Sunday, October 25, 2009

October

October has been pretty busy for us. Justin has been swamped with school and his project for his master's degree. I have just been working. We have managed to find some fun activities to do though through out the month.

We went to the zoo and saw all of the new baby animals.
We learned that you really don't want to go to the zoo over UEA weekend because that is when everybody else decides to go.

We also were able to attend our ward trap shoot. One day, with a lot of practice, I want to be as good as our bishop's wife at shooting clay pigeons. She is better than the majority of the guys in our ward.
The picture above is of Bishop Cook and his wife. They are such awesome people and we are blessed to be able to learn from their example and for Justin to be able to serve in the bishopric with him.
Justin is pretty good at shooting the clay pigeons too and he rarely misses one. Sometimes he just does it to show off.
We were also able to get a few flights in with Justin's airplane. My mom was babysitting my nephew for a little bit and we took it over there for him to watch. He was pretty cute. Now when he sees Justin he always says, "Plane, sky, vroom." I think it should be Justin's new name.
We also taught our bird, Oscar, how to fly the plane. He is a natural pilot.
We were able to go out and spend an afternoon with the horses.We had to take advantage of the nice weather and the fact that I am not too big to keep riding yet. We've had some pretty nice fall days here in Cache Valley so it has been way nice.
My horse Samie has been pretty temperamental about who she lets ride her. She doesn't usually likes guys at all, but Justin and Samie have bonded in the past year and she has let him ride her the past few times.

We also were able to spend a day in Salt Lake. We went and visited my great-grandma. She was busy playing BINGO though so we didn't get any pictures with her. We also went to Garnder Village and saw the witches there.
This is a picture of "Witchy Poo" and my nephew Nathan. He is in his lion costume for Halloween. He loves it. As we walked around looking at all the witches he kept pointing to them and saying, "Grandma." Not sure if he knows something we don't know.I think that Justin thought that this witch was cute. He insisted on getting his picture taken with her.While we were in Salt Lake we were able to meet up with some of Justin's buddies from St. George and have a little barbecue with them. I don't have any pictures of that either.

We also were able to drive up the canyon and little bit and saw a bunch of wild turkeys. Justin was wishing he had a turkey tag. I was glad he didn't have one.
We were also able to just get some other pictures and enjoyed being outdoors. All in all in we had a pretty good October.
Also, just an update. I am five months pregnant now! Less than four months to go. Justin and I decided that the next few months are going to go pretty quickly with the holidays coming up, Justin graduating, and tax season starting. Our little girl will be here before we know it.

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

With 50/50 Odds...

It's a girl!!!!
This is a picture of her face. She kept trying to hide, so these are the best face pictures they could come up with. You can make out her chin and mouth really well. She is looking to the right.
She didn't want her picture taken. In this one you can see her face again. She kept putting her arm up so you can see her arm and her little hand at the top of her head.
These are her legs. She has her ankles crossed.

We are pretty excited and sure it won't be too long after she is born that she has Justin wrapped around her finger and she'll be getting whatever she wants. It will be the first grand-daughter on both sides of the family for us too, so I'm sure the grandparents will spoil her rotten too!!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Paradise Pumpkin Patch

Last Saturday Justin and I took my sister and her husband to the pumpkin patch in Paradise. You get to walk around and pick your own pumpkin off of the vines. There were a lot to choose from so it took us a little while to decide on the perfect pumpkins.
Justin found his pumpkin very first. We both picked a big pumpkin and a smaller one. He was pretty proud of the pumpkin he found. I had a harder time finding the perfect pumpkin, but after walking through the pumpkin patch a few times, I finally decided.They have a place set up for you to wash your pumpkins and get the mud and dirt off of them before you load them into the car. Justin was our designated pumpkin washer.
Jillian took the longest of us all trying to decide which pumpkin she wanted. Brady wasn't quite as picky as the rest of us.
It was a fun outing. They also have a place where you can pick apples off the tree or you can buy apple juice that they make. We bought us some apple juice too.
After going to the pumpkin patch we drove to Porcupine Reservoir to have a picnic and look at the fall leaves.
I love Cache Valley in the fall. Everything is so pretty!