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THIS IS A PICTURE OF KAMDON WHEN WE WERE OUT BOATING.

PUMPKIN CARVING

WE CARVED PUMPKINS FOR FHE LAST NIGHT. FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD A FUN FAMILY HOME EVENING IN A LONG TIME. IT IS NOT FUN WITH MIKE AND I. (HENCE WE NEVER HAVE IT) SO WHEN THE GRANDKIDS ARE HERE IT IS A BLAST. BROUGHT BACK LOTS OF GOOD MEMORIES AND MANY YEARS OF CARVING PUMPKINS. JESS AND CHAD JOINED US ALSO. CHAD COOKED US AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FOOD.(NEW YORK STYLE) AND THEN WE DUG INTO THE PUMPKINS.

TYDON AND CHAD CUTTING A LID OFF TYDON'S PUMPKIN

GRANDPA HELPING TAYLEE WITH HER LID.


PICKING ALL THE INSIDES OUT IS THE GOOOOOOEY JOB!

SOME OF THE FINISHED PUMPKINS. TY THOUGHT HE WOULD TRY OUT HIS PUMPKIN LID.

THIS LITTLE GUY WAS A CONCENTRATED EFFORT. CHAD SAID, IT WAS THEIR FIRST BORN. HE GOT HIT IN THE STOMACH FOR THAT COMMENT. IT WAS A FUN NIGHT AND THE JACK-O-LANTERNS ARE ON THE STEP GLOWING IN THE DARK.

LOOK WHOS IN MY LEAF PILE!!

YOU HAVE TO LOOK PRETTY HARD FOR TYDON. HE IS HIDING UNDER THE LEAFS. GRANDPA SENT THEM OUT TO RAKE UP A PILE OF LEAFS THIS AFTERNOON.

TYDON WAS SLIDING ONTO THEM. TAYLEE AND TYDON CAME TO IDAHO FALLS TO SPEND THE WEEK WITH GRANDMA AND PAPA. THEY ARE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR TWO MORE WEEKS, SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A NICE BREAK FOR EMILY TO HAVE THEM COME STAY AT GRANDMAS. YEAH!!! WE WILL BE POSTING OUR WEEK AS IT HAPPENS. THANKS EMILY FOR FINISHING MY BLOG BACK GROUND. I LOVE IT.

MY WEEK WAS MAGNIFICENT!!!

JUSTIN BAPTIZED VALENTIN ON SATURDAY THE 18TH OF OCTOBER. THEY BAPTIZED HIM IN A SAUNA ROOM. SOME OF JUSTINS WORDS ARE, "IT FELT REALLY GOOD TO BE ALL DRESSED UP IN WHITE. I WAS REALLY NERVOUS ALL DAY LONG. THE BAPTISMAL SERVICE WENT GOOD. I GAVE A LIL TALK ON BAPTISM. EVERYTHING WENT PERFECT!

VALENTIN HAD A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE WATER. IT WAS REALLY COOL. SUNDAY WAS AMAZING ALSO. MY COMPANION GAVE HIM THE HOLY GHOST. IT HAS BEEN THE COOLEST THING TO WATCH HIM CHANGE HIS LIFE. ITS AMAZING WHAT THE GOSPEL CAN DO FOR A PERSON.

WHAT A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ELDER JUS. WE LOVE HIM AND LOVE HIM FOR SERVING THE LORD IN THE "UKRAINE"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARAE!!

I HOPE YOU HAVE A TERRIFIC DAY. I AM STILL IN PORTLAND SO AS SOON AS I GET HOME I WILL GET A CARD IN THE MAIL. I AM HAVING A BLAST. IT HAS BEEN CRAZY WITH ALL THE GRANDKIDS BUT WELL WORTH IT. LOVE YOU TONS, HAVE A GREAT DAY.

LITTLE PEOPLE BIG WORLD!!!

OK! SO THIS WAS SO AWESOME. WE WENT TO ROLLOFF FARM TO THEIR PUMPKIN PATCH. WE WALK IN THE ENTRANCE AND AMY IS STANDING THERE GREETING PEOPLE. I GOT MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH HER. I WILL HAVE TO POST PICTURES WHEN I GET HOME, BUT THIS WAS THE HIGHLITE OF MY DAY. SOME OF YOU KNOW I KIND OF HAVE A FETTISH WITH LITTLE PEOPLE ALL MY LIFE. I FIND THEM INTRIGING AND AMAZING AND I LOVE TO WATCH THIS SHOW. WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL I TOLD BY MOM I SAW A BUDGET AND I WAS SO EXCITED. SHE DID NOT HAVE A CLUE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT UNTIL LATER I SAW ANOTHER ONE AND SHOWED HER AND THAT IS WHEN SHE TOLD ME THEY WERE "MIDGETS", NOT BUDGETS. OF COURSE NOW IT IS PROPER TO CALL THEM LITTLE PEOPLE. WE SAW THE DAD, MATT ALSO. HE WAS DRIVING AROUND ON HIS RANGER ROVER. HE CAME AND SAID HI TO US ALSO. ANY WAY WE PICKED PUMPKINS AND WENT ON A WAGON RIDE AND ATE SOME FOOD THERE. MATT HAS MADE A WHOLE LITTLE WESTERN TOWN THERE AND EVERYTHING. WELL IT WAS WAY FUN AND WE ALL HAD A BLAST AT THEIR FARM. PICTURES TO COME LATER.

