5 Years Old

Just wanted to share Quincy's 5th birthday with you. She had fun but wished Madi and Holly could be there. We had her party in the afternoon, that will never happen again. It was a long wait for a five year old. The kids that age are so cute. I wish I hadn't planned so many things so they could just play. That's what they all wanted to do. Her favorite things were the BALLOONS! Why buy gifts. She also got several little stuffed dogs in carriers. Now she has 3. One of her wishes she wrote on her get to know me at school was that she wants to have 1000 stuffed dogs. She is well on her way! Now where to put them all. At least they are a lot less work than the real thing. Darn Hannah!

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY QUINCY!!!

Big Leaves

We are finally loosing the leaves off our trees. We couldn't believe how big they were. Todd said they come from the very top of the trees. These are the trees we got from the Forest Service 9 or 10 years ago. We have been enjoying their shade for several years now.

Quincys First Field Trip

Quincy went on her 1st field trip of this school year. The 3 and 4 year old classes went together with parents. We took our a little neighbor boy with us (Cameron). His mom and dad were on a cruise. We went to Staker and Parsons Construction Co. It was really interesting. The kids liked it and the guy who took them around to see everything was so good with them. He showed them how to make concrete, talked about rocks and they even furnished the snack for all 24 kids and parents. Then every child got to sit in the cement truck and honk the horn. That is twenty four LOUD honks!!! It was a great day.

Parker

Parker decided to join the boys choir this year instead of taking Spanish. He hated the first week but after some encouragement he decided to stick it out. He found a couple of other boys in the class that didn't drive him crazy and has really enjoyed being in the class. He said the best part of the class is when the teacher has them do stretching exercises before they start singing. Wednesday, October 22nd was his first concert. They will do another concert at Christmas. I love it. I wish all of our boys would try it!

The First Snow of the Season

These were taken last Sunday when we got that early snow storm. Quincy and Park had a great time building snowmen and playing in the snow. I just love the bottom one. They were swinging and holding hands. What a sweet brother!

Canning!

Today I decided to make some jalapeno jelly (the boys love it so much with ham). All went well until I was wiping the rims to get them ready for the lids and rings. They were so hot I could hardly hold on and so I tried a towel. It just dripped it in the jelly. What a mess! I finally got all but the last one cleaned but when I took a hold of the last one it slid and was just about to fall on the floor so I grabbed it and it spilled all over my left hand. Mostly my pinkie and ring finger. Luckily I was close to the sink and could grab a rag and turn on the water. It didn't burn too bad but it really hurt and was very sticky. The best thing is, I didn't spill much of the last jar and I just heard the 6Th lid snap telling me that they are all sealed. SUCCESS! That is my favorite part of canning, the popping part!

Austin

This is a picture that Austin drew. It was one of 12 chosen from all of the Utah High Schools to be featured in 2009 Zero Fatalities Calendar. We are so proud of him. If you get a chance to see one of the calendars, he is July. The rest of the art was good too!

Dinosaur Museum

We took the kids to the Eccles Dinosaur Museum on Friday night. It was such great weather and we had fun wandering through the dinos and seeing the spooks.

Headless Connor

Hangin' with the dead!

Todd and I thought this costume was pretty good. He just walked around moaning, but he loved to have his picture taken.