Really Great Fall Day

We went to Gardner Village last Tuesday as a family and had a lot of fun. The girls got to ride Ponies and visit the petting zoo. When we got home Jon made us tinfoil dinners and we went up to the Deep Creek property and had dinner. I love being in the mountains with my family. I couldn't have asked for a better day!

Happy Birthday To ME!!!!

First I'd like to start with a funny story; Last week I went and took the barn door off of my Dad's old shed to make a headboard for Autumn's bed. So This week it started to smell in her room and I kept blaming it on the old Barn Door. I opened her window, sprayed it with Lysol, and other smelly fragrances but the stench wouldn't go away. Finally I walked in and Makenna said, "Mom what is THAT!!!" I looked down and to my utter disgust it was a dried pooh log. Autumn had taken her diaper off and done her business leaving the stench for us to discover. So now that the culprit is discarded from her room it smells just fine. Apologies to the barn door.

So this week I have been completely spoiled. Jon really went on a spending splurge. He traded in my minivan and purchased another Durango for me. I love it :) Then, on Friday he decided to go buy me another present, an office desk for our front room. WOW!!!! Then on Sat. we took our new SUV out to snowbasin and went hiking. I actually loved that part the most. The kids were really pretty good for the hike. They both wanted to ride in the backpack, so Jon ended up caring them both.

Birthday's can be pretty fun, but I have found I enjoy my kids birthday's more than my own. Maybe it is because I am slowly creeping up on 30 and not that it is a bad age, I just enjoy my age now and can't imagine how 30 could be any better. (I still have 4 years to go!) I wish you all a happy Halloween, and good luck at the polls.

HALLOWEEN PARTY

This past Friday we had a really fun time at our now annual Halloween Party!!! We invited some of our friends over and played: "Box Hockey" (a game Jon made), Bobbed for apples, and did donuts on a string. The kids all dressed up and we had the blow up toy in our basement for them to jump on. It turned out really well, Makenna and Autumn loved having all the friends over. They even had there first sleep-over with Claire, Tyler and Taryn. We are so excited for Halloween it is one of our favorite holidays, no correlation to candy; right!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Stranded In Montana

This past weekend was extremely eventful so I am going to start from the beginning. I had planned to go to Montana on Thursday morning until Sunday to help Wendy find a house. So when Thursday morning arrived I was enjoying my morning slumber when my mom whom just happens to have a key to my house comes running into Jon and I's bedroom while it is still dark outside exclaiming, "Whitney is getting married!!!" I was extremely shocked for those of you who don't know that she is the youngest in our family and has two brothers preceding her whom are not yet married. So on the drive up we began planning her wedding calling her for the small details like colors :) When we arrived in Billings it was gorgeous with all the autumn colors. However, as soon as Wendy's plane arrived it began snowing and didn't stop the entire time we were there. We stayed at Ruth's house (Wendy's Realtor who is a member) and had a blast with her. She loved having girls in the house because she only had two sons. Searching for homes proved to be a fabulous time as we giggled and laughed as sisters do. Wendy kept saying she didn't want to commit because then my mom and I would get excited about a home, but we just started getting excited about them all after that. Then came the purchasing which Wendy did without Bret!! Three cheers for her. She even had an agreement that she would have $10,000 to spend on furnishings. It was definitely a women's buy! So we had 5 hours to find her all the things she wanted. Wendy kept saying she felt like she had won the lottery and we were spending it. So, after all that fun the time came to leave yet the snow had amounted to a few feet. The roads home were closed and we were stuck. So Wendy flew out and my mom and I had to wait until Monday. No worries we got home just fine and even got to stop in and talk to Whitney and go wedding dress shopping!!! It was a really fun girls weekend.

House Projects

So I finally am posting pictures of the before and after effects of our whirl wind of house projects. I just have to say that I cannot believe I built a deck!!!! I did neglect Autumn for a matter of a few minutes while we were screwing in the boards and she managed to color her entire body with markers. And the shelves in the Laundry room I brought back from NY. I love them because the closet shelf has a pull down laundry board. Maybe I will Iron my clothes now??? Hope you Enjoy!!!

Life; Tagged

Well, Life came at us fast when Jon came home :) Sorry I haven't kept up on posts. It has been great having Jon back into the picture except now the girls won't have anything to do with me. Everything is, "No I want Daddy" Today at the grocery store we were supposedly sharing a candy bar and Autumn would let everyone but me have a bite. I felt rejected. No worries though it has given me time to take a bath, do my hair, sleep in, and enjoy personal time. It has been nice seeing that I had taken the liberty of contracting our entire yard out by myself without Jon home to help. When he arrived it had been leveled, 2 loads of dirt brought in, a deck 1/2 put on and sprinklers in. I can't say I did it single handedly though; MY DAD WAS AMAZING!!! He obviously built the deck as I am not capable of such a feet, and he was the one that noticed we needed some top soil and chased down a dump truck in Morgan which was just trying to get rid of dirt, thanks Dad. I couldn't have done it without you. So after Jon's brief rest on Sunday, Monday morning was back to work. We raked the dirt into mounds for flower beds, then Had the hydro seed sprayed. Jon has put blinds up in our house and put handles on the cupboards in the kitchen. I LOVE YOU HONEY. He hasn't complained once at my honey do list. WOW!!!
Now, I have been tagged by my sweet neighbor so here goes it:

Seven Random Fact:
1)I am frightened easily by people, Example: Jon loves coming up behind me and grabbing I scream every time, or even if I know he is coming home I still jump if he quietly comes around a corner.
2)I LOVE brownie sundae's especially the skillet from Tony Roma's. A hot brownie with ice cream and hot fudge is to die for.
3)I love the thrill of falling. Like cliff jumping into water of course. Or Roller Coasters; I don't like the tea cups they make me sick. Also, I have been sky diving. Not so much the falling thrill, but it was awesome.
4)I LOVE to dance. I enjoy challenging my body, but dancing is truly a passion.
5) This is turning into a "What I love List" I absolutely love 4-Wheeling in the outdoors in the fall. Hence my daughters name Autumn. I think it is beautiful, my favorite time of year.
6)I love traveling and experiencing new things in life. I hate being bored.
7) Seven, I literally cannot function without sleep :)

I would like to tag, Lindsey; Whitney; Emily; Shannon; Beccah; Erica; Kristyn