smashing pumkins

So the day after Halloween we went up in the mountians with our friends and rolled our pumpkins of a hill to watch them get destroyed(at first I felt like we were going to get arrested or someting it was wierd).  Well to get there we had to do a little four wheeling.  kemarie was in the jeep with her friend Kassandra.  kassandra's dad was driving and kemarie yelled out to him, "Aaron you are freaking me out."  I guess he is a scary driver?  Some times I wonder about that girl of mine.  I am sorry for no pictures of the children in thier costumes.  I am going to make them put them on tomorrow and I will post them soon.

Goofy kids

I love capturing the silly moments in my kids life.  They are so fun.

pumpkin carving

This was Tyson's creation he did not even use a pattern, but it took him two hours to carve.  for some reason my really cute pumpkin has no picture to document. I guess that is the life of mommy hood you are often forgoten.  oh-well.
Dane wanted a spider pumpkin.  yes I know, he is almost two and still has a binky and very large feet.
Kemarie wanted the bat pumpkin and so here it is.  Dont you love the closed eye smile!
Kemarie was not loving the feeling of the pumpkin guts.

Vernal/Canning

Last weekend we went to Vernal to visit Tyson's family.  while there we went four wheeling and found an amazingly beautiful canyon the picture does no justice.  The last picture is Dane and his cousin Daxton eating a snack.  They had so much fun together.  Dane's favorite thing to do was tackle him and I think Daxton was not really sure how to handle the situation.  Kemarie of course was more than happy to boss them around and loved the attention from Grandma and grandpa.  

Canning

The last thing we did was can apple sauce.  It was fun especially since the apples were free.  We did learn that we need to remember to add the water we boiled the apples in to thin out the sauce.  I don't have any canning pictures but I am very proud of myself because I canned  12 quarts freezer jam, 24 quarts of peaches, 16 quarts of pears, 18 pints of Salsa, and 17 quarts of apple sauce.  First time canner and all with the help of my wonderful mother in law and my good friend Jessica.  Thanks for all the help.

Pumpkin Patch

For family home evening  a few weeks ago we went to a local pumpkin patch and let the kids pick their pumpkins.  they had a blast picking  thier own pumpkin. They also had a really cute little hay bae maze for kids to run through.  the huge pumpkin of course was  the one Tyson picked out.  It was cute to have both kids excited about Halloween coming soon.