Fall FUN!!!

Hallie bug
Our potatoe head pumpkin family: Hallie got a princess, Ledger got a skeleton, Ryker got a pirate. Decorated pumpkins and no mess! Gotta love that.

Throwing what leaves we had in our yard!

This pictures is suppose to be Ryker and his throwing up leaves, sorry, pretend this is Ryker.
Ryker making a snow angel in the leaves

Hallie making her leaf angel.
Best Friends!


Top Ten Things We LOVE about Fall:

1. Conference Weekend

2. Cooler Weather

3. Less lawn mowing

4. Pumpkin Pie

5. Turning the clocks back!

6. Changing Leaves

7. Costume Hunting for Halloween

8. Reflections of Gratitude

9. Hunting season of course

10. New Moon Movie(Twilight series)

Stairs and Crawling in 1 Week...

This little boy figured out how to crawl Tues. and was doing the stairs by Thurs. evening. Holy smokes, bud you have to slow down, I just can't keep up! Rolled off my six foot high bed last night, woke everyone up in the neighborhood...where do they sell child restraints??? cute little diaper bootie!

Crawling! Yeah, our first baby that has figured out how to crawl. My other two were bum scooters. You had a big sissy teach you every day for two weeks! We love our sis.

Takin' a Breather!

17 of those puppies is a work out for a chubbie Ledgie!

Giving me a cheese when I kept telling him No, No, don't go up one more. Yeah right, he'll show me who is boss!!!

Never a Dull Moment...

Yes, this is our live kitty, that Ryker trapped into a zip lock bag and zippered the top closed. I turn around from the computer and saw him carrying this sack around. I swear there is never a dull moment in this household. Everyone needs a Ryker in their home!!! Luckily it wasn't Ledger's head who was inside. And once again, Yes, we are back to trying out the cat buisness. For those that don't know the cat stories...we have lost seven in a year and this maybe the eighth!

Dressing Up...

Shane and I were out back talking and pushing Ledger in the swing, Hallie and Ryker were inside playing in her room. About fifteen minutes later they come out holding hands, Hallie saying look mom, Ryker wanted to be an indian. Within a second, I said what is on your face? Hallie spoke up and said I used a black marker to make him look like an indian. Oh great, hope it isn't a permanent one. I told him it probably wasn't going to come off and then I headed inside to grab the camera. He looked like this the rest of the evening, even told me he wasn't going to wear shoes anymore, because indians don't! Luckily soap does wonders even with marker. He screamed the whole time I scrubbed and said he wanted to be an indian forever. The joys of dressing up and getting to be someone else for a day. Holding his arrowheads bought at the fair
Hallie, our awesome artist

She thought she should be in one pic because she did such a great job.

our little indian

A Beautiful Bird..

Shane's friend that we met through craigslist is into falconry. He has fourteen of these beautiful birds. We traded him a dog box for a pointer elhew puppy, so while bringing the puppy, he thought he would bring the bird too. It was awesome to see this bird up close, and watch him eat a dead sparrow out of Shane's hand. Shane is now looking into a new hobby (in his spare time, ha ha) of being this friends apprentice, only we would start out with a red tail hawk. The falcon became very anxious around gunner and I had to lock him up. It was funny to see him call/talk when he got nervous.
Eating the sparrow.

Almost a blueish tint to his beak and eye feathers, this one is not full grown.

Pretty impressive to have one up close, Shane's arm got quite tired after the whole neighborhood came out. We didn't care about the new puppy after watching this thing for an hour.

New Calling...Bear Scout Leader!

Hip Hip Horray!!! After three years of enrichment I was called to the best calling of all (since it is only my first week)...Bear Scout Leader! We have four boys so far and I am soooo excited for a change in callings. This will be such a fun time to get to know the scouting program for Ryker and Ledger when they are old enough to come in. Now my only problem is finding a sitter once a week for an hour and a half! I thought being in charge of super saturday was a blast, the scouts aren't going to know what hit them!

09/09/09

It's hard to imagine our Ledger is 9 months old today on 09/09/09. It has gone by soooo fast . We are so greatful this little guy has joined our family. He is at such a fun age, very vocal, loves to eat anything he can get into his mouth, happy most of the time, loves to play with brother and sissy, attatched to mom, and best of all still likes to snuggle. We love you Ledgie, you bring us all lots of joy and smiles!

Once in a Lifetime...

Shane had the opportunity to go to Alaska (his dream hunt) and stay with friends that live there at least until Tues. and then they will be our next door neighbors. It was a great chance to go because he didn't have to pay a guide fee, which you normally pay as a non resident to hunt on their turf. He was happy to have gotten this monster after ten days of being away from us and a nine hour four wheeler ride in. He also had the chance to catch some silver salmon, which will be awesome on the bbq. Thank you Matt for being Shane's alaskan guide! It was a long ten days and we are glad to have him home, at least until the next hunting adventure...

Night at the Fair...

Twin Falls County Fair has come to town, we loaded up the kids and papa came with us. They have great food and fun booths to walk around in. The kids loved the animals. Hallie now wants a hedgehog, we couldn't get enough of the bunnies and chickens. We had lots of fun walking around and being together. Thanks dad for all your help with the kids! We love you. Check out those thighs!
Hallie, wishing she had a pony to go with her new cowgirl hat!

Ryker didn't want to ride, but wanted a picture of his new hat too.

The biggest Texas longhorn I've ever seen.

Ryker petting the nice sheep

I do not know how to work the camera, again!

Papa came with us, we always have fun when were with our papa!!!

LOL!!!

Hallie, Ryker and I were gathered around eating dinner last night talking about school. Hallie said there were some kids saying bad words at recess, I happened to say Heavenly Father doesn't like bad words, while Ryker immediatly looked up at me and said neither does Santa, Mom! (he has been trained well??!)