Pumpkins & Deer

This fall has been a fun one...and a busy one too. This is my favorite time of year & I hate when it gets too busy. Here is Jett with one of our Apple Annie's pumpkins. Lance ended up carving it just before Halloween....& according to Brody, it looked like a kitty cat. That's definitely not what Lance was going for.

A few weeks ago, Lance went on his deer hunt. It always seems to take the whole week for him to get a deer, so I always dread it. And with the fires this summer, I figured it was going to be a really hard year. So the boys & I headed up to Mesa, and left Lance, his dad, & Nate to go find some deer. To my surprise it only took him 2 days! Hooray! As it's been so busy, we haven't even had time to make jerky....I need some!

Sorry for the morbid picture of the poor deer. But I'm sure proud of him!

Scout Camp Out

Lance is now over the 11 yr. old scouts & is having a blast with these crazy hyper boys.

A couple weeks ago they went on their first camp out, Brody & Eli were lucky enough to go too!

The fire. no adult supervision. totally kidding.

Sweet Brody sleeping. Lance kept him warm all night & he never woke up once.

When they got home Brody & Jett sat on the steps waiting for parents to pick up the boys.
Can you tell Jett just woke up. This was his first taste of Ritz Crackers. And of course, loved it!

I don't know why, but this picture reminds me of Lance. I know I know...what picture doesn't?

But for some reason this look of Brody's, makes me immediately think of Lance

Apple Annies

This was our 3rd year in a row going to Apple Annie's & it was a blast!

Playing in the pumpkins

Lance helping Brody & cousin Charlie find a pumpkin

Brody found a "baby pumpkin"

he put it in his pocket & it ended up in the washer

jett, jennifer, eloise, charlie, kimber, & me

The sunflowers!

After picking our pumpkins we headed to Jennifer & Jay's ranch for a BBQ!

8

On October 12th, Jett turned 8 months.

Jett loves to get into the trash. Well, on his 8 month birthday, he got into the trash & had a taste of an old brownie! Yummy! Celebrating with chocolate.

These 2 pictures are from a quick one day trip to Mesa. Lance needed a new truck, so he headed to the Richie Bro. Auction & the boys & I went to my mom's house. Jett loves his thumb...just to bite on.







Jetters & daddy

Showing his trick. One handed!

First Cold Night

10/08/11

Lance was working all weekend. It rained a little bit & the temperature kept dropping. By the middle of the night Brody made his way into my bed, Jett woke up next. Jett's room was freezing, so we all ended up snuggling in bed. I didn't sleep that much, but I'm sure they did- when we all slept in till 8. Good thing Lance wasn't home, otherwise he would have been kicked out!

It ended up being so cold that I turned the heater on to take the chill off. But not to worry 2 days later we were back up to 90 degrees!

Mt. Lemmon

Last Friday Lance took me on a surprise date!

We drove up to Mt. Lemmon in Tucson. It felt so much like fall & I loved wearing a sweater!
First we took a ski lift ride.

At the top of the mountain

We walked around the mountain, and then got back on the lift. The lift ride wasn't my favorite. I've been plenty of times in the snow. But for some reason it was a lot less fun.

We then stopped by the Cookie Cabin & got a gigantic Chocolate Chip Cookie. And then Lance got a call...

Oh yep, he's still on the phone...

Much better. haha. Just kidding. He actually turned his phone off for the whole drive up(2hrs.). Any business owners know how hard that is to do. And I really loved the peaceful drive.

Sunday Best

Brody got a new Sunday outfit for church(9/18/11/). I'm pretty proud of the sales I hit on each item.

shirt-old navy

Pants-The children's place

Shoes-Old Navy $4.99

Boy's Navy Tie- Goodwill $.99 (booya)

PS. there are 3, yes THREE new post below! I'm on a roll!