Anyone Cold Yet?

Absolutely!! Who else has been pulling out their fall and winter clothes yet? Or turning up the heat? Or grabbing a blanket, or 2, when hanging out on the couch with your hubby while watching your favorite TV series like 'Modern Family', 'Dancing with the Stars, or 'The Office'? Brrrrrr... and it's just gettting colder. Alittle while ago my kids and I looked outside and saw this...

The water by our irrigation pipe froze one night.... it surprisingly looks pretty!

I love the expression of Cami's face, because it is the perfect expression that the chilly air brings :) Bundle up your kids good this Halloween! Can't wait to see all your pics! :)

Man vs. Fish

When you have a husband who is an avid fisherman, you tend to see him less when it's fishing season. So this last time he went fishing, he took the whole family! :) We must have been his good luck charms because he was the only one that caught a salmon amoungst the others around. I had fun watching it again, because the little stink of a fish kinda put up a fight!


Isn't it a beauty? Little did this fishy know, it's lot in life was to be smoked! :)

Even Tanner went with us. It was so funny to watch him freak out every time the fish flinched.

And of course the kids just couldn't keep themselves from rolling in the dirt/sand. I figure, it's part of being a kid, and they had a blast! As long as they weren't bothering the other fisherman.

They completely covered themselves in fun! We'll just hose them off when we get home, right? ;)

As for me and my little buddy, we sat back and relaxed. That's all you can do when you don't have a license. I like to think, WE were the good luck charms. :)

HerE a bIRthDay, tHerE A birThdAy!

It seems like October is the month for birthdays. Jeremy is now out of his twenties and still looking good! He got a really fun surprise when his dad came up from out of town and brought his favorite dish.... BAJA FRESH!! Lot's of family came to celebrate this momentous occasion. His mom even flew in to be with him on his birthday. It was such a treat! It just shows how much we ALL love him!

For some reason I can't flip the picture... but Jer asked me to make his favorite,

Carrot Cake!

Next my littlest one had his 1st and I just can't how big he's gotten already! He is constantly smiling and a 'true-blue through n' through' Daddy's Boy! When dad's home he wants nothing to do with me.... unless I have food or he's tired. It's just too cute. :)

Jeremy made the traditional Birthday Bear Pancakes!

Now I'm sure you're wondering why the name 'Jack-Jack' is on the cake. Well... it's one of his nicknames. When he was little and when his hair started coming in nice and full, he had a peice of hair that just wouldn't go down. So my sister started calling him Jack-Jack (off of the 'Incredibles') and it's just stuck. He even responds to that name we've used it so much. Just one of those things.

Carson didn't really get all that messy with the cake. That kind of surprised me. It either went in his tummy... or his daddy's. He likes to share. :)

It's been a fun month thus far, but just for show, here's another cake I've recently done. Actually Cami and I made it for my neice. It pretty much was all Cami's idea and I was the supervisor.... it was alot of fun. :)

FALL HARVEST

To begin with we had a wonderful harvest this year.... many types of produce coming out our ears!!! We feel blessed and I have quite enjoyed learning how to can our tomatoes and a few other things. (Melissa, thank you for taking the time to teach me! Even when you were sick and pregnant. :O]) We counted 41 pumpkins this year! I LOVE PUMPKINS! And we were able to make good use of them this year for the primary children in our ward.

Carson quite enjoyed his mountain of squash to climb. :)

While Cami was at school, Alex was our little harvester, right next to his dad. Thank goodness that squash can store all winter! NUM!!! (At least that's what Carson would say).

Change Is Here

Wow..... it feels like I can finally sit down. We have thoroughly enjoyed this summer. Swimming, reunions, parties, boating, hanging out with friends and family, the starting of a new school year... it's all been a blast. But now it's a different time for year... Fall is here. It's getting cooler, the leaves are turning, and our hearts are getting set for the all the festivities and holidays. I LOVE this time of year. I love the cool crisp air, the beautiful autumn colors, and the smells of home cooking. We're going to stock up on our hot chocolate, rake up some leaves to jump in, and makes sure we have winter clothing that fits for all the kids! :) It's a different season and we're ready to embrace it!

But before I go any further I must catch up. These last couples of weeks have been full of events. So these next couple days, if you're interested, I'll tune you in on what we have been up to. :)