Our Apple Trees

A few weeks after we moved into our new home, our neighbors around the corner gifted us with two little apple trees.  Kimberley and Kayla were actually yard sitting for them, and watering their vegetable garden and trees while they were on vacation.  This is how our two girls walked home:

We planted these little trees in the back yard. It really helped to make our new house a home.  The trees have been carefully watered, and taken care of by all of us.  So when, after a few months, this appeared, we were really excited:

Then it snowed and we were a little worried about our two little trees surviving.

 We shouldn't have worried too much as this is what we found when we got back from our Thanksgiving trip in November:

What amazing little apple trees. Okay, maybe you are wondering how this happened in November.  Maybe you need a close up. 

We are still wondering who gifted us with these shiny red apples, but we had a good chuckle.

Fall Fun, Flowers, Leaves, and Swimming

Fall has arrived and here are some pictures of our beautiful roses in the back yard.

Raking is a new experience, one that the kids took in stride.

Traveled to Durango for a swim meet. 

Here are the girls getting ready to start their heats. They swam five each.  

When there was a break between heats, this is what the siblings were doing outside...

And then back to the swim meet.

One last hurrah before we left for some A&W dinner to celebrate. A nice family day.