Fall 2009

Autumn is my favorite time of year. The colors, the scents, the temperatures, the memories, the food....I love it! And with kids it's even better.

Here are a few highlights of ours thus far, overload of photos.

Pumpkin Patch
We tried a new patch this year. One in Salt Lake Valley, called the Pumpkin Point Farm, that had a free corn maze, about 10 tractors for the kids to play on, kids sized wheelbarrows, hens eating corn, free hayrides, cheap pumpkins and an orange cat that had Jocelyn smitten.

BYU Homecoming Parade:

BYU Law was able to walk in it this year. Sadly, we didn't walk the whole thing because I stopped to take a photo with an old roommate, Christine. By the time we were done talking our group was like 3 sections ahead of us and we would have had to book it to catch up. Try doing that with one stroller, one lady with a bowling ball attached to her stomach and one 5 year old on a bike with training wheels. Not going to happen. So we stayed behind and enjoyed watching the rest of the parade and getting the free candy!

Samuel prepping for the parade

Meeting Cosmo (BYU's mascot). Sammy was scared for the first 10 seconds and then he ran into his arms willingly.

Christine and I. She looks exactly the same, lucky girl!

Law Halloween Party:

Each year the Law school hosts a Halloween pizza party, costume parade and trick-or-treating in the student carrels (each law student gets their own little cubicle in the law building). They received so much candy that they could no longer carry their heavy bags. Their costumes seemed to go over well. Sammy was a "boy cowboy" and Joc was a "girl cowboy," according to Samuel.

Sammy's chaps kept falling down.

Tyler wore his chef shirt. There was a law student making balloon art instead of giving candy.

Annual doughnut marathon
This year I made spudnuts ( a new recipe) and the same pumpkin cake doughnuts that I made last year. I was filled with grease for days.....yum! Thanks Jana for helping out!

This was before I got frustrated at the kids using the dough as playdough. Do you like my anti-feminist apron? My MIL made it for me as a joke. I think it looks very flattering above my prego belly ;0 I look like an old lady!



My Aunt Allie's annual family Halloween party. Creigh and Peter are my 1st cousins. Cute boys.


Trick-or-Treating
We did let the kids go around Tyler's sister student apartment building for a little more candy. I bought a bag of candy from Costco thinking I'd get rid of it all but living in the basement seems to turn some off from coming around. Thank you to Jana for providing these photos and for bringing Carson down for the Halloween festivities.