I just had to post this one. i was doing my daily blog checks and Sam was looking at my preschool books and talking to me. I finally noticed that she had stopped asking me what i was doing. I turned around to find her totally loosing the battle to stay awake.

Sam is hanging on tight to her very own pumpkin that she picked out at the pumpkin patch in Othello. The preschoolers loved it. This next picture is Caden after he woke up from his nap. he has the worst bed head of anybody i know. But heather informs me that he gets it from Josh. She says Josh can be pretty scary looking in the morning. I'll have to get a picture to compare it to Cadens. Sam was trying on David's new hunting boots, and they were almost as big as her. She had a hard time walking.

Well this is kind of a random blog, but it had some cute pictures on it. I was watching Sam and Caden the other day and they wanted me to make them a tent so they are here eating their fruit snacks in a make shift tent. It worked and they were happy for a little while. Next Caden is showing off his new Texas longhorns hat that Josh brought back from Houston Texas, where he spent 3 weeks working on claims after the hurricane. He is on the catastrophy team for Farmers Insurance.

David's trip to Alaska

David and his friend Dee Grimmer and a few others went to Alaska Salmon fishing. They had a good time. They caught Salmon and Crab. Saw a few bear and basically just enjoyed the great outdoors and some fresh air. Sometimes i think David would rather be with Dee, But there are days that i probably would rather spend time with my girlfriends too. I have reaped the benefits of this trip also with some delicious salmon. Their next trip was a hunting trip up into the blue mountains Deer hunting. They weren't as lucky on their hunting trip as they were on their fishing trip. They got Skunked, and came back empty handed. But i'm sure they had a good time anyways.

FALL IS HERE

Well harvest is almost over and the last month has been very busy with preschool activities and trying to get everything ready for the inevitable WINTER. My girls( Heather, Angie, and Yaz) have been working hard at getting stuff canned for our food storage. We are so blessed to live where we have access to all this bounty. There is nothing better than looking at and eating the fruits of your labours. I actually look forward to Fall and all the beautiful colors that come with the season and it's nice to know that things will slow down a bit on the farm. The weather has still been fairly warm, so football friday's are enjoyable. And the Holidays are fast approaching. YEAH! that means kids will be home from college for a visit. I am so glad to have my family so close by. They are what makes my world go round. What more can you ask for, FAMILY & FRIENDS!!!

Oh! i have also been involved in helping our young women in the ward put together a cookbook for a girls camp fund raiser and they will be ready by Christmas. There are 450+ tried and true recipes from more than 125 different people. It should be an awesome cookbook so if your looking for a great gift idea give me a call and we will get you set up with some. our goal is to sell 400 books.

Preschool field trip

Preschool is in full swing and we did our annual apple orchard visit. The kids get to pick a bag of apples and we take them back to the house and make apple pie. They really like the hands on rolling the dough and especially eating the pie. Sam was pretty proud of her pie.

Well camping is alot of work but it is so nice to just get away and relax by the fire. breath in that fresh mountain air and a little campfire smoke. We got to go camping a few days before the kids left for school. and it was fun. We mostly sat around, played some cards , ate and went fishing. speaking of fishing, i bet you didn't know that Dora the explorer was a fine fisherman. Actually the GUYS were going fishing and i wanted to go to so Josh thought he was being funny and gave me Sam's Dora fishing pole. he cut the little play bobber off and put on a real hook. of course the pole is only about 2 and a half feet long but i went fishing and guess what, after about the third cast i reeled in a keeper, a 10 inch brook trout. I was so excited i was screaming and Josh didn't believe me at first. We cooked it up and i ate it, it was quit tasty.So now you know that the size of the pole doesn't matter.

Back Home and alone

Well summer vacation is over, i just returned from taking my kids, (Holly and Alan) back down to Provo for another year of college( Not that they need their Mom to go to college, but their Mom needs them to feel that she is needed. Does that make sense? ) It was probably a good thing that i went because Holly's apartment that was suppose to be a great place turned out to have quite a few problems with it. like no internet, no Air conditioning, no lights in the stair wells and they are on the top floor, try manuvering that at night when it's pitch black, and a vaccum that doesn't even work. It's amazing what you have to pay for these days and you don't even get what you pay for. As you can tell i'm still a little peeved.But supposedely it is all going to be taken care of. There was light on the stairs that same day after i visited with the manager. Don't get me wrong he is a very nice young man and he tried to do what he could,but sometimes you just have to be a little more forceful. needless to say i think he was happy when my 8 days were up. Their apartment is going to be quite cute when it is finished. We shopped at DI and got a entertainment center for their 1970's TV. A little polish and some scratch cover and it looked good as new. Sometimes when your around these young kids it makes me wish i could do it again. But then i snap back to reality and think. I am SOOOO glad i don't have to go through that time again. So it's back to preschool, canning, grandkids, and Ya Hoo!!! ROYAL FOOTBALL...