Corn Maze, Snow, and Halloween

Okay, this is kind of weird. I can't upload the pictures I want because the computer isn't working. I'll just do what I was able to get on here.

Halloween in Beaver:
I was a cat...Jared kept accusing me of being a playboy bunny.
Gavon was a little puppy dog. I like how he's holding his two suckers.

The one picture I wasn't able to put on here was of Shayden in her cow costume and Paul in his gorilla costume.

Valerie's baptism was so cool! She is one cute girl. When we went to Trisa's right before the baptism, Valerie was in her white jumper and she was jumping around the house. "I'm in a jumper!" She did that for a while. She definitely has lots of energy. She always had a smile on her face.

Paul had a ton of fun being a gorilla. At the trunk-or-treat parents would grab him and ask for him to say hi to their kids or take a picture. One dad driving in his truck asked him to scare his kids in the back of the cab and Paul climbed up acting like a monkey. The kids were pretty scared, and the dad was all happy. He gave him a thumbs up, and was smiling pretty big. Paul scared a few people trick-or-treating later that night pretty bad. We also went to the Beaver old folks home to visit Jared's grandma. Paul was trying to be quiet and move slow so the old people wouldn't be scared, and one even asked to dance with him. That was pretty cool.
Gavon at the Little Bear Bottoms Corn Maze.


This is random. I took a picture of my lunch a while ago. A random fact: I've hated tomatoes my whole life until I was pregnant with Gavon. Now I can't get enough tomatoes on anything.
Gavon just laid in the snow while Shayden and I made a snow man.
Right when Shayden looked outside and saw the snow she said, "Get my boots! Let's go!"
Paul and I are going to try and do a garden on Grandma and Grandpa Bob's property. We had fun playing in the leaves we got to put over it. Now just to till it up with some fertilizer. We're going to try and plant some swiss chard and some garlic before the snow starts to fly any more.

Shayden and Gavon on top of the straw pyramid.

These are the wrong videos I was trying to put on here. The computer shows a different video than what it actually is, but it's pretty cool anyway. Enjoy.

Gavon

This kid is sooooo cute. He looks like his daddy. Right now he can stand up on his own, copy the kissing noise, clap his hands, play hide and seek, and he crawls really fast. I've already had to sew a few of his pants so he can still use them because he crawls so much. He laughs really easily, and doesn't cry very much. That is the complete opposite of Shayden. In the bathtub last night Paul poured water on his head and he just took some sharp breaths, but Shayden would cry like it was the end of the world. Gavon likes to pull stuff out of containers and then put them back in, play in the toilet, and eat cheerios.

That's his spotlight of the day.

Birthday Goodness

I forgot to blog about my birthday. Awesome day! I went biking with Alisa up Logan Canyon...so gorgeous with the leaves on the ground, and the beautiful colors. There's something about being outside and up the canyon. I just want to breath it all in. It was so funny, too, because Alisa is hilarious. I was trying to get her amazing bike out of my van (her bike is aweosme!) and I said, "Alis, your bike is so cool." Right as I said that the bike fell out...crash. "Hmmm...it's really strong too." She's so much fun to laugh with. She even let me ride her bike after a while. After our quicky bike ride (I hate to turn around) we went home and had some yummy lentil lasagna, and Brian offered to watch our kids so Paul and I could go do something. I've been saving this passes to the Logan Rec. Center so we went to play some raquet ball...AWESOME! I couldn't have asked for a better 25th birthday. Rock on!!!! Oh...and one of my neighbors took Shayden and Gavon last minute so I could go with Alisa up the canyon. Right when I dropped them off Shayden had a HUGE poopy diaper. Now that is loving dedication right there...changing your neighbor's kid's diaper on her birthday. One of my neighbors also gave me some super yummy soup for lunch. His name is Pond...James Pond. I love my neighborhood!!!

Decorating on a Dime

My ward had a Relief Society night on "Decorating on a Dime" where a sister spoke on fun ways to decorate without spending much. This is so me! I like to decorate, but the money it takes is a little over board. It gets really expensive. So, one idea was to go on a walk and look at what looks pretty. I run a 3 1/2 mile loop that passes the city dump, but there are these beautiful weeds all along the way. I picked a hole bunch of them and decorated some #10 cans (from the cannery) with some old fabric scraps. I also saved some bean/green bean/corn cans and decorated those too. A little bit of hot glue gunning and tie a bow...wallah. Now I'm going to try and get a board and paint a quote on it with stencils. Maybe a scripture. That's where I have to buy paints...maybe I can get a cool piece of wood from somewhere where they're throwing scraps away. Then I can put it in between those two weed bouquets.
I should have gotten a picture up close. They turned out really cool. I'm all excited.

Spiders

We have a bunch of spiders in our back yard, and the other morning our grass was covered in spider webs. Cool, huh!

Daredevil Boy

Gavon has no fear. At the park he'll climb to the highest point and want to go down head first. He loves to slide down on his belly. In a room full of toys he'll go straight for a nasty garbage can, or a really hot fireplace. He loves to climb on top of the dishwasher. Every time Shayden helps him escape outside he goes straight to the road. I have to watch this guy real close. He reminds me of Eric Sheffer--he's a daredevil too.

Life is Precious

I've just been thinking of the miracle of life, and how one day, things can change. I thought about how Jordan picked up Parker after his nap and how he had his stroke. I thought about Crystal's miscarriage, and the thrill of seeing your little baby move at that first ultra sound, but finding out that there was no heart beat. I thought about Miss Christiansen, and how she died riding home on a bus from a marching band tournament; how she tried to make everyone safe before more damage was done. Heavenly Father really knows who our hearts. It makes me want to live each day as if it were my last.