October 2022

 

October 1 - Ryder had a good soccer game! We had a party to celebrate Aubrey and Declan.  Aubrey's birthday is Oct. 5th, Declan's is on the 7th. Blake was awake for most of the party!

October 2 - The kids piled into Brian's pickup bed for the ride from Jared's house back to our house.  

October 3 - I got to take Declan out to lunch and to go shopping before his birthday.  It was all new to him, and he couldn't quite figure out why we were doing it.  By the time it was over, he thought it was great! It was fun getting to know this new little bonus grandson.

October 4 - We got to spend the day with Hallie and Ryder. We went to McDonald's for lunch, then went to Ridley's.  Hallie insisted that Ryder push her in the cart.  Ryder didn't quite know how to deal with that, and felt kind of silly. But he kept pushing her.  They had fun getting underdogs on the big swing while we were waiting for Molly to come home on the bus.

October 6 - Blake and I went to Billings, MT for some CME classes.  We stayed right downtown in the Northern Hotel.  We were lucky enough to find a Red Lobster!

October 7 - We were able to go to the Billings temple.  It's a really nice little temple.

October 8 - We drove to the sight of "The Battle of Little Bighorn", sometimes called "Custer's Last Stand". It was kind of interesting, both the events that happened and the place it took place. 

October 10 - We had a little issue with the filter in our sprinkler box, Randy was able to get the parts to fix it.  He had to lay on the ground to be able to reach the pipes he was fixing.  

October 11 - Another beautiful Sunrise! I love these reminders of Heavenly Father's love by witnessing His beautiful creations.

October 14 - We got to spend some time with Ryder, Molly and Hallie. They had fun at on the playground at Jensen's Grove. 

More fun at the playground.

They went down to the lake and skipped some rocks.  

We had Mac & Cheese for dinner, then played some "Go Fish", then read some of the Blog Book.  It was a good day!

October 15 - Molly and Hallie spent the night, so I got to fix their hair.  Molly called Hallie's hair "bear hair" because she thought it looked like bears ears.  I was really proud of the French braid I did for Molly. It was the best one I have ever done, and it looked really cute on Molly. 

Since it was my birthday, we put a candle in my muffin (there wasn't a good picture of it), Blake took the girls shopping and bought me some really cute little Christmas decorations.  We picked up Ryder and met Brian's family at Texas Roadhouse.  They brought the saddle out, and I made Annie get on it for me.  

We went out to the New Sweden Farm and Corn Maze.  Molly decided that it had been a long time since we had taken a picture of "the triplets". Maden, Clark, Ryder, Hallie and I had fun playing the giant Connect Four game.

Ryder, Clark and Hallie went down these slides a lot of times!

Molly and Annie got to ride the ponies. They bounced on the trampoline.  Clark and Declan were on the trampoline for a good long time! Annie, Molly, Ryder and Hallie liked going for a ride in the barrels.

Maden and Hallie threw some axes, Maden got a bullseye! They jumped on a little tramp, and Molly and Ryder went on the slides again.  We got some ice cream and French fries at Culvers on the way home.

Jared and Nikelle brought me a cute bouquet of flowers and yarn, and these cute blocks with pictures of me, my mom and grandma.  Love it!

October 16 - Just a little pickle ball for Blake, Jared, Brian and Randy.

Nikelle and Jared had a birthday dinner for me, with a yummy carrot cake! I felt very special!

October 17 - This beautiful plant came from Cindy and Ken. Such a cute little bucket.  Hallie did not have a nap while she was watching Paw Patrol.  When she woke up from not napping we played "old Grandma". 

My talented sister, Tricia send me these amazing water colors of my two houses! I love them.  I knew she was doing my new house, but she surprised me with one of the "Red House"! I love them!

I hung them in my mud room across from the drop zone.  They look really good there.

October 18 - Finally getting some fall colors! More of God's beauty!

October 22 - We took a little ride to Salt Lake with Brian and Aubrey.  We went to Cheesecake Factory in Murray, then to Gardner Village in West Jordon, then down to the outlet stores in Lehi.  It rained hard on the way home all through Utah, then it turned to snow just past Tremonton. I wasn't good at getting pictures, but it was a fun little day trip.

October 23 - I thought that is was amazing how these trees to the east were reflecting the sun from the west.  Beautiful!

October 25 - Hallie loved this story she got to bring home from preschool.

October 26 - First snow! the roses were doing so well, and now it's over.

October 27 - Blake and Randy put together the snow plow for our new 4 wheeler.  Now we're ready fir winter.  

We ended up with a couple of inches of snow that stayed pretty much all day.

I got to go be with Annie for a pre-birthday lunch at Chick-fil-A, shopping at Target, and ice cream and voting on the pumpkins at Reed's Dairy.  We had a fun time! 

October 29 - I was lucky enough to watch this sunrise go from beautiful purples to deep oranges, it was almost breathtaking!

I got to go watch Ryder play basketball in the old gym at Blackfoot High School.  I haven't been in that gym for a long time! It was fun to watch Ryder play.  He had a really nice assist to Ian, our neighbor.  

