Garage Party!

We had a impromptu Halloween party in our garage this year. Jason and I had cleaned the garage out and thought. . lets have a party. This is so white trash!

The girls came home after trick or treating soaking wet.

This is the only shot I have of the girls in their costumes. After months of planning and sewing, this is what I have to show for my hard, hard work. They are excited, that is all that matters.

This is the party before the trick or treating. Check out Grandma Nan at the end of the table.

Cute lizard, cute pink panther, cute purple bat, cute grandma and cute snow shovel in the back ground. You probably can't tell but I cleaned and oiled all of our gardening tools hanging up in the garage. It pays to watch Studio 5, I learn a lot of valuable info. Tomorrow they are discussing leggings!

Did Elvis come to any of your parties? I don't think so!

Fun neighbors, they are as crazy as I am. They thought hanging out in the garage was a good idea too.

The Nanners was on clean-up duty. Next year it is going to be bigger and better, just wait!

Halloween Preview

Halle and Brynlee at their class party. Freaky cheerleader.
Halle -Luke - Micaela all in a row.

Super Hero's

Hunter- Samantha -Mckynlie

Cute girls and punk rockers!

Stay away from boys like that! JK

Fall Break

We didn't want to go to St. George or Disney Land this year for Fall Break. We wanted to hang out and bond with nature.
So, let the bonding and being one with nature begin with a hike up the canyon. After inviting ourselves to go on a picnic with the neighbors we hiked around and posed for pictures.

This is our "white trash" picnic basket, also known at our house as luggage. We don't have luggage or suitcases, we have laundry baskets. It's so awesome going into hotels with laundry baskets and coolers full of food.

I think the kids were fishing with a BB-gun. Please don't report us.

The kids being one with nature.

So Proud!

We have been hearing geese every morning the past week. Jason has been checking them out at night when he gets home from work.

Halle decided that she would like to check the geese out too. Jason was so proud of her. I think he almost wept.

What I've been doing.

This is one of my latest projects, the table. I can't get my computer to load any more pictures on this post. (So annoying) I can't show you how ugly the table was before but believe me it wasn't pretty. I have 4 chairs that need to be done. I will show you the color in my next post.

I am an amiture when it comes to refinishing furniture. I sanded this baby down for hours and hours until my neighbor (Encyclopedia Brown) told me to go buy some stripping stuff and it would take the paint off in minutes. REALLY! Why didn't she tell me that last week. AARRRH!

TA Dah!
I kind of love it!

It only took me 10 hours or more.

This is a little lap quilt that I made with my sister. I picked out the material and then she did the hard stuff. I handed her the squared in order so she could sew them. I did sew the green binding by hand along the edges. I don't want to learn to much at one time, I like to pace myself.

Isn't it cute! I love the colors. Kelli did the flowering stippling (the white thread stuff that hold the quilt together).

I want to paint my house in these colors. I don't think Jason will go for that.

Another brilliant project, (not).

We went to Grandma Char's for Conference last Sunday. She had dried fruit set out to snack on. My girls loved it, especially Hunter, she is the one that wont eat anything besides hot dogs. So I thought it would be a great snack to have lying around the house. Do you know how long it takes to dry 5 apples? Eight hours. This is 5 small apples. We could eat this much in minutes.

I told my mom how much the girls loved the dried fruit, and to be on the lookout for pears. She found some and showed up yesterday with this box of pears. This was before I had done the 5 small apples. Do you know how long it is going to take me to dry this entire box of pears. Do you know that it will all fit in one ziplock baggie.

Help Me!

I am done being domestic for the year!

My new job!

Where are the seagulls when you need them. I cannot clean my yard with grasshoppers attacking me. I hate . . . I HATE GRASSHOPPERS!

This is our side yard. Jason helped me tear out our Hollyhocks and Iris's. We filled out trailer with flowers and took them to the dump. Do I feel guilty, YES, do I want to go to the dump and revive them, YES.

I don't want to talk about it.
(check out Jason stretched out on the tramp talking on his phone)

This is one of my pots that I need to tear out. Why can't I tear it out? Let me tell you, there are grasshoppers hiding everywhere in my yard. It is not safe.


This is like Chuck-a-Ramma for grasshoppers. They love it. All you can eat.

YUMM YUMM!

I see you!

I spit on you, you dirty, dirty grasshopper.

Oh, what happened here?

This is what I have been doing with my shovel. I have been averaging around 5 grasshoppers an hour with that shovel. If you would like to hire me I charge a $10.00 per grasshopper.

I hate grasshoppers.

Bow Huntin'

We went bow hunting with the Westcott's and Lanny's family a few weeks ago.
I brought my camera but the battery was dead, so these are all pictures from Nycole's camera.


We went down by Monticello. It was the prettiest place ever. We loved it. The Westcott's are from Monticello so, they showed us around. They wanted to take us on a "ride" in the Rhino's. This was the absolute scariest ride I have ever been on. Holy Cow! I have never been so scared in my entire life.

This is me giving Nycole the finger (not "THE FINGER", the Shame Shame finger). Jason is smiling on the outside but freaking out in the inside.

Are you kidding me. We could hardly fit between trees. We had to push the trees away and suck in our gut to get past the trees.

The kids kept asking if we were going to die!
Why are they so dramatic?

I think were going to live! Now pass the cookies!

The view from the top.

I was posing for Nycole so she could get a shot of the European in the back ground. INTENSE!

We were laughing so hard at his stance, and his telaphoto lens. He could probably count the moons around Mars with that lens.

This is Newspaper Rock. Jason LOVES this kind of stuff. He was in hieroglyphics heaven.

Keep in mind we were camping. Give us a break.

No deer were killed. But we still had an awesome adventure.