October 26, 2008

The kids getting ready to go to the school Halloween carnival.  Kolby was planning on an Indiana Jones costume for Halloween.  We ordered it and when it arrived we discovered it was very lame.  Since we needed a costume asap and there are no shopping options in town we fell back on last years costume.  Luckily, he agreed to the last minute change in plans.  I feared we had a crisis at hand.

Landry and his best friend.

I will have to keep a closer eye on them!

How often do you get to spend an October day like this?

Last weekend we went to St. George with our visitors.

The weather was perfect!

Grandpa and Grandma came for a visit.

They brought Grammy with them.

We went and saw the Petrogliphs.

Landry likes to be like his big brother.  Kolby was walking in front of him and had his hands in his pockets.  It was fun to watch Landry notice Kolby and mimic him.

We had fun up in the mountains!

This was a fun sight to wake up to a couple of days ago. I braved the ice cold weather to go out on the deck and get a picture.
I often pick up the camera to find that Addie has been taking pictures. Here are a couple of her latest shots.
She did a good job taking some nice Halloween pictures.

I can't wait to find out what grade Tyler will get on his diorama about the long tailed weasel.
He worked so hard on the project. I did provide some inspiration for the project so I deserve a little credit for the design.
Our first canning project! I decided that Tyler and I were smart enough to figure out how to can and told him we were going to bottle salsa. It came to me that a lot of people can so it could not be that hard to figure out how to do it. We do have the internet. Plus, my husband is a Food Scientist and the Quality Control Manager at a bottling plant. Shouldn't we have an edge? Despite a few set backs we were successful. Who knew you could not can on a flat top stove? Luckily, Tyler thought of that before we started the project. The Camp Chef came through for us. I think it might be better than a stove because the heat and steam are outside. Tyler had a little panic and insisted on testing the salsas PH to insure we would not get botulism. Now I can enjoy my favorite food all year!
The first pumpkin carving of the season. We had to do this for a Halloween party.

October 12, 2008

Cute naked cowboy.
Always up to something....
Kolby went on a fun field trip a couple of weeks ago. I think his favorite part of the trip was being able to take his own camera. He entertained himself with a lot of portraits of himself and his friends.
We have so much fun with this little guy!
She takes really good care of him.

October 4, 2008

I used this video in sharing time last week to help the Primary kids get to know the Apostles and to get excited for General Conference.  Enjoy!!