the last little bit of the summer sun

just trying to soak up the last little bit of the summer sun at olbrich gardens. we love cruising through this botanical paradise and discovering all the wonderful colors nature has created for us:) and it's super awesome when we discover a ramp on the walkway......1 2 3, JUMP;) 

ps. this may be the first time some of you have ever seen ryder's neck (due to his gorgeous mane hiding it before!). he decided to chop it off this year, and he hasn't been disappointed by his decision at all, when he's ready for a change....he's ready!

pope farm

 
some of our friends told us about this gorgeous sunflower farm, just a few miles from our house, so it didn't take long before we packed up and went to check it out. well, i guess it took us a little too long, because when we got there all the sunflowers had went to seed already. so, these tall giants were not very perky, they were on the droopy side....but, the farm was still absolutely gorgeous, and the kids had so much fun collecting the seeds, so we found beauty in these flowers after all.

farmers market

oh, how i love our farmers market, especially in late august-october, there is just so much beautiful produce! the kids come with me, ryder handles the money transactions, and quinn gets to pick the produce....both very important lessons when purchasing food! my absolute favorite thing to see at a booth, is an entire family (kids and all), proudly selling their goods, it's just so wonderful!

cooling off at the lake

lets go fly a kite

we took a trip to devils lake for, a day at the beach. it was a bit chilly for swimming that day, so we did a hike, had a picnic, and flew our kites! it was a perfect day to fly kites!