Mama Cita's Birthday

This weekend was Mom's Birthday! Since it was on Thanksgiving this year, it was and extra busy day. Clayton, Amy, and Sam were there! This was their first time home to Idaho after coming back from Maine. Chris, Carly, Kyle, and Tyler made it up as well. It was a fun weekend.

                       

                

(We didn't get a very clear picture of Clayton and Amy, and sorry if the pictures are in weird positions. Blame it on blogger.)

Halloween

                        

                                 

Ahh, Halloween. What a fun holiday. I'm not so much for all the candy, but the kids definitely are. This year Abby was a witch. Henry was Hannah Montana. We didn't get a very good picture of him. He even had Molly's Jean Jacket on and everything!

                                       

                                        (Sorry, Blogger is being weird with our pictures)

Bugs Bunny's Dream

                                    

We planted our carrots differently this year. Instead of going down the middle of the row with the seeds, we sprinkled the seed across the top of the whole row, so about a foot wide.  You geniuses might have figured this out years ago but it really increases your yield about 5 fold. We thinned the carrots while the plants were small to give the carrots plenty of room. Now truly, have you seen better looking carrots? They are sweet to boot!  This pile is only about 1 foot of a row. We'll probably get over 200 pounds of carrots this year. Do you want to know the real secret to our garden? WATER. It got watered 20 minutes a day by the automatic sprinklers. We hope we never have to hand water a garden ever again!

Nothing Gold Can Stay

                                                                    
                                        

These are the Skeletons of our beautiful crop of Sunflowers. Just in time for Halloween! Oh well, they were pretty while they lasted.

Snowing!?!?! In October???

A few weekends ago on October 11, it snowed 6 or 7 inches. No one thought it would really happen, just another false weather report. It felt more like Christmas time rather than Halloween!

                                   

                                                       *Sorry for this being so late

Tribute to Chacos

 

                                                                                           Chacos: The best sandal ever made. They designed it to be comfortable, as long as look cool. Vibram makes the soul, so they have great traction and grip, perfect for hikes and long walks. Now that the summer is over, it's time to put them away and get out the close-toed shoes :(  Chaco has recently come out with more of a fall/winter shoe. I have never tried those. If anyone has, let me know how they are!

Meet Rylie

Rylie is our next door neighbor. She comes over several days of the week after school with Abby while her mom is at work. She's only in Kindergarten, and it is fun to have someone younger than Abby in our house again. It's funny because she really likes peanut butter with celery, and she made her dad go out and buy Adams. She eats a lot of things at our house that her parents could never get her to eat at home, like fresh peaches (she claims they're a different kind.) She and Abby do all kinds of girl stuff together, like nails and hairstyling. We are really enjoying her; she is so expressive and dramatic.