Pumpkin Festivities

One benefit of living way out west is that you can go to a local pumpkin farm and pick out your own pumpkins. This used to be, and I say used to be, my favorite pumpkin patch, because you could pick up a wheel barrow and scavenge through the field for the perfect pumpkin and then cut if off the vine yourself! (Cutting if off the vine yourself is the best part I think.) But this year they had the field cleared and all the pumpkins lined up in rows. They still have lots of neat tractors to climb on and Sophia still got to ride in the wheel barrow. Good times this fall.

Tunnel time at the playground

Draper park has a great playground for kids. Sophia found the swings to be a terror ride (I don't know why, she likes her swing out in our backyard). However, she loved playing in this tunnel and picking up little pieces of bark and munching on them. This little boy is Benton Anderson - her boyfriend in secret, but don't tell that to Cody.

4 generations

This fall, my grandma came into town and so we decided it would be a good time to get some pictures of the 4 generations together. If I hadn't styled my hair straight and if you could see Sophia's hair, you'd notice we all of curly hair, we are all tall and lenky, and we definately have a lot of the same mannerisms. Girls, girls, girls!

These are my cousins, Gentry on left and McCall on the right. We joke around that my grandma got a perfect variety in her grandchildren, a blonde, a red-head, and a brunette.

Sophia's 1st Birthday!

Sophia is now 13 months, but we had such a great time at her birthday party. The weather was sublime and we held the party at a park by my mom's house. All the family was able to make it. I was concerned that Sophia would be quite clingy and give everyone that serious stare (that I am sure you've all experienced) when she feels uncomfortable or that she doesn't know you. Surprisingly, it's like she new that day was all about her! She was so animated and cute; just smiling, laughing, letting everyone hold her. She was especially proud walking around the park with her new scooter and would look back to make sure people were watching her - so proud! She wasn't the least bit interested in getting messy by digging into her cake (such a girl) but loved her gifts and all the festivities. Thanks to everyone who helped put this together and came to enjoy.

Sophia's Birthday

I usually check a few random blogs a couple of times a month. But by the time I get finished, I have spent all my free time looking at the "going-ons" in everyone else's life that I've posted zilch (you can hear this word in your head, but I'm not so sure how you spell it) about my own. Now I have finally spent some free time updating the background of our blog so that I don't look so boring, and now I have no have time for posts. So there you go. I'll be back, this week is my goal, with more posts of our recent activities. In the meantime, just look at that cutie! She's a walking little busy-body. My best helper in just about every activity around the house. For example, laundry - opening and closing the doors, carrying around clothes, the dishes - handing me each piece of silverware out of the dishwasher as fast as I can get it in, and pulling out Mom's bathroom products on a daily basis. She love's dogs, ducks, stuffed animals and hats. I'm so lucky that she'll happily wear this adorable hat!