Happy Fall/Halloween

From our Gladiator, Daniel Boone and Miss America

HFS (Handel Funniest Sayings)

Instead of AFV (America's Funniest Videos), which is a favorite show of our kids when they get a chance to watch TV, we are going to title our post HFS. So whenever it deals w/ a quote one of the kids make, that I really must put down somewhere so I don't forget, it will be called HFS. Thus the reason I should have started blogging years ago. Because when you have three, as close together as ours, the idea of finding a notebook where you journal that stuff is out of the question!!!! :) Anyway, back to the saying.

Halena and I went to the grocery store on Thursday evening to get some snacks for her K friends. Halena likes to talk A LOT but especially when she is with Mama or Daddy without her brothers along. So, it's imperative that you go ready to LISTEN!!! She told me how much she wants to go to Paris all the way to the store and that she really loves that city. Who knows? That's a whole other post in itself! On the way home she said, what year was I born? She answered on her own after speaking the question aloud. 2003. Then she said, "when was Holt born?" She also answered that one by herself. 2001. In her mind she made it work out that she was older than him really because the year she was born was higher than him (ending in 3 instead of 1) Oh, the struggle over being the baby :) Then she says, "now when was Hayden born?" She couldn't answer that one so I said, "1999". She looks at me and her mouth drops open and she says, "did they have cars then?" Guess I'm not teaching history too well!!

The Best Fall Sport

I played flag football this Fall. I was on a 1st/2nd grade team with my friend, Thomas. His dad was the coach. I played defense and I was the Left Guard. We won 5 games and lost 4. We got a trophy when the season was over!

Lovin' Fall/Harvest Time

We went to an amazing Pumpkin Patch outside of Omaha, NE. When our day was over, and we were driving home, we all decided we want to be pumpkin farmers :) The farm is 55 acres of just pumpkins. (The family has more acreage that someone else farms but they just do the pumpkins.) There are acres of things to do. We have been having beautiful weather here in IA for weeks. The day was perfect and what is better this time of year than caramel apples and hot cider!!! We rode a hay wagon down to the fields and each picked a pumpkin. Here are a few pictures to give you a glimpse of the day :)

Can You Believe We're Doing This?!!!!

The kids and I have been talking about starting a blog for awhile now. We thought it would be a good way for our family to know how we are and what we're up to on a more daily basis or as often as we would post (don't hold your breath:) So, since I'm clueless on how to do one our friend, Jessica, told me it was easy and I could do it. We usually rely on our friend, Coates, to do this type of thing for us, but since he's in Ohio and we're in Iowa, that wasn't going to work. We regularly read blogs: BeitCarr and Blue Ink, Medium Point and got inspired by them.

So, here you have our humble attempt to start blogging and posting pics of the Handel family. We pray it makes you smile and helps you have a glimpse into our busy world of being a tight-knit family striving to grow in our faith and share it with the world.