Courtland Heritage Fall Festival Days

He had more fun sitting in it and being pulled than the other way around. He's such a great helper.

He was a little afraid of all the little donkeys, sheep, and goats...he wouldn't even sit on a Shetland Pony just his size. O'well.
This lady (you can only see half of her) sat for 40 miutes cranking that old metal thing atop the glass container (behind Lena's hands) until she had homemade butter. Lena loved trying and seeing all these new things. Cai and Lena were both fascinated with the corn husker tool--it even spit out the empty cob at the end.




Trying his first "Dum,Dum" lollipop--paper stick and all (we got it away from him before he finished that off too)! Back at home where the weather is beautiful and the leaves are starting to change to my favorite time of year around here.

Taxpayers March on DC 912

What a nice day it turned out to be for a march on Capitol Hill. Overcast skies that never let out any rain and temperatures in the low 70's made the freedom march very enjoyable (along with the company of hundreds of thousands of fellow patriots).

Here's a few pics from the day:

I really liked this - as we passed down Pennsylvania Avenue with our signs and sounds we took notice of our right to do so emboldened on this building wall >

"CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR OF THE PRESS OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE ADN TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES"

I liked that sign that reminds me why our Nation became great.

Introduction to America

After we picked up Lena we wanted to show her a little bit of what America is like before school started. So we had a backyard barbeque.

And a fun day at the beach!

Cai loves his truck and at the beach he learned a little about four wheeling his truck in the sand and water. It was so much fun.

This is the best time of year to go to the beach since the sun isn't so hot and the water is warm.

This is Lena, our exchange daughter from Mongolia. It was her first time to ever see an ocean or beach. She'll be a part of our family until the school year is over in June.