Halloween

Serious pumpkin carving going on at our house the Monday Night before Halloween!She tried a green pumpkin...with a cute 'wittle' smiling face
Carved one all by herself! Yeah!
Consentration!
Decisions?
Then, a week later, they all got dressed up to go Trick-or-treating!

We had a Giraffe!
And a pink witch!
And an Orange Witch
A Lost cowboy (He found his way home!)
And............ Astrid!
Happy Halloween!

Brigham's 9th Bday before the actual day!

Turning 9....with 9 minions of his very own!

Celebrating with Bubbles and Bob and Kelly too....She was taking pictures,

He missed only one! Boy is he getting old!
New Clothes from G&G Plant!
Yeah! Legos!

First Day of School!

First Grade! Mrs. England

3rd Grade, Mrs. Powell
6th Grade, Middle School and lovin' it!

Brooklyn......wishes she was in school.....But school is not ready for her!

Labor Day Camping with the Thuesons

Labor day camping trip to the far away place we call the BLUE HOUSE!

we caught frogs....
Played Bobble Head

And Face the Cookie....
Crossed the Canal....
And Fell in!
Caught more frogs....
Got even wetter, and floated down the canal...
Having a lot of fun!
Playing with his cousin, and of course they were wet!
Anything they did was fun!
And look at those cheeks! The weather was wonderful! And all the kids had fun! They want to go next year to the same exotic location! Lots of fun was had by everyone!

San Fransisco Blitz

After driving for hours and hours, we finally got to San Fransisco or rather Concord CA. We moved Alex and Anna into their new place on Friday afternoon, then we went window shopping in Walnut Creek and ate at a diner on the street....I ate a burger with grilled pineapple and terriyakii sauce on it, it was unusual, I probably won't get another one! Then the next day our adventure in San Fransisco began.....We drove to the Bart Station, To take the train into San Fransisco...This train Goes UNDER the Bay. We were excited for the trip.

We stopped at a Farmers Market for Breakfast...The indoor market was amazing! It was an old Train Depot! The food was OK,.....but the fruit from the stands out front was amazing!

This was in the outdoor market...they had everything there!!!! We only bought a couple of homemade magnets...we are big spenders!In front of a sculpture, water thing-y...I think I have a picture of my family when I was a kid in front of this somewhere! Alex worked just a couple of blocks from here in a giant cement skyscraper....It wasn't very pretty just really big! all of the tours for alcatraz were sold out, so we looked at the model....:) then we booked a ride on a boat to tour the bay. It took us around the bay and told all about the history of alcatraz and the other islands and of course the Golden Gate Bridge! It was fun!Cute architecture! You don't see that everyday!Lombard Street! There was a line of cars to go down this curvy street! Crazy!!We ended the day with a little shopping! Greg finally found a new hat! It is white, unfortunately, but he likes it! Alex found something, and I am sure they had a good time shopping together in the Macys Mens store! We ditched them and ran through the Macys, Olivia got a new shirt for $3.87, and Anna found some new socks!!! Woo-Hoo!

Olivia at the Fair showing her horse Bailey!
She had fun, and did really well for her first year of 4-H. She Did several events and survived the rain... For saying we live in a dessert, it didn't show that day!

Halter showmanship....or just trying not to get stuck in the mud! None of the horses were trotting in the slop like they were supposed to, and the poor judge had to stand in the mud all morning long! Luckily nobody lost a boot in the muck!:)

Lindsey And Nate...........Yeah!

Ben Made the temple cake out of rice crispies!Happy to see their aunt get married!