Fall, Fall, Fall ...

Oh, family, --hope you are all doing well

for dad and I are enjoying fall --below are some of our FALL accomplishments and our fall joys

--I'll just start with

1) great temperatures in the weather-

2)-good veggies to eat,
3)I'm back at Horizon Elem. glad for my school schedule--(1/2 day) I have some great assignments.--
4)this week we put up 14 more quarts of grapes juice -we mixed it with apple juice (some of it) 5)we picked all the rest of our apples

well it all combined to make for a great week, plus (all that and the mind is reeling that there's more) (:

6) kerri's mom verda was here visiting so we went to a few places for fun..it seems it takes a visitor in our world to motivate to go fun places that are around us all the time for example we went to the

7) gardens at Thanksgiving point--I've never been in all these years--so glad we went.

8)later on in the week (Thurs) the kirks and I, went to the circus (dad had meetings--darn)

(compliments of tickets by bryan and brianne as they were off in lovely CA-hope your trip was great by the way--can't wait to hear the details) --

10)then to finish up a great week we took a last hike to "silver lake' to add to our list of Lakes that dad and I have visited this summer...

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so I've said it before and I'll say it again--IT'S a WONDERFUL LIFE' or for this blog I should say; 'its a wonderful fall season'---

Happy 28th Birthday Bryan this week

you're a great brother

great smiler

great at keeping your cool and composure

great father

great at celebrating and making parties fun,

great husband and son and .....

great uncle and newphe

great to create experiences and adventure for your family

Happy Birthday bryan this week Sept 26--

but have a great birthday week and reflect on the many lives that you have touched. All our lives namely. hope you may have time to ponder the many influencial things that you have done. know that we feel to rejoice because, surely you have a great work to do, as a Father in this dispensation.

your father in Heaven has a work for you to do if he sent you here in this day and this dispensation in the tribe of Ephrium. He must surely be pleased with your guidance of your -family and also of the young men of the ward (as you serve in the capcity of Young mens president) we believe that you give the boys a role model of a preistood holder and the future missionary they could be and future father they could be --and your talking to them--may bring a change in them that you don't even realize.
may Father in Heaven bless you throughout the coming year---(Happy Birthday_think of how they sa;y it on cinderella) ha! (:

the great PUMPKIN PATCH (think of charlie brown)

I always loved the great cartoon of charlie brown and the great pumpkin patch--we moved the blow up swimming pool out of the garden a few months ago (yes we actually had a 5ftx 5ft) pool right amoung the plants on the dirt so it wouldn't kill the grass--it worked well actually I couldn't find a pic of it though--anyhow after our family gathering in July we took it out and threw in the pumpkin plant and wah-lah--we came up with 8-9 smallish to medium size pumpkins and that is going to be so great--because --we have ourselves and about the right amount for the grandkids to pick one for themselves--on the next sunday afternoon visit (hopefully they ripen to an orange color by Halloween-one pic shows one of them turning orange -barely) the vines on pumpkin--go crazy!!

SUMMER HIKES .....have been a highlight of summer

Hikes for this summer include some in N.Mexico &
1)Aug dad and I posted pictures of our hike to Mary's lake--we took the scenic route then but got their eventually and decided to do more hiking the next month so...
then..--back in
2)sept (before Labor day) dad and I hiked to what they call sunset peak (the name made me think of sunset beach) we had such a great hike we decided to take the kids to
3) secret lake on Labor day--(see other posts, our nancy's , briannes:) with great pictures then today below I put the pix of the hike we took
4)today friday Sept 18-09 going to Twin lakes these are all up past alta in the alta ski resort area it is so funny to see the signs of the runs where I normally ski in the winter--such as Patsy Marley--it looks so different in the summer

there is a song valderie--valderah --I love to go a wandering along the mountain trail and as I go --my 'knapsack on my back..(as pictured) I sing....valderie--valderah---well dad shown here with his knapsack on his back....(:

the picture doesn't quite capture how beautiful it was--we took a little scenic route getting to this spot--normally a two mile hike--but we went up along the mountain ridge--totally about oh we estimated around a 5-6 mile hike

good times--

dad and I set the camera on timer and took this at twin lakes hike

grape juice and other joys of fall time....

love the wild flowers of fall (and fall hikes)

love pears/peaches/corn/tomatoes/squash

especially love the pears dried --

dear family
dad and I bottled our grape juice for the season--its a good feeling to get some food storage on the shelves--if anyone offers any of you grapes or apples or any fruit take it and I'll help you make grape --juice--apple juice /or sauce of just help you eat them like they are--already --ha
have a "grape' fall--oh I'm hilarious...I kill myself--(: mom

Labor hike to secret lake was fun

a good time was had by all --hiking up secret lake on memorial day--lots of folks headed to the mountains that day--but it was still terribly fun.

Second chances--thank heavens for them

Dear family well, I did it, I got a second chance at braces--this time instead of the silver bands around the tooth the 'white band' is just lasered to each tooth -- I plan on wearing them between 6-to 12 months max--and just slide it all back to where it was years ago--(a makeover of sorts) -so I can have a straighter and a brighter smile when all is said and done--wish me luck