Rest of September 2nd Half

September has come and gone.  Here are the last few highlights from the month.

Cute Carter w/ Steve after waking up from his nap.  I took a day off work so Steve could study for his test.  We walked Nyles to school in the morning.  This is where Carter learned to stick his tongue out.

Carter had to play on the playground before finishing our walk home. 
He also likes to point out all the fire hydrants on our walk home.  So cute!

Carter also likes to be my big helper in the kitchen as well.  Helping stir the potatoes.

I also took him over to the aquarium while Nyles was at school.

He's a champ at the slide now.

Since there weren't many kids in the playground area, and especially not bigger kids, Carter ventured out a little more.  It was cute to see him play.

After picking up Nyles from school we went over to the library.  They had a little craft out on a table so Nyles just had to try it.  He made 2 apples, a red one and a green one.  He did a great job following the instructions on how to make them.  We then went over to the park to play on the playground.  It was a fun afternoon!

Nyles figured out how to swing all by himself!  And Carter figured out how to climb up the ladder and go down the slides all by himself!  They're growing up too fast!

Later that week we got out Nyles' old bike and put the training wheels back on so Carter could try it.  He thinks it's pretty fun going down hill.  And more sticking out the tongue from Carter.  Silly boy!

Nyles driving the jeep w/ the neighbor boy Clay Evans next to him, and pulling Carter in the wagon.  They thought it was a riot!

Nyles made a farm w/ chalk.  He said he was just like Grandpa on the farm. 
Here is his peach tree, carrots, and corn.  Pretty creative little boy.

Steve made another add on to the trailer to hold their gas motors.

Steve is a little excited about duck season.

Nyles and Carter drawing chalk farms w/ the neighbor girls.

Nyles riding his bike to school.  A watermelon from our garden!

 

I took the boys to see if the splash pad was still open, but it wasn't, so we went to the park instead.

Carter going down the slide and he wanted to sit on the sheep :)

Cute boy.

Nyles driving the tractor.

Going around on the swing then down the slide.

 

We like to feed Ron and Becky's ducks some of our tomatoes we're growing in our garden.

The boys sit on the wall between our place, throw the tomatoes, and then watch them eat it.

Nyles and Carter drawing w/ chalk.

Watermelon, tomatoes and a bell pepper all from our own garden!

Nyles found his Halloween costume, a ninja!  

And Carter's attempt at getting toilet paper to blow his nose.

 

Steve's boat at Strawberry while scouting for ducks.

Nyles and Carter enjoying fresh raspberries from Grandma McGrath's house.

"I love to see the Holy Temple."

Nyles has been so excited to paint and carve pumpkins, he couldn't wait until October.

Cute Nyles and Carter painting pumpkins.

Steve has been working hard catching up in his program.  He's doing a great job and seems to be a natural at using the ultrasound machine.  We've got a long way to go, but we feel really fortunate he is in the program.  Another tender mercy is that we had been saving up for Steve's school for a while, even though we weren't sure he'd get into the program.  Ironically we saved enough to pay for his whole 2 years of school!  That's definitely a relief knowing we at least have his school costs covered.  The Lord has a plan for each of us, we need only have faith.