Winter Play

Benson loves playing in the snow! After several hours of sledding behind a 4-wheeler, he convinced Daddy to help him build a snowman! TADAAA!

Packer certainly didn't want to be left out, so periodically we would take him out to enjoy the cold snow! He liked it until he felt cold. Then it was time to go back in and get warm!

What's better than playing in the snow? TASTING IT!

Christmas Cookies

Benson & Packer are wonderful helpers. For example: Here they are helping me lick the spoons and beaters clean. Good work, boys!

Tree Decorating

It is time to decorate for the Christmas Season. Benson helped to decorate this year instead of undecorate like he has in the past. So many of our ornaments started off at the bottom of the tree.


However, Packer loves to undecorate. So, by mid-December (maybe earlier) the bottom half of the tree was undecorated.

Christmas Tree Hunting

A tradition for the Atkin family: Christmas Tree Hunting.

And if it's good weather, then the boys will pull out their guns and do some target practice, while the girls go 4-wheeling.

This year it was fairly good weather... so here is Ben & Clint practicing their aim.

And here is our lovely Christmas Tree! It's amazing how small they look in the forest and how HUGE they end up being in your living room!

It's Autumn Time, It's Autumn Time, the Leaves are Falling Down!

Benson & Packer love playing in the leaves! Since all of our trees are only knee-high, they don't drop much foliage. So we take it from the neighbors and family.

You're probably thinking -- why would you take other people's leaves? Simple, compost. We need compost! What's better than compost you can play in?

Happy Halloween

It was a fun Halloween for the Atkin family. Benson was a Dinosaur, Pack-Pack was a little cow, Daddy was a Ranger's Apprentice (great book! I highly recommend it!), and Mommy was a witch (No wise cracks please!) It was a fun day & night, and Benson can't wait to do it again. Fortunately, we have another year to wait! Happy Halloween.

Benson Birthday #3

Benson is now 3 years old. For his birthday he got a Little People Farm toy, a Marble Maze set, a Monster Truck toy, and clothes from Mommy. He had so much fun... it made him sick. Good thing he only has one birthday a year!