HaPPy HaLLoWeen

The youth in our ward put on a carnival for the primary kids tonight. Lil' Natalie was so cute with her wig and tu-tu. I love having a girl. Halloween is going to be so much fun!!! I didn't get any super smiley pictures so I guess I will have to dress her up again and have a photo shoot.

Happy birthday Timmy!!!

Timothy's birthday was on Saturday. We went to the homecoming parade, and then went to his birthday party at deleta. The cake is inspiration from family fun that Jim and I did together. Timmy had a great time with his cousins. That evening I went to a fun costume party with the Ghouls, and Jim took the three kids to the homecoming game with my dad. I sure love Timmy. He seems to have gotten over the "I'm not the baby thing," and really has been a fun kid.

Cutie Patutie

Jim and I both love this picture. When Jim saw it he said "Oh what a cute picture, except for what is that on her head. Boys? Sometimes they don't understand the necessity of big hair things.

Wesley loved helping me peel the apples as I canned apple pie filling. He also loved helping grandma pick grapes at Jon and Monica's house. It looks like Jim almost got lost in the jungle of grapes vines.
Believe it or not this is grape juice. I think it turned out so pretty. Jon and Monica called and said we could have at their grapes we took em serious and ended up with over 22 quarts of grape juice. It was hard work but its fun since Jim and I do it together. Thanks Jon and Monica. This picture is to show Cindy a two quart jar compared to a one quart jar.
Here is a sample of our fall activities. So far we have canned apricot jam, pickles, salsa, grape juice, apple pie filling, pears, and peaches. We still have a few things left to can from our garden, but it looks like we're almost done. Yeah!!!

Bushels of Fruit

During the spring and summer we were so excited about the bounty of fruit on our pear tree. Its not a very big tree but it was loaded with fruit. After all the work it took to preserve the pears I'm ready to go and cut the tree down. We canned 27 quarts of pears and it was hard work. The boys enjoyed picking the pears or more like climbing the ladder. We are glad its done. Now we are on to apples and then salsa is next.

Signs of a true fisherman

We went fishing with my brother Jason's family and my parents. Timmy had way more fun with the cat tails then the fish. Wesley loved fishing with his Daddy. He did really good at reeling the fish in and proclaiming how big his fish were. He exagerated every time by a good foot or so. He sounds just like his daddy.

"Oh Wesley"

I don't know how to turn the picture, sorry. The Friday before Labor Day I took the kids to The Red Lion to pick up our race packets for the 10K that Jim and I traditionally run. When we first arrived at the Red Lion we made it out of the lobby as Wesley flew down the hallway while turning to Timmy to have him catch him. At that precise moment a door stood in the way. Wesley dropped and I saw the wound. I had my composure initially until the blood covered his entire face. I may have over-reacted as I scooped him up and went to the desk as exclaimed "can somebody help me." The spectators didn't know the extent of his injury since there was quite a bit of blood. Someone called 911, another person exclaimed "he needs medical attention immediately." Another lady said "I think he will need plastic surgery." I told my helpers that my sister was a PA and could stitch him up, but she was in Idaho Falls. With the influence of the others they said I needed to get him in immediately. I called the children's clinic to see if they could do the stitches, and the spectators told me I should go to the ER. I ignored the advice and went to the clinic where Wesley got 6 stitches. When all was said and done and we had all over-reacted I should of just taken him to Shawna's home in Blackfoot where we could have ignored the drama and my sister would of fixed him up just fine. I'm sure there will be a next time though.