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Our family recently moved from Kentucky to Nebraska.  Our new home is only miles away from the edge of the world... or so it may seem when looking at these pictures.  Just a short drive north of our little town will put you in the midst of the Nebraska Sandhills—a vast expanse of grass covered sand dunes and not much else.  Trees are a rarity and any signs of civilization are few and far between.  However, there is a strange beauty hidden in the quiet serenity of the vastness of the sandhills.

We enjoyed celebrating another Halloween.  The Sunday before Halloween our church held its annual Harvest Party including children in costume and Truck or Treat.  On Halloween we took Samuel and Alexis Trick or Treating.  Samuel is old enough this year to pretty much understand what is going on.  He had a great time.  He choose to dress up like Indiana Jones.  Alexis was a ladybug-looking Love Bug.  Samuel had lots of fun Trick or Treating.

On a beautiful October afternoon in the Bluegrass we jumped in the car and headed to Raven Run, a hiking area that is near the Kentucky River.  It was one of those cloudless "October Sky" days.  Our hike began on top of a ridge and the trail slowly descended into the Kentucky River valley.  We hiked a little over two miles, most of which Samuel ran.  He loved racing down the trail and when there was exposed rock on the trail, jumping from stone to stone.  Our "destination" was a lookout point above the Kentucky river (by "above", I mean directly above as we were at least 100 feet above the water on a cliff).  Samuel though he needed to look over the edge of the cliff, and with a good hold of him, I let him take a look at the treetops below us.  Alexis enjoyed a comfortable ride, first on mommy's chest and then on daddy's.  Along the way we discovered a Lime Forge.  We all enjoyed the fun family outing!