Tiny Stowaway discovered!

This was the scene the other morning as Ethan headed out to school. Amelia found this hiding spot much to her liking, and was more than happy to head out to school to learn with Ethan. I guess she could remind him to turn in that homework that Lara spent all the last night help him with!

Green Eggs and Ham

Our black chickens lay green eggs. I fixed Ivie bacon and eggs for breakfast the other day and realized I was "Sam I am" trying to get Ivie to eat green eggs and Ham. I did not have to try hard, she loves bacon and eggs.



we also have wild chickens in the neighborhood, they have started to lay eggs in the bushes in our backyard... hopefully they will not be a bad influence on our tame chickens. Look at the eggs in Isobell's small hands..they are small eggs.

Halloween's Spooky Girlfriend

Halloween candy is still being eaten at the Orchard House. We have threatened several times to take away the rest if all those wrappers don't make it into the trash! Ivie Dyed her hair for the occasion, she looks quite different! Aaron's Birthday gift from Grandma and Stine was a purple DS, he has been drawing pictures in it non-stop ever since!

I have to post a few pictures and video of Amelia with her 1st birthday cake from the other night. She dug in and loved the frosting. You will see she is not shy.

The Girl is destroying everything!

Our Sweet Elise is on the rampage. Her regular routine involves dumping things down the drain, (shampoo, shower gel, baby lotion, baby oil, shaving cream, cologne, etc...) she eats lip gloss, lip stick, Deodorant, markers and eyeshadow. Not to mention toothpaste. She likes to play in my car; she gets inside and drinks old sodas (yuck) fills the door handles and cup holders up with gravel and smears kid goo on the instrument panels.

Today she dumped baby powder all over the kitchen, smeared lotion on to the carpet, and unloaded the baking cupboard. I found her in the girls room with a collection of spices, salts and ingredients..Testing each one. I heard a spray sound coming from the room and went to investigate. She was spraying pam into her mouth!

Here are a few shots of her taste adventures. I am somewhat worried about the amount of vanilla she drunk. the bottle in the photo was 1/4 full. She did mention that she didn't like the taste of baking soda.

As I was waiting for the photos to upload I found her eating a chicken bullion cube! We really do feed her!

Amelia Lamb Orchard is 1 year old

Our little Millie turned 1 yesterday at 2:40 AM. She is quite enjoyable. She loves Bananas and she looks like a monkey when she gets wet! She says very little but will answer when you call her, sorta says "mommy", kinda says "Dada", and smacks her lips when you feed her something yummy. She takes forever to fall asleep but will sleep all night long.. unlike the rest of the crew. We love our Millie! Happy birthday!

Sam's Mural

My Good Buddy Sam Ralphs was born with CP (cerebral palsy) so he spends a lot of time in his room. The ward came together to build a new addition on his families home and his new room needed a little decoration. This is my partially completed mural to decorated his room.

Faux Finish

My good friends Kevin and Angela Hirsche recently had me do some work in their home. I really like the bathroom, the mural is cool too; this house is just awesome... I am not a word-smith.. have a look.

Fall Family Fotos

We Spent Saturday in American Fork Canyon taking pictures of the Fam!

backed up sewer was a real bummer!

Yes we were forced to replace our main sewer line. The one that runs out of the back of the house and 80 feet to the sidewalk! I had sold a painting a few weeks before and really had other plans for that money.. but luckily we had the funds to do it. I bought the new pipes and connections, rented the backhoe and started digging... that shovel looked like a re-animated corpse under my control! Then I almost put the shovel through the back of our house! My neighbor Dallas was there to rescue me; he did the rest of the digging (along with Clint) thanks Guys!!!

new blogger.. be kind

Hello blog readers,

We are starting this blog to get some of the funny things that happen in life more circulation. We will try to be witty and clever and spell things right and use good grammar.. and blog regularly. we'll see what happens. As this is our first blog I will post a funny picture of Elise after she spent some time making "dirt angels" in our drive way. she looks like a third world poverty child.