REST OF FALL

 

after this amazing long post, I am so close to catching up on the blog.  Next post our new home..

 

The rest of fall... we had a beautiful fall day riding horses.  Uncle Kade got out the horse and took all the kids for a ride.  What a beautiful weather .

 

 

 Painting pumpkins.. we had a lot to choose from our garden.

Bode trying to Shrek, its a bit scary.

 

 

 

The pumpkin walk is always a hit with the kids

 Carving out pumpkins with Grandma and Grandpa

Rylie dressed up as a cowgirl this year...

class party...

Bode was a tough USU football player... he had a stomach bug during Halloween, but he is such a trooper. 

Enjoying the last warm fall days in the leaves at Grandpa & grandma's..

 

and at the park after school to get the wiggles out.

 



Happy Birthday Bode...

Happy 4th birthday to the sweetest little boy!!  He was so excited to turn four and talked about it for days.  We had the best birthday planned for him...  family came up to the farm for a cowboy shindig.  We had a hotdog roast, rides on the saddle, hayride to see the baby cows, bucking bull birthday cake and lots & lots of presents.  It was a dream come true for this little guy 

(Bode is trying to act like a tough cowboy)

 

 Hayride - look at Bode in the front.  HE is so in his element. 

 The Bucking Bull cake - his job was to feed Grandpa's bull all summer. 

 This cake was perfect for the little farmer he has become.

Lots of presents from his grandpa & grandma's, aunts & uncles, and cousins.

gardening

We planted a garden at my parents home. 

A huge garden, we weren't sure if it would grow or not,

so we planted double and it grew triple amounts.

It was a crazy! 

 

 

 

truck load of squash

 

This is only about third of the carrots, we grew purple ones too!

 

first crop of cucumbers, I love cucumbers and really ate my heart out. 

 but sometimes there is too much of a good thing... 

This is the pumpkin that Rylie grew from a seed last year in kindergarten, she was pretty excited about it!  I was quite impressed. 

Bode using his dump truck to haul pumpkins to the porch.

I have bottled beans, peaches, and salsa every year.

This year I (well my mom with me assisting) bottled for my new cold storage

21 quarts of green beans

7 quarts of apple pie filling

2 different types of pickles

apricot syrup and jam

beets

carrots

I can't wait to line the shelves of my new cold storage



 

more pumpkin pictures, can you even find my kids.

we grew 80+ pumpkins

 

Picking the harvest....

 by the truckload.



More September fun..

I am catching up on my blog... ha ha  My intentions are so good and then its the last thing that gets done.  So be prepared fro a lot of posts to come!!

 

 

Rylie is loving her new school and is doing awesome. 

Here she is at the school fundraiser

 

With her buddy Kailey and her buddy Bode. 

He can't wait to be like Rylie and do all the fun things at school. 

 

 Aggie homecoming parade...  Go Aggies!!

Rylie went to a fall party with some new friends.  She had such a good time and got her face painted at the party.  I love it and Love her eyes in this picture

 

 after the makeup all came off, she danced with the Sky View Vistauns and LOVED IT!

Picking the perfect pumpkin!!

 

Home Depot Safety Fair, showed up Saturday morning to get MORE stuff for the house and ended up letting the kids do a craft airplane and the safety fair.  Cheap entertainment! 

labor day weekend

 

Labor Day Weekend, school is in full swing.  Life is back to routine and then we get to escape it all again on Labor Day Weekend. 

This year we headed out camping up emigration canyon and

spending the day at Bear Lake.  Kade and Erica families joined us and it was a great weekend.

 

 Rylie & Oakley are dressed and hair done as twins. 

 Sunday afternoon, we headed up St. Charles canyon for a drive.  Ended up at blue springs.

Then finished the weekend off with raspberry shakes, yes we enjoy our raspberry shake.

Bode enjoyed it too!!

more august happenings..

Mike

ran the top of Utah half and did awesome.

Spent some awesome time at the park this summer!  My kids love the park and are the perfect age to go run and play.   We have almost been to every park in the valley.