Trees are good for...

Trees are good for attaching swings to...burning, looking at, providing shade, a home, raking their leaves...we spent hours this week raking leaves and enjoying them. 
It's fall at it's peak.
One of my favorite books is The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.

Sadly, we don't have any big trees in our yard.  We went to a friend's house Friday night for bonfire and potluck dinner.  That's where they had this cool hammock swing hanging from a tall tree that the kids are playing on in the video.

We went to my parent's house to rake.

We also went to Rob's parent's house and raked leaves.

 We jumped from the branches into the pile of leaves we raked...

 Nathan tries to climb the tree....ends up jumping in the leaves!

Me and Olivia up the maple tree!  ♥

St. George in Cincinnati

Yesterday morning, we went to St. George's (you can see the sign on the right hand side in the photo above that my sister, Susanna painted) and the feast of St. George is always on May 6 (which is really April 23 old calendar), so it's not often on a Sunday.  My girls are wearing the pink and blue sweaters and standing on the steps...waiting for Bishop Peter, who came from Chicago for our feast day.

 

You will want to turn off the music on the sidebar on the right before you watch these video clips:

I put more photos on Facebook!  For privacy, though, I use a pseudonym there...and honestly, I love that I can look at photos and keep in touch with friends and family who don't live nearby, but am considering leaving it, because I'm so frustrated with the Facebook Timeline that I was automatically switched to....I do not like changes!

 

And Zizi who is from Georgia (the country) made her most scrumptious light and creamy caramel cake for afterwards!  I must get her recipe.  ♥  The photo doesn't do it justice...