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.

Poor Baby

This is about 36 hours after Tyson had his bike wreck up Provo canyon on Saturday.  We rode our bikes from our house to provo canyon( I was proud of myself).  Just past the mouth of the canyon there is a park  and I decided to take the kids to the park and let Tyson and our friends ,Jon and Talia, keep going.   Almost an hour later I see them coming toward the park  and onlyTalia came over to see me and the kids and I thought thatwas wierd, she told me Tyson wrecked.  I went to see him and Tyson had blood all over his face and hands (these pictures show the cleaned up wounds they were a lot nastier)it was pretty gnarly. I think he was suffering from shock because he was acting strange.  Luckily for us there was a race which ended at the park we were at and so they had a First-Aid station.While he was getting all cleaned up there Jon and Talia rode bikes home and brought the car back so we did not have to ride bikes home.  I asked him what happened and we have determined he knocked himself out because he isnt sure where he hit and how and he does not remember a whole ton of what happened.