Corn Maze, Dance, Garden Goods, and Dress of the Week

Our branch had an awesome activity at a corn maze that is close by. We had a hot dog roast and got to do all the activities there. People could dress up if they wanted. Gordon and Neil wore their dinosaur costumes. Actually, they might be dragon costumes, not really sure, but the boys call themselves dinosaurs. I brought Tegan's cinderella costume, but she refused to wear it. Crazy, I know.

I was there. =)

We took a ride on this train thing to a visit some deer and turkeys.

Jamin and his "cookie buddies." That's what they told me to write.

Jamin posing with his shocked/surprised look.

We were able to pet the animals. The turkey was very soft. The kids loved it. We had to pay a little extra for to go on the train, but it was worth it.

King Dino Gordon on top of the Hay Bails.

In the wood maze. A little easier for the kids than the corn maze.

Jamin learning some hip-hop at a stake church activity. It was suppose to be 14 and up, but Jamin has tennis Friday nights, so he had to come with us. He loved it.

Collecting some of the last of the garden goods. It is getting cold, so everything is dying. The winds are changing.

I'll do better next year with the weeds. I got off to a bad start with a broken foot and then I was gone for half the summer. Most of our onions got choked by the weeds. ... but Neil is cute. =)

The goods

Mmmm... broccoli!

Dress of the Week

I didn't get a good picture of her outfit this week. It is so hard to get her to hold still for pictures lately. She was wearing a cute strawberry skirt with cute red shoes.

Dress of the Week, Thanksgiving, and Goodbye Miki

Dress of the Week

Tegan and "Fluffy" her unicorn from Grandma and Granpa Anderson.

Tegan loves playing with her tea party set. Gordon was playing with her and got her to actually smile while I was taking her picture.

Mmmm... Thanksgiving. I was dreaming about this meal for days and it totally exceeded expectations. I don't normally dream about food, maybe it is because I am pregnant. Hmmm... Anyway, it was delicious. Sorry everyone that wasn't there.

On our way inside to Miki's Farewell. Tegan sees the dog. She loves animals and got very excited.

Miki from church is going away on a two year mission. His farewell was tonight. Such a good kid. He babysat for us on several occasions and is pretty much like family.

Unfortunately for Miki, he was sleepy and fell asleep at his own farewell. So this happened to him. Lol.

A cute picture of Gordon with the dragon. A moment when Tegan allowed him to play with it. She loves puppets and anything she loves, she becomes slightly possessive.

Crazy Nice Weather, X-Country Run, and General Conference

So the weather lately has been super crazy nice out. The leaves are falling, it is October and we haven't had to wear jackets lately! Yes, it is awesome. So we have been able to spend time in the evenings bike riding

and playing at the park

and Gordon finally learned to ride his new bike with NO TRAINING WHEELS!!! Hurray for Gordon!

Jamin had his big x-country race this week. He did awesome. He ran the whole way. In case you can't tell, he is the crazy one wearing pants. I brought him shorts, but he said he was comfy the way he was.

Neil watching the race. =) All the leaves are changing.

This is Jamin coming up to the finish line. You actually can't really see him. The kid that you see stopped to walk up this hill and was looking around. Jamin was running past him. =)

Here is back at the starting line. All the fourth grade boys.

Dress of the Week

A pretty flower in the not so pretty garden. Everything needs to be pulled out and the ground tilled, but it has been so nice out that the tomatoes are finally turning red and new sprouts of broccoli are coming out. So I am leaving it for now.

This weekend was General Conference. I love conference. It is so happy. 8 hours of talks from the Prophet, Apostles, and General Authorities. All inspiring and uplifting. We stayed home and watched them all from our computer. I got to keep my hubby at home the whole time. =) We had crepes for breakfast on Sunday and had the family over in the evening. I made these mini cheesecakes for dessert(thanks Kristina). Jamin was very excited.

Highlights of conference:

I always enjoy Elder Dieter Uchdorf's talks. He makes you feel how important you are and he has an awesome accent. =) He said, "God knows that some of the greatest souls who have ever lived are those who will never appear in the chronicles of history. They are the blessed, humble souls who emulate the Savior’s example and spend the days of their lives doing good."

I also enjoyed Elder Neil Andersen's talk. The kids get really excited when he talks since he has the same name as our little Neil. But his talk made me feel really happy inside about our choice to expand our family and the joys and blessings of being a mother. I appreciated his sensitivity to those who are not able to or have difficuty having children. He said, "I testify of the great blessing of children and of the happiness they will bring us in this life and in the eternities."

I love loved the Children's choir. It was so sweet to watch. They did such a great job. My kids totally wanted to be there.

There seemed to be lots of talks on reading and studying the scriptures. So that's something perhaps I need to work more on.

Overall, great conference. Made me feel happy and energized to try and be a better person.

After dinner, we read scriptures and Breanne was letting Tegan push her face which made Tegan laugh hysterically. It was a little disruptive, but it was so cute I had to take a picture.

Aren't those super cute pajamas? Thank you cousin Elisabeth. =)

Good night hugs. Time to get ready for bed, so the adults can play some Settlers of Catan.

Tegan's turn.