Autumn with the Rahns!

We're still here and we're still having adventures, but it's been a busy month and no time to sit down and share with the world what we have been up to.

So....for those of you that are interested in what crazy things the Rahn family has been up to for the past 3 weeks, let's go.....

1.  Fall Farm Tour
   Every year Western Loudoun County does a Fall Farm Tour where the locals open up their homesteads to the public and share the Wester Loudoun Way of Life.  For us suburban folk, it's a fun way to see what is actually happening right in our back yards.  The four of us spent about 3 hours, two weeks ago, traveling around our part of the county and visiting.  It was hard to believe that the 3 places that we visited were all within about 15 minutes of our house!
   First up: Alpacas.....yes, an alpaca farm a few miles from our house!

    Second: Apple picking at Crooked Run Orchard...
      We had done this before and the girls love it!

    Third, the girls were excited to see Donkeys.  We traveled about a few miles from our house to Donkey Meadows, where they raise Donkeys.  The girls got a chance to visit and ride them.

    The farm tour was a lot of fun!  We could have spent all day, but just picked the top 3 that we were interested in.  A day like this helps us to remember how lucky we are to live here.  It was a beautiful Autumn day!

2. Nerf Gun Fights
    So what do we do when it's raining outside and we are bored?  Nerf Gun fights....but not at each other...but at predetermined targets.....

Notice how the girls are all dressed in their Halloween costumes!  They had no idea what was coming.....:)


3. We Love Our Characters!!
   We were at Target the other night, and you would have thought it was Disney World!  Out of the blue appeared Bullseye, the Target dog and my girls RAN to him.  Yes, my 10 year old 5th grader was just as excited as my 8 year old.  So, of course we had to get the obligatory character pic. (No autographs though)

4. Don's Autumn Nature Walk
   Don has a favorite place that he likes to go and commune with nature.  He made his annual trek and his pictures did not disappoint!

5. Leaf Day!
   Another annual tradition in our house is "the raking of the leaves, and then taking pictures with them."  Yep, we don't just rake the leaves and bag them.  That would be boring.....we have to document the event with photos. (because that is what we do)  So here is the Annual Leaf Day photo shoot:

Up next.....Halloween!
   That will have to be an entry by itself.  Will Don become a Gorilla again?  Will his two sisters attempt to join in our crazy fun?  Will Carleigh really be a Home Depot Yard Bag?  What will Jack dress up as this year? 

Stay tuned.....