Family in the fall

It is fall here in the mitten and right now we are just starting to get some color. We have had a dank, wet fall so far this year. A lot of the trees are losing the leaves before they are turning colors. I thought this one was cool because it is half and half.

So on Sunday we all met in Cali for a cyclocross race. Both Jesse and our friend Tom were there to participate. The day started out at 29 degrees and sunny. The temps warmed up but we lost the sun as the day went on. As you can see Lukas was dressed for the occasion. Love the hat and great aunt Janet found a great buy on a winter coat last spring that kept him warm and cute.

We have been going to bike races for quite a few years but I have to say this was a first for me!!! This guy played those drums for the entire 3 hours we were there.

Lukas was mesmerized by the drums.......that is until he saw the trail markers to play with, or the bikers riding by. So many things to distract!!

This is a shot of Tom as he participated in the race. There are barriers that they have to go over. This forces them to have to run with the bikes and then get back on and ride. Makes for a really tough go!!!

The guy in the red is Jesse. He had a cold all week and had never done one of these before,but went ahead and started with the A group. At one point he came around and said "this may not have been the smartest thing to do!!" But he had a great time and even Dave wants to try one next time!!!

While we had the family together and the weather was not too bad we wanted to get some family photos. Before we headed outside Aunt Sarah practiced keeping Lukas happy. He LOVED it when she had this hat on. He was not interested when she took it off, he preferred it on her head!!


We tried for the money shot, and we were able to get this. I think Dave was worried that everyone was getting cold because he only took 3......yep 3 pictures!!!

We also got a nice picture of great grandma and grandpa with Lukas. They will be heading back home in a week so it was nice we could take time together. We will miss them till they are back next spring.

We wanted to get a picture of the Elliotts together. Not only is this a 4 generation picture,but every one's middle names are Elliott. What a handsome group of guys!!

While we were out with all the camera's we were able to get this.............

But we also got a LOT of this........

And although we just couldn't get aunt Sarah to cooperate we still were able to get this!!!!

And while we weren't watching we got this one.....LOVE IT!!!!

We were very diligent and we were able to coax this one out of Lukas.....

But we have many more of these!!!!!!!


So we settled for one of these!!! And we loved that too.

And if trying to get Lukas to hold still, not eat the leaves, try to grab the pumpkin, crawl in the woods, or eat sassafras leaves wasn't hard enough, I had to deal with these two!!!

Since it is close to Halloween I had to buy a treat for the big kids in the family!!!!


How quickly you can loose control of the situation!!!

I know I have said this many times before but, I LOVE ALL THESE PEOPLE!!!!

We have so much fun when we are together and I feel very blessed that we all still enjoy each others company. Mom and dad are going to be missed and it never seems like we have enough time. At least we can look back at all the great pictures and remember........