An event "fall" weekend

This weekend our family - including the dogs - traveled back home for some quality time with the grandparents. Our first adventure was taking Kellen to ride in the combine with Pa and see all the tractors, wagons, and trucks. He had been asking for about a month to see the combines and spend some time with Pa in them.

These are my favorite two pictures. It's sad because next year Kellen will probably be too tall to stand inside the tractor wheel.

Kellen got tested for allergies - i.e. the bean dust whipping around us in the 2nd picture. So far so good.

The next day we all decided that we should have a weiner roast. There's nothing like a cool fall evening, hot chocolate, apple cider and some s'mores. Morgan and Luke made the trip from Nashville to join in the festivities. We all had a great time. In case you didn't know, Mom and Dad have a wonderful place in their back yard called the secret garden. It's secluded and just the perfect place for a cookout.

Nana and Pa spending time with Kellen during the cookout.

Kellen and Aunt Morgan in the secret garden - and Kellen trying to blow out the tiki torches.

Yes, I know I look bad - give me a break. I don't have any make up on.

Great Grandad and Grandma Dudley stopped for a visit.

So here is the story on this one. Morgan's large rear broke the bench. Okay, that's not very nice. Actually, it was a homeade bench out of tree stumps and the stumps were rotten and when she sat down - well you can figure out the rest. It could have happened to any one. But the funny thing was Grandma Dudley yelled out "my how much weight have you gained!?!!!" It was so funny!!