It's fishing time!

Look at that smile!!

She was soooo excited!

About two seconds after this pic was taken she yelled and the poor perch fell to the ground.

Doesn't she looked enthused with her bait, Nightcrawlers!

Daddy Bob enjoying some fishing.

Abby enjoying the scenery.

Another fish!

She was scared of this one too...she screamed shortly after this pic was taken.

Abby and mommy

Some of my scenery shots...notice the kayaker and a paddle boarder.

Beautiful fall colors!

Over our long weekend in Springfield we managed to squeeze in some fun fishing time one afternoon. The weather was so nice so how could we resist a day out enjoying some family time! Abby caught 3 fish and seemed to be having a fun time. But all of a sudden she seemed scared of holding her fish! What??? That's never happened before but she didn't even want to touch it. Silly girl! I did manage to get some good shots of her before she would yell and drop the poor perch.

This was our second visit to Lake Springfield and I must say, all the fall colors on the surrounding trees/shrubs was beautiful. I took some great "nature" photos as well. Don't worry, they won't be calling me for a job working for National Geographic but it was fun shooting the beautiful scenery.

Pumpkin Patch in Missouri

Our family...soon we will add one more!

Running through the mums...they were gorgeous!

Great photo ops!

Ha, look at that pose!! Sassy girl!

having fun...:)

Even Daddy got in on the fun...:)

Measuring nearly 3 1/2 feet tall!!

Going home with our treasures....all of this, along with 3 more big pumpkins, only set us back $24! What a bargain!

This past weekend we made a trip up to Missouri to visit the inlaws one last time before the baby arrives. We spent one morning at the pumpkin patch in Republic, Missouri (a short drive from Springfield). What fun we had! They had soooo many pumpkins (very reasonable priced I must say) and lots of photo ops! We managed to get a great family fall picture and brought some pumpkins home with us. I just love FALL and all the fun activities that go with it!