Also: we made cookies.

I know, the holiday has long passed. But we did these things, and I’m slow. The rest of the gingerbread houses are here.

Our newest nephew, Zain. The rest of the set is here.

While I was out getting pictures of the kids, figured I’d better actually USE the camera for FUN RANDOM things. So I did.

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We got our first dusting of snow last week. The kids, of course, loved it. Mostly.

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I’m essentially caught up.

This is what Kerrie’s been doing so far this autumn: baking and making me fat.

Three weeks later, and here’s Halloween!

We dressed up. We tricked. We treated. We had intense sugar highs and even more intense sugar comedowns. The rest of the set is here.

Pictured: Sierra as Cinderella; Isaac as Dragon; Veronica as Cowgirl; Harper as Watermelon; Cadence as Amelia Earhart; Scarlett as Rock Star; All of the Kids as Lots Of Different Things.

Hey, y’all. Remember me? I used to take pictures.

Well, I still do. It just takes forever to get them up.

So enjoy: pretend we’re getting closer to Halloween. The rest of the set is here.

Another year of raking leaves. Except this year, we decided to pretend to be leaf bags, too. The rest of the set is here.

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Another year, another Autumn Brew Review. The entire set is here.

We toured Surly Brewing a few weeks ago. It was very tasty. See the rest of the pictures here.

Sierra got her first fishing pole for her birthday last month, from Grandpa Dennis. Isaac got one too, this time just last weekend, so he wouldn’t be jealous. All in all, the kids did okay – as okay as you can be when patience is involved. The rest of the set is here.

We lucked out again: we got to head to the lake with our friends Sara and Ryan to float boats, drink beer and live the lake life over Labor Day weekend. The rest of the set is here.

Kid’s kind of a weirdo sometimes.

We took Sierra and Isaac to their first fair. Not wanting to brave the wandering crowds of peach-fuzzed teenagers at the fair in Sioux Falls, we instead drove out to Parker, SD, and took part in the Turner County Fair. The rest of the set is here.

Sierra turned four. The rest of this set is here.

Despite the fact that Kerrie and I were avid campers before having kids, we had yet to brave the elements and take the kids out on a camping trip. This year – thanks to a trip with our friends Steph and Russell and their daughter Addy, that changed. The rest of the set is here.