Harvest

I love living in a place that has seasons.  I love harvest time. I love that things are changing color and enjoying the last days of the summer. I love all the fairs that are going on and then that school starts. 

Our garden wasn't much this year. Dad laughs at our one foot high corn stalks, but our corn is pretty dang good!

 Mom came over yesterday to help us bottle peaches. I used to hate canning and bottling but now, when I do it, I find it really satisfying--especially when I do it with others.

Happy Harvesting!

Funny Wunnies

So I put this raspberry on my finger and sang "The sun'll come out, tomorrow......" My kids didn't get it.  And the one below was "Daddy Warbucks." I don't think Evan got it either.

 The kids thought they were pretty clever to put the Bumbo on their heads. Martians or King Tut?

 Lindsay was teaching Hyrum & Riley how to do "Super Baby" and fly!

 This is currently Riley's "funny face" for the camera.

Hy's first day of School!

Hyrum loved swimming lessons this year. He's getting pretty good in the water :) He kind of liked his teacher, Summer Grush (a 14/15 year old girl). She's pretty cute and I think his buddies Trevor and Shawn liked her as well.  But Hyrum doesn't like to talk about it! Hahaha

 Yay for Kindergarten! I didn't cry; neither did Hyrum.  We were both really excited.  I just wanted to go to school with him.  Especially just to watch him! But he likes it and likes his teacher, Mrs. Wight.

 Waiting for the bus out in front of our house the second day!

The Sandbox

I'm pretty lucky to be married to the guy I'm married to! He built the kids a sandbox. If a sandbox isn't love, then I don't know what is :)

 And then, to top it all off, he showed them how to make tunnels.  I got to show them how to make sand castles.  Yeah, a sandbox is a wonderful thing.  We'll worry about getting all of the sand out of hair, clothes, cracks, house, etc when the snow flies.

My Big Girl!

Riley did really well at swimming lessons.  She progressed so much and by the end of swimming was sticking her face in the water! Yay!

 After the family reunion in July, we started potty-training.  By the end of the month, she was doing awesome and earned her "mermaids" by completing her sticker chart.

 We got a bike from some friends and Riley took off on it the first day.  She had fun, but had a hard time getting down.  Since then, she's been a little apprehensive to get one, but I think she'll love it once she figures out the getting on and off part.

Oh Baby!

My Lindsay is 5 months old now! She is a super fun baby and loves to show off and smile for all of the neighbor ladies in Relief Society. She has her fussy moments but for the most part is a happy camper.  She loves to giggle at Hyrum and Riley.

 At 4 months in her Bumbo!

 She will suck her thumb sometimes, but usually is just a binky baby.  The best is when she is holding her binky and sucking her thumb at the same time.

She was blowing bubbles one day and got a bubble goatee!

Girl Cousins!

 Lindsay with Ben & Andrea's baby, Aleah.  I especially love the pic of them both on their sides.  Can anyone say " Baby-zilla?"

 Baby Alli, Riley and Baby Lindsay!