Tree Decorating 2017

Our tree set unadorned for 3 days before I felt like decorating. Having some trouble with my Christmas spirit this year. Anywho, here are some pictures from our decorating last night. Near the end are some from when the boys got a hold of the camera.

Doesn't everyone decorate for Christmas while shirtless?

This was Eli's first year helping decorate the tree

Thundercats hoooooo!!!

Elp? (help)

Very unevenly decorated, but that's all right. 

This beings the series of pictures taken by various boys who took off with the camera.

We'll see how long this display lasts with Mr. Eli 

Please enjoy this series of Jack dancing

Night-night

Leafy Fun

Just a few pictures of the boys enjoying the leaf pile that results each year from our neighbors many trees. 

Eli checking with his brothers to see what he should do 

Like this? 

If either of his brothers does something, Eli wants to help

Blue Ridge Parkway Fall 2017

A few pictures from our day of adventuring on the Blue Ridge Parkway back in October. We made it just in time to see the beautiful colors before they were gone.

 

That looks...safe...

Wait for me brothers!

I can't imagine tilling the hard rocky soil of these mountains with this.

Spring house

This is where all the ashes were dumped to be made into lye for soaps

A bear proof pig pen

Dance party!

Any idea what this is?

Side view

We thought this looked like a fairy house

I like the zoom on my camera

Rock star pose

A row of houses

Not sure where/what these are