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We are here at the camp and just set up our beds.  We stayed last night at a hotel in Coban and had hot showers this morning.  The drive here was so bumpy.  I mean bumpy.  For hours.  We laughed and laughed.  We worked a little this morning.  And after lunch we hiked up the mountain behind the bodega.  There were some banana trees at the top and we wanted to see the view.  The clouds moved in at the time so we couldn’t see the valley below, but it was nice. It started raining after that and has been cold since.  We’re doing well.  It’s nice.

Janie’s flight to Guatemala City landed around 2PM central.  I got a message from her a few minutes ago:

This is Janie using Kris’s phone.  We have arrived safely and are making our way out of the city.  It’s a bumpy ride.

Janie

Naturally, we headed down to the Grand Ole Pumpkin Patch this year for some pumpkin patch fun. It took longer to get down there than expected, so our actual time at the patch was a little short. But, we still had a great time scouting out our pumpkins. Samantha and I walked the whole place looking for the perfect pumpkin, while Ellie was content with a graham cracker in her hand.

Hm. Which one?

(This was originally posted a while ago, but got partially lost in the hard drive crash.  I’m just getting around to fixing and reposting.)

My granddad’s 80th birthday party was at the Lake this year.  It was lots of food, family, and great weather.  Even though the day started out with a major mishap involving a blueberry pie, I think all the evidence has been cleaned up by now.

And check out this great picture from Lizzie’s blog.  Boy, Sam sure does love pumpkins.  I guess it’s good that she’s an October baby.

We tried to get a family picture today.  This about sums up the morning.  (This picture has not been cropped.) I think we have entered the phase when it’s easier to hire a photographer.