time to 'winterize'

raking out the dirt after tilling the garden
I hope hunter remember helping grandpa when
he gets older the way our kids slightly remember doing
projects with their grandpas...such as riding the tractor

more pictures of the tilling up process


Hunter spray painting a rusty truck to prevent
it from rusting more over the winter months


Mayley looking at the changing leaves-of Fall

bryan & hunter working to till the garden spot
hand over hand..

hunter taping the truck in preparation to paint
it for preserving it in the winter snows

I guess it's time to get ready for winter:
* chairs away (check)
* arch taken down (check)
* I pulled up a bunch of old flowers and garden plants that had seen their better days.(check)
*planted some new tulips with the hope of spring coming again...I got it into my head--to plant tulips --when we were at the temple last spring and seeing all the pretty tulips there so I planted
only 6--but hey--better than nothing--plus I have some that will come from last year too...plus I have a friend who gave me some new bulbs to plant next spring--that she thinned out.
my favorite part of the pic below is bryan --even better than pretty tulips..





..I thought why work so hard at the rec. center or on a tred mill,?? why not work hard in your yard--that is how my parents exercised --good old fashion hard work.. They kept their heart rate up just fine..not like a little chipmunk on a tred mill...go figure..

even so I have to admit...I still love going to the rec center though. I've taken advantage of some introduction classes being offered at the rec center in Zumba--spinning--water exercise
(in the shallow and in the deep) and also a class called kranking (it works your arms)

pictured is a pumpkin made of wood-tree stump...-painted orange--now that could stay out in the cold and its cute--I'm working on making my own today--this is much cuter than mine