A wonderful family morning at Taylor's Falls

We enjoyed a surprise "staycation" this weekend - we were supposed to go to that wedding in Iowa that was cancelled, then were planning on going to Omaha, but one of Greg's friends had a death of a grandfather, SO...we were home on a weekend we hadn't planned. When you are planning on being gone, a weekend at home is a nice surprise, especially with our nice fall Minnesota weather.
Below are some pics of our morning (yes, morning, we were home by 1:30...the life with 2 little kids) at Taylor's Falls.






You may notice that Elise is barely wearing clothes for fall (ie summer shirt, capris and no socks). Well, she has started HOPEFULLY A PHASE of "my clothes are itchy".

Meanwhile, Patrick thinks it's fun to carry around footballs and grunt like a boy. He is also starting to repeat words we say - at least the sounds are similar. He's ALL BOY and so damn cute.

We are definitely grateful for each other during this difficult child rearing time! :)