Fall Part 2

The joys of Fall continue...

Fall isn't complete until you've had a ride on Farmer Brown's wagon. The girls got to go to his house, pick out about 10 pumpkins and then ride back to the house on his little orange wagon. What more could you ask for?

The girls couldn't pick just one pumpkin so they choose 3 each. 

Rhaegan and Grandma getting ready to leave for the Wizard of Oz play in Nampa. Rhaegan loved it!!! Thanks, Grandma! 

It was then off to our ward's Trunk or Treat night. If you can see Marlee's eyes in this picture and know her personally, what do you think she's thinking? It's scary to think about. 

All of these activities took place on Saturday. Sunday was also filled with Halloween festivities and tomorrow is Trick o Treating....more pictures to come!

Pumpkin Patch

Rhaegan had her first kindergarten field trip last week to one of the local pumpkin patches. She really wanted me to go so I signed up to be a chaperon. It was a lot of fun. It had been warm almost everyday before the field trip so I wasn't prepared for the 40 degree morning we had on the day of the field trip. I just had Rhaegan and her "buddy" run a round a lot to keep warm.

This slide was a favorite amongst all the kindergartners. There was always a line to go down it.

 This spiderweb was so amazing. Rhaegan had a great time pretending to be a spider catching a fly.

 Of course at any pumpkin patch there has to be an animal barrel train.

 I have a picture just like this one from one of my field trips as a little girl. I had to capture the moment.

Luckily they had a mini corn maze because I was a little nervous to let a bunch of five year olds run wild through the big one.

It was a great field trip. Of course Rhaegan's favorite part was riding the bus to and from the patch. Oh the things kids find fun.

Fall

Fall is here and we are loving it! I decided to have the girls make some leaf collages to get them into the Fall spirit. Most of the trees around the yard haven't lost their leaves yet so we really had to hunt. Marlee didn't really understand the leaf collecting concept but hard a good time anyway.

Marlee thought these yellow leaves were the best 

 Rhaegan of course loves any type of project or activity so she was super excited and was trying to find as many different colors as possible.

What the...?

Ok, so this is by far the craziest spider I have ever encountered. Rhaegan spotted her while we were picking raspberries on Saturday. She said, "Mom, there's a big yellow spider over here. Come see!" Of course when my kids say big their frame of reference it's exactly up to scale. I walked over to where this "big, yellow" spider was and this is what I saw.

I didn't have anything to put next to it to show its true size but it was seriously huge. If I would have smashed it, it would have been like smashing a small mouse. GROSS!

I of course had to find out what kind of spider this really was and if it was dangerous. Apparently it's a St. Andrews Cross spider and is very low-risk. They are basically very lazy spiders. Well, thank goodness for that information. Anyway, it was definitely an amazing find.

Marlee is not your usual two year old. In fact, she not even like a normal three or four year old. She's a sixteen year old trapped in a two year old body. You seriously have to have an unlimited amount of energy to keep up with this little lady. She is so smart and has no problem speaking her mind. She wants so badly to be "big" like Rhaegan, to be able to do everything she can do. She knows how to make Shae a pile of mush in no time flat and can con her way into anything she wants. She is very sensitive to smells (I'm not sure where that came from). She will completely lose it if there is even a hint of egg smell in the air. Her little nose will scrunch up and a high pitched scream is not far behind. She is also the most polite little girl I have ever met. She says "thank you" after everything, even if it's not needed. She may drive me to want to frequent the local bar, but she is my "little goose" and our lives would not be complete without her.



Sunday Best

We decided to have a quick photo shoot before church a couple weeks ago

Our adorable little ladies!

Shae and I don't have many pictures of just the two of us so I thought we were due for a quick pic.

Caldwell Homecoming

This past weekend was Caldwell's Homecoming weekend and man did it bring back memories. Eleven years ago I had my homecoming. Our nephew, had been nominated as Homecoming King so of course we were going to support him by attending every activity we could. First stop, the parade!

The girls had a blast at the parade. There was a ton of candy and some amazing "I'm so cool" performances by the high school students.

It was actually kind of cool that day but the sun was out in full force. Marlee was not enjoying the bright light so she decided to wear my sunglasses.

The nominees for Homecoming King and Queen were in the first cars in the parade so the girls got to see their cousin first thing. It looked like he was really having fun. Oh to be a senior again.

Then that night was the football game. And yes, I was so excited to go. I hadn't been to a high school football game in over 10 years so I was really looking forward to it. Plus, I was super excited to see if Seth won. And HE DID!!! I was given the job of taking pictures but I did not deliver. I was too excited once they called his name as the King.

We had a great day and really enjoyed being a part of Seth's big win. Congratulations, Seth. We love you!