Beautiful outing at Prince William Forest and Jen remembered her camera!

This series explain it all. Peighton and Boyd "This is second grade." Boyd is ...well Boyd,  and Peighton is sweet as can be, always happy, kind and full of great one liners, oh and somehow has the patience and tolerance for Boyd even though he often doesn't deserve it from her. We are so lucky to have Peighton and her amazing mom, Jen, in our lives and as backdoor friends and neighbors.

She is a beauty inside and out.

Looking big on the swing.

I love this picture for some reason, fall, trails, fitness and two great kids.

We teased Boyd about this one but he said AB was dad Adam.

You can take the boy out of Colorado but you can't take the Colorado out of the boy. This water was cold.

Risk taking

That look after his feat..haha

End of October beginning of November

Trick or treating (Pokemon Trainer) Gotta Catch 'em all!

Getting the haul with the Cheshire Cat.

Picture Day preview

The final haul.

He switched costumes to go to the store.

Prepping for book character day at school. Boyd really wanted to dye his hair to be Dan TDM who is a famous Youtube star but also in his Minecraft book.

I spy Boyd in the Stafford Parks and Rec magazine. (Far right navy blue top)

Jam session with dad.

While looking for something else we stumbled upon some old favorite costumes and pretend play items.

Warming up for the Leaping Leaves trail run.

He won and also watched too much of the Olympics this summer. I still don't understand why they put their medals in their mouth.

Soaking up some beautiful fall weather by exploring Alum Springs Park with our good pal Peighton.

This rock formation section was pretty cool.

Boyd jumped on the opportunity to climb.

Captain America to save the day.

Crazy steep slope we could slide down.

Boyd quotables. I used to be so much better at keeping up with notable quotable Boyd said but I've slipped. I will make a new charge while there is still kid time.

-Two weeks ago Boyd said, Instead of Reptiles Alive or something, let's just have Justin Timberlake come to my Birthday party. Boyd loves to FaceTime jam with his cousins Luci and Miles to Can't Stop the Feeling.

-The other night Boyd and I were having a deep discussion on time and earth, dinosaurs, peoples existence, etc. somehow we got on the topic of Adam and Eve disobeying God and eating the forbidden fruit; therefore, introducing sin into the world. Our conversation continued and Boyd a short while later says, "I know this might be wrong to say, but I'm kind of glad they ate the fruit, because otherwise there wouldn't be Nerf guns." Interesting train of thought Boyd and the 2016 evolution of sins effect on the world.

Cox Farm 2016

The trust fall position going down the slide.

Buddies.

The crazy bus. We didn't loose them this year!

Mining.

All the hard work is aging him.

Boys catching corn.

Finished painted pumpkin from last week. Pikachu and Dan TDM in one.

An interesting twist on basketball with a trash can and fancy football.

This was added out of order but he had to decorate a pumpkin as a book character with a book report. He chose Dr. Pickell from Wayside School gets a little Stranger. 

Same face he made a few years ago.

On the train.

Tricks on the new ship structure. 

I can still pretend he is little if I climb 9 feet in the air and look down.

At the mast.

Long lines today were worth it.

Alien high fives.

Boyd saif he thinks Noah will be his longest life friend.

Almost as big as me. 

We needed a Marino visit

This past weekend we were incredibly lucky to have Amanda and Matt Marino come visit. Amanda lived with us for a while in Falls Church and is one of our favorite people on earth. It has been far too long since we had seen her. We were lucky her brother Matt could come too. We felt like we knew each other thanks to FaceTime. We all soaked up their conversation, laughter and love. Complete with a soul searching hike (Matt actually feel asleep on the Summit), delicious dinner, fire, and brunch. We can't wait until they get to visit again.

Waiting forAmanda to come and enjoying a beautiful afternoon at Government Island and then the High school football game where Boyd just played football with his friends (sadly, no pictures)

View from a lookout point.

I made up a story about this one. I told Boyd a person had to hold the rock up until another person came along  and took the burden. He totally believed me and asked, "Was it heavy? What if you were the last person?"

Boyd sandwich with two Marino's. 

He was stuck to Amanda like glue for all kinds of snuggles.

Chilling by the fire.

Before they left we had to play a few rounds of Pie in the Face.

Sunday afternoon we went to Braehead Farm. The farm shows how much Boyd has grown. Not quite as much fun for an almost 8 verses newly 5 year old, but the pumpkin painting was a hit and he did a great job, He has been loving art this year and said maybe he'll be an artist.

At the Summit. We made it! Post lunch at the top, even though it was 10 in the morning.

Overlook.

Halloween costume preview.