Fall Reds

I walked out back this afternoon a saw the bright red leaves on our Japanesse Maple's tree and I had to grab the camera and take some pictures. The leaves were brillant and beautiful. I loved the contrast between the blue sky and the bright red leaves.




I love fall and all the colors on the leaves. I love to see all the beauty that Heavenly Father places all around us.

Halloween 2011

Halloween this year the kids all dressed up in costumes that fit perfectly with their personalities.

Simeon was a BYU football player.


He still lives, eats, breathes and lives for sports, especially BYU and the Chargers.


Corrine was a cowgirl in PINK boots and hat.



Corrine is in LOVE with horses, and asks every week if we can get a horse, or hamster or guinea pig or rabbit or dog. She wants to live on a farm and have horses.


Ammon was Peter the Knight from Narnia.




Ammon could wear this outfit everyday. He loves to imagine he's got dragons and he's the brave knight with his homemade sword. His noble steed stayed home from this journey.


Rebecca was a cuddly yet fierce lion.





Rebecca is such a sweet little girl that is starting to get an independent streak. Her costume was soft and cuddly like her most of the the time, but watch out-there's a fierce roar in there that can come out at any time!

Tomatoes

Our cherry tomato plant is STILL covered in tomatoes of all shades from dark green to bright red.

Today I picked a whole bowl full of them and there is probably another 2 bowls full of tomatoes still on the plant.

Rebecca thinks these little tomatoes are candy. She pops them one after the other!




I love the bright red against the green leaves and vines.

Cousin Halloween

The kids had a great time playing with thier Smith cousins this weekend. They had forgotten thier halloween costumes at home, so they borrow some of ours for the Halloween party at the church.

We had a BYU football player, A cowgirl in pink, a red dragon, Peter the Knight, Edmund the Knight, a cuddly lion and a flying unicorn.


Corrine was having such a great time with her vampire teeth.



Audrey and Rebecca were taking turns sitting on Grandma's lap, then they both climbed on at the same time.

WE DID IT!!!

Today Corrine and I ran a practice 5K with her Girls on the Run group. My goal going into the run was to run half the race and to finish in under 45 minutes.



The route was a 1 mile loop with a killer hill right before the end. The 1st lap I ran the entire time watching Corrine a couple of houses in front of me. I finished in 11 minutes. The 2nd lap I was gaining on Corrine, but she was still out of reach. I finished the 2nd lap at 22 minutes, another 11 minute mile. The 3rd mile I finally caught up with Corrine halfway through the lap. I got her and Sophia to run with me at a steady pace. We went up the hill slowly, but we ran the whole thing. When we got to the corner and could see the finish line we sprinted to the finish line. We came in at 33:41.
I blew my goal of 45 minutes out of the water!!!

What an amazing experience this was. Corrine and I are planning to run another 5K at the beginning of November before our final race on November 19th.

Jack-O-Lanterns

Tonight was our annual carving of our Jack-o-Lanterns. Grandma & Grandpa Smith had the kids over for a sleepover a few weekends back and they took them to get their pumpkins.


Rebecca picked out what shapes she wanted for her eyes, nose and mouth. She was alright with reaching in and pulling some gunk out from her pumpkin. She was super excited to see her jack-o-lantern come to life.



Ammon had his heart set on carving a tree and grave stone with a hand and RIP written on it. We aren't that great at carving pumpkins, so we went for a tombstone with RIP and a hand on it.
Corrine wanted to also go the traditional face way like Rebecca. Dad helped her carve her pumpkin.
Simeon had an idea in his head and he started cutting before realizing that he was cutting too much out and it was going to be a big open hole in the side of his pumpkin. We had to improvise and ended up with a face which he decided to have it eat Ammon's baby bear pumpkin.
The kids were so excited and loud when we lit our jack-o-lantern outside. We love pumpkin carving time!!

Pink Boots

Corrine has been asking for cowgirl boots for a few years now. Last year we got her some boots that she ended up wearing holes in, so we decided to get her some real cowgirl boots this year.


At the store Corrine spotted light pink ones that she wanted right away. After the store we went to Panera for a snack. She decided that she HAD to wear her boots and not her tennis shoes she had on.









These boots look so cute on her! She was made for pink cowgirl boots.