Giddy Up

We went to the hee haw farms this weekend the
highlights....

The line to ride the ponies was to long. Shane convinced Ellie that riding Canyon down the slide would be just as much fun. (I think it was)

The biggest pig ever eating a pumpkin. Pretty gross super entertaining.

The country bumpkin tin train ride.. the kids were so happy look at there faces you would think that it was the best day of their lives. Even when they got the ghetto carts with no animal heads. (sorry about the random boy)

Lucy had fun too, well at least I think she did.

We took home some pumpkins to carve.. what
a fun harvest fall day.

make over

I thought I needed a blog make over... so
well I changed it all up.

cabin fever

We went to the cabin this weekend. It's so nice
to go down there and get away from it all and relax.
We went on nature walks, did some four wheeling, watched movies
took long naps, and ate a ton of good food. The kids found a
chimpmunk tail that Tex the dog bit off the poor little fella when
chasing it. They thought that it was a super cool treasure to find.
I think only because they diddn't witness the tragedy (last picture on the end).
We got to wake up Sunday morning to a snowy day.. good for snowballs
and apple juice slushes!

My 2 favorite boys at the cabin.
I liked this picture of them.

little toes with a giant laugh

Lucy had her first giant laugh last night! Sure
she has had mini half almost laughs in the past, but
this one was an out right giggle. Her laugh made all
of us laugh so hard..it filled the house with delightfulness.
I forgot how amazing that first laugh is... especially such a giant
laugh out of such a little girl..! It was a fun night.

lucy's blessing day

We had Lucy's blessing on Sunday. She was an older blessing
baby I know at 4 months to the day...but we were waiting trying
to get the yard done for the after party. We got it done whew!! that
was a lot of work..
(okay mostly for Shane..but I did do this lovely path)

So after Lucy's blessing, I am pretty sure there is something
to blessing a baby while they are still a newborn. They are
not as aware of things and they sleep. Lucy was a happy
little girl all day until the blessing began of course.
I don't know if it was being surrounded by all those manly faces,
or maybe she doesn't like being the center of attention.. but
whatever it was.. she did not like it. She did not like it so much that
she went into a sad crying spell. Poor Shane could hardly get any
words out. To hard to concentrate with crying penetrating his ears
I suppose. So the blessing ended quickly...quite possibly the quickest
on record. But I like to think that the Heavens know all that we wanted
to say and she is is blessed with all of those things too.

Once her blessing was over she was on
her best behavior for the rest of the day.
We love you little Lucy! Happy blessing day.

favorite fall lunches

One of my favorite things to do lately is meet Shane
in provo canyon for some yummy lunches, when the weather is nice.
It is so pretty right now that lunch is usually followed by a quick
photo shoot. Ellie is usually the star of the photo shoot when she
comes. Lucy is too sleepy and Shane and I aren't as cute.

ellie aspen

These are some more pictures from
the photo shoot with Allison.
I love how these turned out!

Lucy

We were lucky to have Aunt Allison do a photo shoot
of Lucy and Ellie. She is such a incredible photographer!
There were so many good pictures these are just a few.
Thanks Allison

Sundance

Shane and I went to Sundance this weekend to celebrate our 10 year
anniversary!! I cant believe it has been that long. In some ways it seems
like we met just yesterday and other times like I have known him forever.
I think mostly it feels super crazy to be old enough to be married that long.
But here I am after after 10 years of marriage and 3 kids later... I cant imagine
it any other way... or any better...Thanks to Shane for being such an incredible
person to share the last 10 years of my life with.. with many more to come!!

Lucy blessed us with her presence for the celebration... to young to
leave behind. She was great and it was fun to have some alone
time with her. She loved the leaves!!

Me and Lucy

We spent some time doing a photo shoot..

these are some of Shane's. This is my once
a year photo I like to get of me in the fall.