Serving the Lord Together: Julia Ruth

Aaron Joseph, Anna, and Esther eating grilled cheese and tomato dip at the kitchen table - Aaron Joseph decided he was tired of the high chair and wanted to eat at the table with the big girls :)

Esther asked me to take a picture of them with their dolls - Aaron Joseph just jumped in.

Corn maze pictures! This is Esther and Anna on top of the bale mountain with Abby.

Aaron Joseph was fascinated by the duck races - He also loved the animals and the tractor.

Esther and Anna and JoAnna in the tower -

A. Joseph and Anna on the bale mountain - We tried to hang out at the maze at least a little bit every weekend :)

We put straw on our garden this year and it really helped keep the weeds down. In the trailer is a new kind of squash we planted (or at least, new to us) called Carnival squash. It had a good taste and kept really well - we're still eating it in February!

The children absolutely loved helping Aaron dig potatoes! They made a regular treasure hunt out of it :)

We're were pretty excited about how well the potatoes did.

I loved the fall colors on this tree -

We were able to make it to Isaac and Aimee's wedding -

I took a few pictures before because I knew I'd be too busy afterwards - her sister-in-law made the cake and it was really yummy!

The girls waiting with their aunties and Grandma -

Isaac and Aimee -

Esther wanted to give them a hug good-bye before they left.

Esther turned 5! We had given her all but one little gift early, but she wanted us to put them all in a bag anyway so she could open them :)

I just brought a cake over to the farm Sunday night and she blew out her candles there.

We have a few nice oak trees in our yard which make great leaf piles to play in. Esther is in there somewhere too :)

Aaron's mom gave Esther these decals a while back and we finally had a place and time to put them up - with Miriam's help!

The first snow - it was kind of a new experience for Aaron Joseph and he wasn't too excited...

Julia Ruth meeting her big sister Anna! I had been preparing for an all-day delivery, like A. Joseph, but was only in labor with her for 5 or 6 hours - the time change was that night, so I can never remember - but everything went well and we're very grateful to the Lord for her!