Fall in NJ

This is a video of Drew trying to help dad clean leaves!

So fall has arrived. We have cleaned all the leaves and we hung Christmas lights outside. Drew made Indian Headbands for us to wear and "pow-wow" around the house.

He also got two great packages last week...a Turkey card and puzzle from Grandma and Grandpa Kraft...and a Pooh backpack and books from Grandma and Grandpa Kahler. THANK YOU!!!!We started Christmas shopping also. We are so excited for the holidays. We plan to celebrate Thanksgiving with our friends from NYC (Rob and Missy). They will be our first overnight guests! We will miss everyone back home though!

Finally, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA JIM!!!!! The big 56!!!

Great Falls-Paterson, NJ

Today it was beautiful in NJ! Probably mid-60's most of the day...so we decided to take a little field trip. I had heard about the 2nd largest waterfall on the East Coast (Niagara being the largest) that was only 30 minutes away. So we packed up and headed out not knowing really what to expect. What we found...a dirty, run down town of Paterson, NJ with a beautiful waterfall along the Passaic River that nobody in the town respects. Tim and I both agreed that if we were mayor, we would devote the majority of our time to keeping the "state park" clean around the falls. It was covered in graffiti and trash!! We were disgusted by the lack of respect for such a beautiful landmark that has been around for over 200 years. But we still had a nice time viewing the falls and Drew liked to "run around a little bit". This just gave us more incentive to go check out Niagara sometime while we are living here.

Hope you enjoy the falls!

Fort Kraft

So the building of forts has begun in our house. Dad and Drew built their first fort last Friday night. Drew loved crawling through the fort. Even though he "bonked" his head numerous times, he laughed and laughed!

Then mommy had to show-off her fort building skills and teach them how to incorporate the couch to make their fort even bigger!!