"WITCHES NIGHT OUT"

I WENT WITH EMILY TO HER ENRICHMENT TONIGHT. IT WAS SO FUN. WE ALL DRESSED UP AND MADE WITCHES HATS AND HAD ADORABLE FUN HALLOWEEN TREATS. EMILY IS ON THE ENRICHMENT BOARD, SO OF COURSE IT WAS SOOOOO FUN. SHE MADE THE CUTEST INVITES OUT OF RAFFIA. THEY LOOKED LIKE BROOMS. SO CUTE AND ALOT OF WORK. THANKS FOR TAKING ME WITH YOU. I HAD A GREAT TIME.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAK A DOODLES

I AM GOING TO PORTLAND ON WEDNESDAY TO SPEND A WEEK WITH THIS LITTLE PUMPKIN. SHE WILL BE THREE ON OCTOBER 20TH.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIG BIRTHDAY BASH FOR KINLEY!!! I'M TAKING 6 OTHER LITTLE PEOPLE WITH ME(ALONG WITH THEIR MOMS) TOO!!! IT WILL BE WILD. I WONDER IF WE CAN GET UNCLE DAVE TO STAY HOME FROM SCHOOL AND PARTY WITH US? UNCLE HATCH WILL BE IN ON FRI. SO IT WILL BE A GREAT TIME. WE WILL BE HITTING THE ZOO, THE LITTLE PEOPLE PUMPKIN PATCH AND A MALL? NO. TOO MANY CHILDREN. WE ARE HOPEING TO TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES SO I WILL POST SOME I'M SURE. WE WILL MISS HEATH AND MIKE! WISH THEIR DAYS OFF WOULD OF WORKED OUT.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU MOM!

Hey, Mom! Surprise!! We hope you like your new blog look! Thank goodness Sarah knows what she is doing ... I couldn't have done it without her help. We will work on it a little more next week in Oregon. Hope you had a great Birthday!!! WE LOVE YOU~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THIS CRAZY KID. 10-07-08

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JUS ,HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

JUSTINS BIRTHDAY IS TODAY OCT. 7TH (mine too). I AM POSTING ON THE 6TH BUT HIS BIRTHDAY IS THE 7TH. I AM THE LUCKIEST MOM TO GET TO SHARE MY BIRTHDAY WITH THIS GUY. JUSTIN WAS TEN DAYS LATE AND WEIGHED IN AT 9LBS 14 OZ. HE WAS HUGE!!!! HE IS THE BEST GIFT I'VE EVER GOTTEN FOR MY BIRTHDAY. I WORKED DARN HARD FOR HIM. WE COULDN'T FIND A NAME THAT WE THOUGHT FIT THE KID UNTIL MIKE CAME UP WITH "JUSTIN". I INSISTED THAT HIS MIDDLE NAME BE KENNETH AFTER MY OLDER BROTHER. NOW THAT MY BROTHER HAS PASSED AWAY IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A HONOR TO HAVE A SON NAMED AFTER HIM. I KNEW I WANTED TO GIVE HIM THAT MIDDLE NAME, I JUST DID NOT KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD MEAN TO ME AND JUS LATER IN OUR LIFES. IT MEANT ALOT TO JUSTINS "UNCLE KENNY" TO HAVE US USE HIS NAME ALSO. HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF JUS SINCE HE HAS BEEN IN THE MISSION FIELD. I LOVE YOU TONS JUSTIN AND I KNOW HE LOVES ME. (because he tells me so) I AM SUCH A LUCKY MOM!

THEN THERE IS ONE LAST PICTURE TO POST OF THIS CRAZY GUY. ALL OF HIS FAMILY WILL REMEMBER THIS MOMENT. IT WAS SO RAMDON OF HIM. WE WERE IN DISNEYLAND AND WE ALL LOOK UP AND THIS IS WHAT WE SAW. WE LAUGHED FOR QUITE A WHILE ABOUT THIS ONE.

MY PUMPKIN PATCH GREW "SWEET" PUMPKINS!!

My pumpkin patch grew really well this year. I went to check it out and look what I found.
Taylor sitting on a rock with the pumpkins.
Taylor and Braxton
Braxton with all of the pumpkins they chose to take back with them to Spokane.