We went to Grandma and Grandpa's to pick pumpkins! How awesome is that? Grandpa grew a bunch of pumpkins and while the goats got some of them, there were still so many. Each of the kiddos picked at least one pumpkin to bring home and now our porch is looking very festive.

We're leaning into the baby Thor look for Ira (half pony tail) and everyone is really enjoying seeing more of his face. I know one day I'm gonna have to cut his hair, but not today!

Holly is playing softball this fall and it's so fun to see how much the team has improved! I've enjoyed going to Holly's games to watch her play. Plus her softball attire is so cute! Holly's #38.

And the second set of photos - with my little man running around, happy as can be! This visit to the beach was honestly the perfect way to end our trip to the coast. We lucked out on weather - the morning we left was drizzling rain. And we really enjoyed spending time as a family and with our friends. I was totally apprehensive about a trip so soon after school started. Summer wiped me out, but I'm super glad we went! And now I'm leaning into the schedule and rhythm the school year brings.

Look, the smoke cleared up for the most beautiful beach visit! The lighting was amazing and the surroundings were gorgeous. It was all kind of surreal. I took a bunch of photos so I'm splitting them up into before Enoch took his clothes off and after. There's just something about being water that makes my boy want to run around in the nude. Haha! We took our time exploring the beach and we found so many starfish. Magic.

There is not a sepia filter on all these photos - this is just how smokey this day was! We mostly acclimatized to the color of everything when we were outside, but then looking at these photos - we all look like maybe we got a bad spray tan? I think it appears more smokey than it was because I don't feel great when it's really smokey, but this was fine. Anyways, clearly it didn't stop us! Nothin quite like playing on this beach! When Simon and Maeve showed up with a fistful of feathers each, I tried hard to let them be kids and reassure myself that all the gross bugs and germs were surely still not alive. They wanted to bring all the feathers home with them (yuck!).