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One of our favorite family traditions is visiting Cascade Springs in the Autumn to take pictures in the leaves.

We have visited Cascade Springs every year since Ben was born and I love to look through the progression of our family through the pictures.  It was one of the first outings we took our girls on when they were finally well enough to get out the year they were born.  We also found our home that we live in now when we detoured after that visit.  Cascade Springs holds a special place in our heart.

Here’s a few highlights from our visit this past weekend:

I love the Maples in all their Autumn glory.

Ben spent his time trying to climb trees and turning the tripod into a gun.  He also spent a fair amount of time trying to catch a fish with his bare hands leaning over the boardwalks that span the Springs.

We’ve posed in this tree every year for the past 9 years.   I love that somethings stay the same.

I was happy to get a good shot with my girls.  Oh the Maples… it’s hard to get a bad shot with the Maples as a backdrop.

Going to Cascade Springs reminded me how important it is to connect with nature.   As we drove up the canyon… my worries and cares seem to fade away and I felt renewed.

I hope our family can keep going to Cascade Springs every year until I’m too old to make the short walk…. like maybe when I’m 97.

I ran across this old WWII poster yesterday and loved it!  Check out her expression, like she’s been scared half to death.  I have just one question, is she learning how to can?  Because I probably looked like that this first time I put up applesauce all by myself.

Since I have written so much about canning this Fall, I couldn’t resist sharing this picture.  I always enjoy a good double entendre.  And I just love her attitude.  Canning (along with many other homemaking arts) takes an attitude of “Of course I can.”  You may ruin a pie, or burn a batch of applesauce and you just have to chalk it up to lessons learned, and the next time you try it, it will probably be better.

The end is in sight for my canning season 2009… just a little grape jelly and juice, the rest of my tomatoes, and maybe, just maybe some mustard pickle…. but only if my husband and father-in-law bribe me.