Our Trip to Missouri

We were very excited to get to take a family vacation and see Aunt Jessica. 

OFF WE GO!

 Our first stop was St. Louis, MO...The Arch

 Crossing the Mississippi River....

 Our walk to the Arch....gorgeous view!

 Welcome to big city...

 The view from the top of the arch.....

We are way up there....

bye-bye arch....

 again gorgeous....

Once we arrived to see Aunt Jess took us hiking and to see the springs.

 The gorgeous springs...

Caleb  checking out the super clear water.....

 Aunt Jess & Julia......

Such cute guys!

Our favorite part of vacation is always taking off on the back roads and checking out the countryside.

 We saw lots of grazing cattle...

 While out sightseeing on the Army Base we found this fun Arcade Game...

 Fun was had by all......

 While Aunt Jess and Justin took off to a bluegrass jam, the kids and I went to watch a FREE movie on the base.

Justin got to try on some Army gear....

We had such a great time!

Barn Project

In October we marked another barn project of our list. We have been in the process of replacing rotten posts with new pressure treated cemented posts. The project has come along nicely thanks to all my hubby's hard work. The other project we wanted to get done before the snow started flying was cement another one of the stalls. Here are some pictures of our progress.

 Grandpa Gaerte is always such a helper

Here we go.....

 Justin smoothly it all out

The boys are making sure this spot is already ready to make a concrete pad.

Our Thankful Jar

The couple of year for the month of November we have done a couple of fun activities to help our family focus on being thankful. This is a character trait we always strive to focus on in our home. This year I decided we would do a "Thankful Jar".

 A simple jar with pieces of paper to write on.

The top of our jar reminds us who we give our thanks to!