irreverence?

Is it irreverent for an adult to eat Transformers fruit snacks in Sacrament Meeting?

when the trees grow apples...

...make applesauce!

Thanks to my tremendous applesauce crew, we bottled applesauce and apple juice this morning while the snow fell! Anna, Griffin, and Jane all had specific jobs which they fulfilled beautifully. I love to eat warm applesauce, not heating in the microwave applesauce, but sauce that's newly pressed, warm, and sweet. Yum.

baby shower

Last weekend we had a baby shower at my mom's house for my sister (since it's her first) and it was great to see so many ladies from my home ward (and my fam, too... pictured are Colette, Hollie, Sarah, and me). It made me reflect on the women who have impacted my life by doing small things, by being amazing young women leaders, by loving me for me, and by simply being good women and showing me the path that I knew I wanted to be on. Thanks to Annette, Susan, Janie, Marsha, Yvonne, Lynette, Verlynn, Ruth, Jeanne, Betty, and all the others who helped me be who I am today.

Fall

Nothin' says FALL like pumpkins, hay bales, and old tractors.

Halloween sampling

It's tricky to pick just a few pictures to put on the blog (since there are so many good ones!) so I've chosen a few to give a sampling of our Halloween festivities.

On parade/class party day at school, the 5th graders had Mall Day (instead of a Halloween party). The kids used their money that they've earned since the first of the year to buy a business license, set up a business, and buy and sell various goods or services. Zachary sold hot dogs (cooked in his hot dog toaster) for $50 each. The sign says "warm cooked hot dogs with a choice of ketchup or mustard. Estimated three minute wait." He sold hot dogs as fast as they'd cook and he made over $1000 in 5th grade cash.

We enjoyed a delightful evening celebrating El Dia De Los Muertos with family and friends. My mom and Anna were both witches.

I had to throw in a picture of the pregnant nun and pumpkin. :)

Saturday night we went trick-or-treating and got a ton of candy. As you can see, Jane is a butterfly, Anna a witch, Griffin is a cowboy, Seven (our little friend) is Buzz Lightyear, and Zachary is Shaggy.

It was a fun holiday weekend!