snow

it snowed yesterday. the kids took advantage of the situation to throw snowballs at each other. hudson soon decided he doesn't like snowballs in his face.

can you hear maria saying "merry christmas"? she is looking forward to christmas and figures the snow means it must be coming soon!

it was fun to have some snow but i'm glad it's all melted today. i'm not ready for winter! more fall please.

by the way, maria thinks we're having a boy. the other day we were at the store and maria said out of the blue, "mom, i think you have a boy in your tummy." that surprised me because she's been wanting a girl. later i asked her about it again, "so, maria, you think i have a boy in my tummy?" "there IS a boy in your tummy," she replied.

pumpkin walk

yesterday we went to the pumpkin walk. the pumpkin walk is a fall tradition in north logan. ethan and i have been going since we were first married. it feels like every year we go we add another kid . . .

the pumpkin walk is a lot of fun. anyone can be involved. there is a different theme every year and each group involved makes a display based on that theme. they use all sorts of squash and other things to make up their scene. some people are quite creative. here are some of our favorites (you may need to click on some of the pictures to really see what's going on):

in this scene they used pumpkins to create an entire garden.

a clever turkey

the adult ducks are made of gourds (and i love the frogs in the background).

i love these sunflowers!

hudson found this scene depicting "where the wild things are" interesting, but i could not get him to stand by the pumpkins by himself for a picture. i guess the characters were just a little too weird for him to want them behind him.

the kiddy crew.

there were a few other scenes we really liked. there was one where they made sheep out pumpkins (for the head) and tumbleweeds (for the body). that was fun. in another scene they made cows out of hay with pumpkins for the head and udder. pretty creative.

i feel like this post is a little difficult to read. sorry if my writing isn't very good. my brain doesn't work too good right now. i'm really tired right now. maybe i should go take a nap while the kids are sleeping.

weeding machine

maria is a weeding machine. everyday she says, "mom, can i go outside and weed?" it's crazy. if i could just get hudson to say, "mom, can i do the dishes?"

cupcakes and kids

how is it that it can feel like not much is going on and at the same time there's too much to do? we are enjoying the fall season. the kids are looking forward to halloween even though we don't celebrate the holiday. we have a tradition of taking the kids to a movie on halloween night. last year we saw walle. not sure what we'll end up seeing this year.

we love to make treats all through the holidays. last week we made fall cupcakes. maria and hudson really enjoyed frosting the cupcakes and loading them up with sprinkles.

here are some of the cupcakes we made. mine are the left and middle row, hudson's are in the right row. i thought it was funny that he hardly put any frosting on the cupcakes considering that's the only part he eats.

maria and hudson showing off their creations (and looking forward to tasting them!)

liberty is growing so fast it's crazy! she is crawling all around the house, enjoying her new found freedom. she loves to explore. she is quite the busy-body. she still is as happy as ever - excepting when hudson takes toys from her or tries to control where she may crawl. he loves her very much and i often find him in her crib. "bibby and i nuggle," he says. he often tells her he loves her and smothers her with kisses. she tolerates it quite well.

look at my teeth!

here i come!

maria is doing well with home school and i'm getting more comfortable with the idea of teaching her. she loves math and seems like she could do it for hours. she is also a huge help with libby and the house.

i keep saying that libby is such a happy girl. now i think i know why that is. i believe it's because heavenly father knew what was coming . . . another baby. yup. i am officially declaring it. we are expecting again. what can i say, we love our family. we are due may 1st.

and there you have it. you're all somewhat updated.

salmon run

we have a tradition of going up the river from porcupine reservoir to watch the kokanee salmon run. we do this every fall, the saturday of general conference between morning and afternoon sessions. it's always fun. here are a few pictures.