SCARY!!!!!!!

The Fam carved jack-o-lanterns last night. A person's true identity is revealed whilst one is digging the guts out of a pumpkin. Isobell was timid and would not touch the seeds until someone else got them out of the pumpkin, Elise wanted to squish the orange stuff between her fingers, Amelia dug in full bore and flung guts abroad! Aaron and Ethan argued about how to make their pumpkin, and was it to be a "Halo Master Chief" or the "Price of Persia" (they settled on Jack the Pumpkin King.) And Ivie wanted to know what was to eat. Todd was bossy dad guy and Lara was lovely mommy.


The weather is to turn cold soon so yesterday we hauled in our garden. we have a mess of canning to do in the next few days.

Sunday Drive

We took the Fam up the Squaw Peak road at the mouth of Provo Canyon Sunday, the leaves were beautiful so I took a few pictures for some paintings. The kids were enjoying the drive but Ethan got a bit of Vertigo when we would go around outside corners... he could see out into the valley, and was rather disturbed that most of the valley was below him. We got to the turn around at the top and took this Family picture (A very nice young man was there on a date and took the photo for us.)

On the way back down the road we saw two deer, most of the kids were happy enough to just see these quiet animals, but not Isobell. Isobell said "Oh man, I wish I could shoot those deer and eat them!" We cracked up the rest of the way home.

Amelia turns the big 0-2!

Our little Amelia, AKA Millie Pie turned 2 years old yesterday. We celebrated with some cake, ice cream, and homemade root beer. Amelia was thrilled with all the fun gifts her cousins brought her; ladybug pillow pet, pink boots, new jacket, and socks!