Nikelle and I took Molly and Hallie to the Snake River Craft Fair and carnival.  Aubrey, Clark and Declan met us there.  I didn't get very many pictures, but the kids had great time playing the games.

We celebrated Annie! I made her a Banana Bread 10.  Maden wanted to light the candles and Annie was scared of him having the fire lighter.  The kids all love to watch opening presents. She got pretty spoiled.

We carved or painted pumpkins or both.  It worked well to do it in the garage.  The heater out there kept it nice and warm. The kids and grown ups were very creative with their pumpkins. 

I was going to carve the teal one, but the meat was too thick, so Blake cut it up and we're eating it like squash. 

It was a fun activity, and they turned out so cute!

October 30 - Annie is 10! It's so fun to see her grow up right before our eyes.  We love you, Annie!

October 31 - Halloween! Molly was a witch, Ryder was Mahomes from the Kansas City Chiefs, Hallie was a mermaid riding a sea horse.  We met up with the Cook and Leifson cousins for Trunk or Treat.

Mom, Dad and I had fun handing out the candy to all these cuties.  We gave it all away.  

We got home just in time for this beautiful sunset, and for more trick or treaters! I had to raid my cupboards and find more candy to give out! Next year, I'll know to save some for trick or treaters at the house.  They kept coming until 9:00!

September 2022

 

September 2 - Eastern Idaho State Fair! Blake, Aubrey and Declan went to see what they could find at the fair this year.

September 3 - Blake and I along with Brian's and Jared's families went to the fair. The animals are always a big hit!

It was a very hot day, so Maden and I decided we didn't want to stay at the fair for the rides, but the rest of them had a great time, just look at all those smiles.  Maden and I had real nice time with just the two of us, we played some games and went to eat at Tommy Vaughn's.

September 4 - Brian and Aubrey brought all the ingredients to make Hawaiian Haystacks.  Annie was a big help in cutting up the vegetables.

September 5 - Ryder got to be in the back of Randy's new pickup and help get the mower on the trailer when they went to mow Grandpa Early's lawn.

Blake, Brian, Aubrey, Jared, Nikelle, Molly and Hallie went to the archery range.  The  girls had fun shooting their little bows.

Blake, Brian, Aubrey, Jared, Molly and Hallie went to the green belt in Idaho Falls and rode the electric scooters. The girls loved it.

September 6 - A beautiful sunrise! Hallie's first day of Preschool at the Busy Bee's Preschool. She was a little nervous.

September 7 - Declan's first day of Preschool at Miss Kara's!

September 8 - A beautiful moonrise. My camera made funny little light squiggles when it took this picture. I'm just always so amazed and grateful to see these beautiful creations God sends my way.

September 13 - Another beautiful sunrise! And look at our beautiful roses! They have done so well, and I love them!

September 14 - There was a kind of creepy, but peaceful ground fog this morning. This plant that was given to me when Blake's mother passed away, decided to bloom, I don't remember it ever blooming before.

September 17 - Blake and Jared had a day of service.  First they went to Treasure Mountain Scout camp to help dismantle the camp.  Blake drove a little loader and took the debris to Jared and he picked it up in another loader and dumped it into a dump truck.  Then, they went to Johnson's and dug a pit to roast a pig in.  

September 18 - We celebrated Blake's upcoming birthday.  After dinner and peach pie, the kids played with some play dough and some games on the iPad. Then, as I was leaving my parents house, there was another beautiful sunset.

September 20 - I redecorated the front porch for fall! So fun!

 Another magnificent sunset!

September 22 - Molly and Hallie got to come spend some time, so we played some games. Then, another spectacular sunset.  I love the refection in the puddle.

September 23 - Nikelle, Molly, Hallie and I went up to the Red Barn U Pick Pumpkin Patch.  First, we had to take some pictures with the pumpkins.

Michael, James, Paul, Derek and Molly and Hallie had a great time in the little tractor roadway.

Michelle and boys and Molly and Hallie had a great time on the straw slide.

The kids had a great time in corn pit. Michael, James and Molly got to be models for an instagram post for the pumpkin patch.

We rode the little train, jumped on the jumpy thing, pet some kittens and Lynne, Rob and I rested in some chairs while the kids played.

After the pumpkin patch, we went to Leo's Place.  The kids were starving and ate all the pizzas. They had fun in the play area.

Brian and Aubrey went up to the mountain, and Brian was lucky enough to hit this deer with an arrow. Look away from the next picture, if you're squeamish.

September 24 - Blake, Randy and Brian are skinning and cutting up the deer.

We got to watch Ryder play soccer in Pocatello.  He's so quick and focused, so fun to watch!

September 25 - Brian with the deer horns mounted onto a plastic skull.  He's pretty proud.

September 28 - Molly has some beads in her hair for Native American day at school.  Blake thought his surgical hat looked like he was dressing up for it, too.

Just another gorgeous sunrise!

September 29 - Hallie brought some of the "babies" up from the basement, she played and talked with them for a good long time.