Ummm...Snow?!

It's September 30...had a rainstorm last night and this morning the mountains had snow on them. Then after school, it actually snowed a bit--too wet to stick, but the kids thought it was fun to catch snowflakes on their tongues anyway!

Fun Run

The kids had a Fun Run at school today. It was the real deal--streets blocked off by police officers and an escort motorcycle for the lead runner. Lots of fun! Here are some pics of our runners.

Fishing and random wildlife

So Katie and I scored some major Mom Brownie points by taking all (5!) kids fishing...sans menfolk! Thankfully we didn't actually catch anything, but if we had...we surely would have earned Mom of the Year Awards for having to take the slimy things off the hook! As it was, we spent most of the day untangling fishing line, and trying to keep kids from getting hooked by the frequent rogue fishing hook. The girls set up their own photo shoot after they got tired of fishing, and Mackenzie practiced her Violet look (from the Incredibles). At the end of the day, they all waded into the super gross water. I did read the sign--promise--it was not toxic! Fun times!

And these next pics are just a few of the creatures we find around (not inside thank goodness) our house! The praying mantis survived...at least until the kids thought it was fun to fill the cup with wood chips...not sure how he fared after that because I lost track of the cup. The snake is actually dead. So our cat Zoe caught it outside, and the kids were super excited because they wanted to keep it. I was all for it until I realized that it was not moving. You know that scene in Dumb and Dumber with the kid and the bird..."Pretty Bird"??? Well...that was my kids and this snake. No matter what I said, they were certain it was still alive. Finally I gave in and let Blake put it in his frog tank. Later that night, I tossed it in the trash can. Well the next morning I was woken up with a snake in my face, and Blake telling me I killed it. He still tells his friends the snake died from being in the garbage (surely it couldn't have been from the flesh wound inflicted by the menacing claws of our jungle cat). So I am forever to be known as the Snake Killer.

"Hiking"

The kids and I took a walk and explored some of the trails in our "front yard". We walked up to the golf course fence and collected golf balls. On the way up.

We saw a couple of deer along the way...turned the corner and there were a couple of them in the bushes. My camera is not very good, but I would say were were about 20 feet away.

self portrait...gosh these are hard!

This is what the kids call the "break room". It's a little section of bushes just off the path. You have to hike up to it, but Blake said it's a great place to go to the bathroom...not sure if he knows that from personal experience or not...

Swiss Days

So every year in Midway, they have Swiss Days...two days of yummy food (think giant scones with homemade jam!), yodelers, rows and rows of vendors selling all kinds of things from cute baby stuff, to weird wrought iron yard decorations (think giant 10 foot horse, costing $30,000), to homemade breads and candies. We went this year with Grandma Jo and Robyn & Navi. Navi was sporting the "Swiss Princess" onesie that Grandma Jo brought home from Switzerland. We also got to bring home a HUGE, yummy zucchini that Grandma Jo grew! Yum!

First day of school

Aubri in front of the school. Yes, I know the

outfit is a bit crazy...but it was RED day, and

it's Aubri...what can I say?

Blake in front of the school. It was really

sunny..can you tell???

UTAH!!!

So we have moved to Draper, UT. We had to leave HB
VERY early in the morning

This was before Vegas...sun is just barely coming up.


Fast Forward to our new house. Robyn and JoAnn
made us a Welcome Home banner and stocked
our fridge with yummy Utah goodies...Grandma
Sycamore Bread, Creamies, Howie's rootbeer...yum!

Deer sightings on our first morning!

Across the street in the neighbor's yard.

In our back yard!