To the mountains!

Kolby finally drew out on this elk hunt he has been putting in for since he was pretty young. He was really excited, so he went to Ophir with his entire family, where, from what I'm told, they brushed with death and nabbed the biggest bull just in the nick of time. {If you ask him, he can give you the full animated version because I am sure I cannot do it justice.}

Fortunately his cousin was nearby and provided a gun at the last minute as they ran out of bullets {and food, and water, and flashlights...} after grazing the poor animal. His cousin Ryan was also thinking enough to bring a camera, so these pictures are brough to you today by Ryan Warner {thanks!}

Congrats Kolby, and thanks to the family and extended family...it seems hunting is a group effort that is way too big for one lone soul!

{RanDom}

This explains a lot...now I know where all the missing binkies have disappeared to. Also, the dishwasher entertained him for 15 minutes, SERIOUSLY! This kid loves all things that are not toys...I told Kolby that for Christmas we are wrapping the cabinet doors since all he does is empty them and move on to the next one.



Good old Ma' and Pa' stopped by...Dad turns 48 on Saturday, this is his birthday present to himself. Oh, and don't forget Mom's diamond studded skull helmet....{insert giggles here...even though it is pretty cute as far as bucket helmets go.}

And finally...FALL is here! Yay! It's my favorite season :) Now I need to figure out how to hang my flying witch and add some spookiness to the front porch!

Update

Remember how we painted mugs a few weeks ago....? Well, we picked them up and here they are in all their glory:

Amazing how different {and not so cute} they look once they've had a bath in the kiln.

Anyway, we've been busy, I can't believe it's nearly the end of September, where has the time gone?! We are looking forward to Halloween, I'm slowly getting out the decorations and we bought the costumes already. Maddax is going to be this monkey {so cute!}

and Hannah picked a Barbie ensemble from Costco that she has already asked me to take back because she has changed her mind {I swear this girl is 5 going on 15....I'm scared for when she is actually 15!}

A Breath of Fresh Air

I love, love, love days off!!! All last week I kept thinking of things I wanted to do with my 3-day weekend. Of course I came up with more ideas than I could possibly fit into a year of weekends. But, when the weekend came, I was content to just go with the flow. Friday night I decided to paint my office (it is not decorated and needs some finishing touches), but Kolby said the color was "delightful," and I really like it too :)

Saturday, well, not sure what I did...grocery shopping, not much...but it was nice not to have to run from one place to another with plans. Sunday was of course, restful, we ended the day with a nice walk to the park and met some more of our neighborhood.

And TODAY----well, we decided to head up the canyon and see where we ended up. $6 later (yes, can you believe they charge you $6 to drive up the canyon!!!) we drove through the Alpine Loop, the leaves are already changing colors, it was so beautiful. Then we stopped around Bridal Veil Falls and played in the water, then ended the day at Color Me Mine in the Riverwoods, where we each painted a cup/mug.

Maddax didn't like that he couldn't participate, but I can't wait to see how they turn out! (notice Hannah is now missing TWO teeth in her picture-if you ask her about it, she will gladly tell you how the tooth fairy forgot to come the first night-oops!)

Finally, it would seem Maddax doesn't care for actual toys very much, but her sure loves real things, like cell phones, keys, cabinets, and the piano...he LOVES the piano. Lucky me ;)

Once upon a time...

Once upon a time, there was a baby girl:
Her family loved her, but in the blink of an eye, she grew up and it was time to start Kindergarten:

With excitement, she dressed herself and was ready to go. She hugged her family goodbye:

And at the sound of the bell, without looking back, she lined up with her new class, and walked into the brave new world called elementary!

(Not pictured: Mom choking back tears and Dad wondering what just happened to his baby girl!)

Maddax turned 1!

I can't believe my baby boy is 1 year old already! I still remember bringing him home from the hospital and that sweet newborn smell he had. (sniff sniff) Well, Maddax loves cookies, and of course his main food supply is milk, so we decided to have some family over for milk and cookies while we sang to Maddax and let him open his presents.

He was timid about touching the cake at first, but eventually he dug in, then flung it on the floor. He loved staying up until 10pm playing with his cousins and new toys--Thanks everyone!

Our blog is going private

I've decided it's time to make our blog private. We love to keep all of our friends and family up to date...but we're not so happy to share our lives with weirdos (with the exceptions of the previously mentioned categories of friends and family...hehehe). So, leave your e-mail address in the comments section if you'd like to continue to have access to our blog...I'll probably make it private in a week or so.

So, all you blog-stockers out there...time to come clean and leave your info :)

(FYI- you do not have to create a new account to access private blogs, all you need to do is enter your e-mail address and create a password...yup, it's that easy!)

Fish Lake

We were lucky enough to go to my annual family reunion last week at Fish Lake. We had lots of fun fishing, taking boat rides, going 4-wheeling and relaxing, and yet I only took 4 pictures! (I guess that's the real proof I enjoyed myself!)

From left to right:

-Hannah couldn't leave Jamie (Matt's girlfriend) alone, she followed her everywhere. I think she is the best chaperone we could have brought!

-My mom brought her scooter to go from her 5th wheel trailer to our cabin, and the little kids LOVED it.

-Maddax pulling his squinty face, sort of. He thinks its funny to squint and cheese because it makes everyone laugh.

-My mom and grandma were filthy and covered with dirt from their 5 hr 4-wheeler adventure that took them 4 days to recover from...looks fun though :)