September is a super busy and fun month for our family!

We love the Fall, and the wonder and excitement that the changing season brings! It's our first day of homeschooling--22nd anniversary, birthdays, and Deerfield fair extravaganza month! Here are some photos of our fun filled month of September!

And they're all in their places with bright shining faces! This is the first day of the Winslow homeschool 2010! This is our 11th year of homeschooling! Wow! Where does the time go? Right now we have a: 1st grader, 2--6th graders, a 7th grader and a 10th grader! Wow!

We enjoyed a wonderful birthday celebration by spending the day at the Montshire Children's museum in Norwich, VT. This is a wonderful hands on museum!  From there we went to the King Arthur Factory and baking school! It was a wonderful day and even better because we spent it with our dear friends the Lowman's!

We had a lovely anniversary dinner at T-Bones Steak House in Lakeport! Yum!

22 years together and still going strong! Praise the Lord! Thank you Lord for my wonderful husband!

We just LOVE the Deerfield Fair! We entered a lot of things this year, and really enjoyed our day there!

Maddie, Aria, Grace and Elisha--Fair time friends!

This is Grace's blue ribbon pizza cake! The judge's loved it!

Maddie made this beautiful teapot cake! She did a great job!

Elisha had so much fun making this cow cake!

Chef Junior won a blue ribbon with this hotdog and fries cake!

More fair fun with friends!

The fair wouldn't be complete without the beloved pig scramble. Junior and Elisha were too old for the day we went, and Jon isn't quite old enough! Next year Jonnie Boy! Next year! 2 of our friends caught piglets, though. Joshua Platte, and Jonathan Thorn! Great job boys!

Must do a photo shoot next to the prize winning largest pumpkin! This years' weighed in at 1322 pounds! Wow!

This lovely couple are the newlywed Matras's. Jessie and Jessica! Married in June of this year, they entered in the home garden display and won first place as well as the coveted Howard King award! Their display contained all of their produce from their first garden together as a married couple!

We tried our hand at a family display this year. We entered the educational display in the fruits and vegetables building. We educated folks on all the different types of squash. We won 2nd prize, which is 125.00! Yeah! We all helped out with the display. It was a wonderful family effort. Glenn made the farm stand, and the kids made the posters. We learned a lot about squash, too!

 

Our Labor Day Weekend Annual Camping Trip----Destination for 2010??--Nice and close by at: Ellacoya State Park!

We all enjoyed a lovely spaghetti dinner! Nothing like cookin' in the "great out doors"!

We love to take an annual camping trip over Labor Day weekend. We were slated to head to Salisbury Beach State Park in Massachusetts, however, hurricane Earl gave us other ideas! So....we stayed local and truly enjoyed our time right on Lake Winnipesaukee!! Thank you Glenn for taking us camping! 


You know something...just a quick note....there have been surveys done of kids about what their favorite memories are as kids...and FAR above even Disney World the number one memory kids have is of camping! Thanks for letting us make memories Glenn!

Below are scenes from the "community campfire"...that was fun, and a VERY interesting time of observing others.

Junior takes a turn at doing the dishes! Doesn't he looked just "thrilled"??

We always enjoy our tradition of hot chocolate in the mornings!

This is the view from our campsite! We truly were very close to the water! The bath house is in the background of this photo.

Our humble campsite!

To say that the hurricane made the waters a bit rough is a total understatement! Let's just say....we found ourselves humming the "Gilligan's Island" theme song throughout the day Saturday!

"Well....sit right back and you'll hear a tale....a tale of a fateful trip..."

They may be smiling now....but when they got on the other side of the island...the "waters started getting rough...the tiny ship was tossed....if not for the courage of the fearless crew...the "Glenno" would be lost!"....seriously....the boat started taking on water, the gas tank was floating...and the boat was going down! The only thing they had to bail with was Glenn's trustee hat! Oh...they came back with plenty of stories....ask them about it sometime! Glenn had taken the boys out earlier in the day...and well...let's just say....there was much crying and screaming! Even though the waters were rougher, the girls remained somewhat calm! Go girlies! We learned the next day that a bulletin had gone out to have all small boats vacate the lake Saturday afternoon! Yikes....who knew?? Not us!

My boys!

A lively game of aggravation...which was VERY aggravating...it seems!

Fabulous Fall!

We love the Fall! We love to go apple picking at Butternut farm in Farmington. It's very close by to our house. We met our friends the Lowman's and headed there last week. We also met our dear friends the Rainey's there, too!  We were blessed to be able to also pick some of the last of their peaches, too! We packed a picnic lunch and headed there for the morning and had a wonderful time!

Grace is the spitting image of her Haitian Mama in this photo! She said..."Mom...let me carry the peaches on my head! It's way easier!"

Here's my  whole gang!

This photo isn't part of our Butternut trip, but I had to include it in our Fall photos. So...my awesome "McGyver" hubby took an axle from an old garden tractor and built himself a great new wagon for his garden tractor. He's lovingly named it "the Heavy Hauler"...and it is just that! The kiddos get the first ride on it! He has since added sides to it, too!

Which way to our picnic lunch??