Hee Haw Farms

Last night for family night (minus Jeff, he was sick:) ) we went to Hee Haw farms in Pleasant Grove. It was so much fun! The weather had a little bite in the air, and there was hot chocolate to sip, doughnuts to eat, and pumpkins to pick. The boys shot cobs of corn, ran through a "haunted forest", went down a slippery slide, and even challenged me to walk through the corn maze which was HARD! We got lost and I grew restless. We cheated and cut through some corn stalks to find the exit! So naughty of us :) It was so much fun to spend time together. The highlight of the evening was seeing a 1000 pound pig! It was enormous!!!!!! Fall is here!

I love Fridays.

I love my family

I really don't have many pictures to post, but I did find an old picture from Easter that I just fell in love with. I feel so richly blessed every single day for my dear sweet family. I have such a terrific husband who works so hard for us and three wonderful boys who keep me on my feet....I will have a dating son in only 3 weeks. Heaven help me. I just need to slow down sometimes and reflect on what I have been given which is so very much.

Logans first deer...

Yesterday Logan and I (Dad-Jeff) got up really early and went for the hills on the opening day of the archery hunt. This is the third year Logan and I have hunted with a bow. We have always seen bucks, but have never gotten in position for LT to take a shot. We saw a few does early in the morning. I got excited when Logan tapped me on the shoulder, while riding to our "spot" on the 4-wheeler, and pointed out two nice bucks. We got within 40 yards, but an oppurtunity for a shot eluded him once again. That is the frustrating part of bow hunting, you see a lot of bucks, but rarely get within range for a shot. We hunted those bucks for a while and saw five other deer, three of which were bucks. We walked back to the 4-wheeler and headed down to where they were. Logan rode on the front of the 4-wheeler so he could quickly hop off and hopefully get a shot. During our ride down to the deer, the five deer had disappeared into the trees. Logan saw another buck in the middle of the road. As we approached the spot, Logan spotted the deer just 30 yards off the road. While getting to a spot where he had a shot and trying to get yardage the deer started to turn and walk away. Logan took aim and finally got his chance at about 40 yards uphill, he made it count. He shot the deer around 9:15am. He was very very excited. We packed up and headed for the truck. Just after loading the 4-wheeler into the truck it started to downpour. Talk about a cinderella hunting story. It was a great day be a Dad. In the last picture, I am taking the picture from where Logan shot and Logan is standing where the deer was.

I went DARK!

My hairdresser is getting married next week and is moving to Chicago. I am naturally SO dark that I was getting my hair colored every 4 or 5 weeks. I decided that I would make that huge step and go brown. I like it. It is very different and was a little drastic for Jeff initially but now he really likes it. We shall see how long I can stay dark.....

Fish Lake Trip

We just returned from a wonderful weekend at Fish Lake! We have always wanted to go there but never seemed to schedule it. We went with our dear camping friends and had a blast! Matt Ryan brought his canoe and Lars Anderson brought his pontoon boat as well. The boys fished and rode bikes and ate lots of marshmallows. The weather was perfect. It was much cooler at around 75 degrees the whole time. Much better than the 100 degrees here in Lehi. I sure love going with my family camping. I think these experiences will be lifelong memories for all of us. Thanks friends and family for a terrific weekend.

My brother's wedding day

We are so lucky to have had the opportunity to go to the wedding of my brother Josh to his darling bride Kendra a couple of weeks ago. They are so cute together and they are so right together. The weather was beautiful and the day could not have gone any better. I feel so grateful to have had all of my brothers and my parents there that day. It can't get better than that! I even got to hold my newest cousin of my Aunt Heather. Her name is Lola Elaine after my grandmother. I am the oldest grandchild and she is the youngest. Pretty tender! Thank you Josh and Kendra for letting us be a part of your wonderful day! I am thrilled, I have another "sister" now!!!!!