Pumpkin Patch

Our ward's mother's group all met at a local pumpkin patch/ vineyard this week. The kids had so much fun running around. There was a corn maze, a farm animal area, and a playground. It was a fun little outing for not too much money. My only real issue was the field full of vegetables still on the vine that is not being used except for decoration. Anyhow, here are a few pics of the kids.

Harvest Season

I think I understand more now why families all worked together during the Harvest Season.  I have felt overwhelmed with the amount of work that goes into preserving food for the coming winter.  We have fruit that I can't can quick enough.  It is also difficult when we can't seem to get over being sick.  After ten days of vomiting, we have now made it 48 hours without anyone getting sick.  Horray!!!  So these two reasons are why I haven't been blogging lately.  We're sorry that we have shared our sickness with others, but we're glad that we were able to share some of our fruit.  We hope all of you are enjoying this beautiful Autumn Season.  

Happy 5 Month Birthday!

Today Sarah is 5 months old.  In celebration, she rolled over all by herself (from her front to her back).  She wins for earliest roller out of our three children.  We'll see if she masters rolling from her back to her front.  The other two never did this.  She is quite pleased with this new skill as long as you don't make her do it too many times in a row.  Here's a video of her new accomplishment.

  

By the way, sorry that we haven't had very many pictures of Sarah-- she spends a lot of her day on my back so it's hard to take pictures of her.

BYU Botany Pond

Every week our ward mother's group gathers together and hangs out for an hour or two.  This week we went to the BYU Botany Pond.  It's a little pond with lots of ducks (like 50 or 60 Hungry Ducks).  It is nice to know that there are still ducks here at BYU even though they filled in the stream that used to go through the housing area where Ganon and I met/ fell in love/ got engaged, etc.  Anyhow, I thought I'd share a few pictures of the kiddos.  

(This little family of ducks had ten babies.  They crossed the street back and forth three or four times while we were there.  It was interesting to watch the cars stop and wait and then the ducks stopped too.  Apparently the drivers aren't used to driving on roads with ducks.)

I'm not sleepy, Mama

     Rebecca has been refusing to take naps lately.  Usually she ends up falling asleep on the way to pick up Ganon from work at 4:45 pm.  Today she woke up early so I tried to put her down for a nap.  She refused, so I gave up.  She ended up curling up under the chair I was sitting on.  

     Then I moved to the kitchen to work on dinner and David followed me.  He fell asleep a few minutes later at my feet in the middle of the kitchen.  It was pretty cute.  Unfortunately, Sarah woke up as Rebecca fell asleep.  Luckily, she likes the back-carrier so I can carry her on my back while I make dinner.  It's amazing how peaceful it can be with happy children.

Happy Birthday Ganon!

     Today we celebrated Ganon's birthday.  (I found the candles and lighter last night as I was unpacking yet another misc. box-- perfect timing)  Kelly and her kids made the trip down to help us celebrate.  It was fun getting to hang out and spend time together.  

     I would like to mention how grateful I am for such a wonderful husband.  I have been incredibly blessed to be married to a man that is so hard-working, talented, self-less, patient, and unconditionally loving.  He has always taken such good care of me and our little family.  I can't say enough how wonderful he is.  Thank you, Ganon, for everything.  I look forward to celebrating many more birthdays with you.

Another Dress

Here's my newest dress creation.  I made something like unto sleeves.  We found the material in the basement.  It used to be a table cloth, but it was a little bit too bright.