Happy Hallowe'en!

Our pumpkins are carved, the candy bought, the costumes laid out...we are ready for a fun night!

Fall baking and carving...

Chase loves to bake...

Tanner roasting pumpkin seeds from his home grown pumpkins...

Chase's pumpkin carving skills




Tanner and Troy's pumpkins

Tanner was proud that he was old enough to do his own!



Hoping you and your family have a safe and fun Hallowe'en!

Old Barn...

Just couldn't resist taking some family photos next to this old barn...

A fun weekend

Bunco this month was fun! Elaine, Patty and I dressed as The Biggest Loser contestants! While I was with the girls playing Bunco, Troy took the boys and their friends to the Haunted Woods. Boy did they have a frightfully good time! I don't "do" scary, so it is the perfect thing for the boys to do with Dad.


On Sunday, after church, we headed over to a farm in Caldwell for the Pumpkin Launch.

Boy, these guys really know what they are doing. They shoot those pumpkins crazy far!!!! I think one might have even reached the road, which was probably about a half mile away!!!!




And of course the traditional poses by the pumpkins!


After leaving the farm we headed over to the movie theater. We saw Where The Wild Things Are. It was great! Have you seen it yet? We hope you had a wonderful weekend full of fun family traditions!

Sun Valley, Idaho

Sorry it's taken me awhile to post the photos from our Sun Valley trip.
We had such a fun weekend! The boys won their game, we camped with a great family and we got to explore the town of Sun Valley a bit. I can't wait to get back up there! It is such a beautiful little town. We didn't see any celebrities, but that's O.K. We had our own. Don is the anchorman for the ABC news here in Boise. So we were his groupies for the weekend. I am sure many people recognized him there, but we weren't slowed down much by the paparazzi or his fans! Love ya Don!


Here we are in front of the Sun Valley Lodge. This historic lodge is gorgeous! Loved going down the hallways and looking at all the famous families that have stayed there over the last 70 years.

Don and Mary Nelson, Me and Troy, Ben and Meg Hiatt and RaeGail and Paul Drace. Love these families!

The boys enjoyed a long soak in the hot tub after the game. Us parents were inside the cabin enjoying drinks and conversation.

Later, we went to town. The boys bowled in the basement of the Sun Valley Lodge and had a blast!

Mary and Ben keeping score...

Tanner scored a 165!

The famous lodge ice skating rink.

Don and Anny found a great place to warm their hands...


Hanging out in the motorhome.

A rousing game of UNO

This is what we did on Saturday. Sunday we went back into town to see the Trailing of the Sheep parade...more photos to come.

More photos...

When my parents were here we did so many fun things. I just found more pics.

Here are the boys at the History Museum Comes to Life at the park. They had the park divided up into different times in history.




One Saturday after a football game we went to check out the Hyde Park festival. My dad enjoyed playing the drums...



We went to a Rocky Mountain High School football game...

Had breakfast at the Cracker Barrel...


Coffee at Rembrandts...

And a visit to the Boise Train Depot