.

Pictures speak for themselves.

 

My mom's favorite soup

 My dad's soup, a favorite for a lot of us.

 The wood we stacked

 Monika and Darla.

I was told when we left Darla back at my parents when I was working

outside or ran to town, 

she cried for me.

 Tirsha driving the go cart for the first time.

Jacob was happy that he was old enough

and my dad trusted him to drive the go cart from the house

to the woods.  He got to do a lot of driving.

 Carving pumpkins.

 First time for Elli to carve a pumpkin

It was a great 3 1/2 days at my parents place.  The kids all enjoyed themselves and my parents enjoy having them up there.