Pumpkin Walk

Since my nephews were here, my mom and I decided to take them to the pumpkin walk tonight after I got off work.  My sister's friend Becky and her little girl Charly came with us.  It was really chilly but I was excited to go since I had never been before.
It was packed but we found a parking space pretty quickly.  They had a bunch of the wood cutouts for the kids to pose in.  Here's Charly and Gavin in Clifford.

Branson really liked the lights.

Some of my favorite displays...
Angry Birds

 Richard Scarry's Busy Town (loved these books as a kid!)

 Gilligan's Island

 Calvin and Hobbes

We took a break from the walk as soon as the kids saw the playground.

 Then we got back in line for the end.  Branson met the wicked witch and we saw my favorite display of them all!!  Fra-jee-lay!

After having lived in Cache Valley for pretty much all my life and never been to the famous pumpkin walk, this will now be a tradition!  It was so fun and fun to see all the different ideas people had.

The Brackin's

I loved taking this family's photos...I was so nervous though.  I love photography and I love creating things through the lens of my camera but I'm just a hobbyist, not a professional.  So it's was kind of scary having someone ask me to be in control of something as valuable as family photos.
I've taken Tara and Cody's family pictures for the past 3 years but haven't been nervous about them.  They are our best friends and Tara's too nice to tell me if she doesn't like them, plus I'd just make them do it again another day if they didn't work.
I've know Vicki and Austin since we were kids.  These two have been together since 7th grade and as so cute together.  Their kids are adorable as well.
It was freezing Saturday morning when we took these, and the kids weren't too happy at first.  But after a little bit, they came around.

We went to a bunch of different locations and had so much fun!  I asked Tara if she wanted to come with me, more to calm me and she was a huge help with getting the younger two kids to smile.
We got in their van to head up the canyon and on the way down Carson, the oldest, said "Dayne, you're such a whore!"  Dayne is the baby.  We laughed so hard at that, which probably wasn't helpful for Vick and Austin.  They were shocked at first to hear that word come out of Carson's mouth, then Vicki asked him where he heard that word and he said "TV."  Oh man, it was funny!
They are a beautiful family and I am so honored they asked me to take their pictures.  It was so fun and a great learning experience for me as well!  I love they way their pictures came out.  Thanks Brackins!

Corn Maze 2011

We made it to the Green Canyon corn maze again this year last night with Tara, Cody and Atty.  And we had some add-ons that wanted to come with, Stacey, Kyle, Zane and Stacey's niece and nephew.  Since it's getting more chilly, Josh and I wore our new hats my wonderful friend made for us.  Let me know if you're interested in her stuff and I'll give you her contact info.:)  I am totally in love with this owl hat and Josh's beard hat cracks me up!

 We had so much fun and I'm so glad I wasn't the scaredy cat this year, Stacey had me beat by a long shot!  We hadn't turned two corners in there before there was someone stalking us and Stacey was on the ground covering her head screaming!  I thought she was tripped and hurt, but no, she was scared!  After we got her up, the guy kept following us since he knew he was doing a good job of scaring her.

 It was such a fun night with our best friends and our new friends!

A Walk In The Woods

So after work today, I really wanted to go for a drive to see the fall colors again before they were gone.  Josh was really tired from work last night and didn't want to go, so all by myself I went for a walk in the woods.
There is a trail up Sardine Canyon that I would see cars at a lot and wanted to know what was up there.  So I parked the car and walked up to the gate.  There was a sign that said "close gate behind you to keep wildlife off the road", uh, okay.  Where in the world am I going?!  So I opened it, went in and closed it behind me.

Wow, it's beautiful up there!

I walked up this trail toward the mountain.  I only passed a couple of people on my way up who were on their way out.  I was nervous to be out there by myself not knowing what was around me, but it was peaceful at the same time.

 It was beautiful.  I wanted to walk further up the trail but didn't dare to.  Next year, after the snow melts.

FHE: Pumpkin Carving!

We all decided that for FHE we would carve pumpkins!  Angie & Rick came with Whitney and it was so much fun!

 Whitney loved it...and she loved the suckers and the lemonade and Athena!

I usually get stressed out with how to carve my pumpkin and this year I just winged it, never done that before!  But it worked out and I loved my pumpkin!

Josh's is the one on the left.  He winged his as well, I think his turned out so cute! 

It was a lot of fun being with our friends, listening to Halloween music and creating memories.

And now...we're off to Disneyland!!

A Bunco Halloween!

This was the last month of Bunco for the year and it was my turn to host it.  In our group everyone brings something to contribute to the meal and the host makes the main dish.  Thanks to pinterest and my mom, I found these really yummy lasagna rolls to make.

 And since it's Halloween, we all dressed up.  It was so much fun!  We've lost a few people through out the year but have added a few as well.  Vicki's cute mom, Jolene, came this time to sub in for someone.  It was so good to see her!  She was my second mom growing up since Vicki and I were attached at the hip as kids!
We have such a fun group of girls and I love that most of us all went to school together!

Fall Colors

As a kid growing up, we had to spend Sundays with our family.  We couldn't go play with our friends and we hated it.  It seemed like all of our other friends could all go do stuff together but we were stuck at home. Sometimes we would end up going on a Sunday drive somewhere.  I remember one time we ended up in Jackson Hole.  Those days always annoyed me back then but now looking back, my parents knew what they were doing, creating memories as a family no matter what we were doing.  And to this day I love going on Sunday drives.  Today after church, Josh and I decided to go on one of those drives.  We wanted to go see the fall colors before they were all gone but wanted a change of scenery instead of Logan canyon.  So we headed up to Porcupine Dam.  The leaves haven't all changed yet but there were a few and it was beautiful.

 It was such a pretty drive but the best part was just being with my best friend.  Just the two of us and the iPod in the car, love it!