Friday, October 30, 2009

A Parade

It was the Elementary School's Halloween parade today. These two Vikings looked familiar so I'm blogging a picture of them.Mark hallooing me with his ax
They showed up, quarreling, on our front porch.


One of their many creative poses.

Miss Bone sporting lots of bones.



Now the real hunting fun begins. We sliced, diced, chopped and lopped,vacuum sealed, freezer wrapped, and pressure canned a whole bunch of venison. Later, Big Kyle BBQ'd us up the ribs. It was better than candy we all agreed, even the candy-loving twins said so. Mmmm, thanks for the memory Kyle.




Is he winking at us?






Anna sent these 'mystery' packages with the guys hunting to add to the twins first deer hunting pleasure. Boy, did it! They were as excited to read the instructions and find out what was in them ( a whole bunch of goodies) as they were to sleep in the tee-pee and hunt.





A wee giftie from Anna. This is a modge-podged copy of a picture she made when she was a little girl. We saw the idea in a magazine. The image is made of pressed wildflower petals our family collected in the mountains by Woodruff when we lived on the Deseret Ranch.








Saturday, October 17, 2009

What a Doll is McKall

McKall - pretty in pink and azure. Whew! watch out college.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Together Forever - Alyssia and Jason

Love autumn, love fondant, love them. Way to be Alyssia and Jason. Thank you for the privelege.

Monday, October 12, 2009

The Vikings are Coming

The view from our front door The twins are going to be vikings this year. We have had fun reading about them, now it's time to put on the persona of Erik the Red (Mark) and Leif Erikson (Kyle). Papier Mache is taking shape as a helmet. Horns and silver duct tape bands tomorrow.


Mark gets some help from his dad. I like his genetic tongue biting concentration.

Saturday we went to Grandma's to pick grapes and leave a little autumn cheer with these pumpkins. If you want to make them, drill a little hole through stem and make a little loop of wire. Hang them from the eaves' nails with varying lengths of fishing line (I used 10 lb line Jay says, who would know that?) We also taped a few leaves onto the line for more color and flutter. ( think I saw this idea in Family Fun magazine)




Hidden treasure.




I love this guy.





I love these guys, even the headless horseman.






Headless Horseman's wranglers, wallet and cell phone in the grape vines.







The best part - cousins! Andrew here.








Abby. We learned that she is into 'balls'. Especially her halloween one.









Saturday, October 3, 2009

Mr. Blue Eyes - Senior Man of the hour

He was Senior Man of the hour for sure (actually, it was more like 2!) Peter was so fun, he never lost his sense of humor. I like this guy a lot. And he has the bluest eyes ever, just wait til you see the close-ups! Isn't he terrific in his happy farming element?

Friday, October 2, 2009

Fall = Senior Picture Time

A photo shoot with Chelsea this morning. Can you believe how pretty this brown-eyed Senior is?