Autumn's 3rd Birthday

Autumn turned 3 on the 20th of November. We are up in Rexburg Idaho for her birthday and she is had a great birthday. She went with Jonathan on a tour of BYU Idaho campus, rode a miniature pony and got some good presents. She wanted a pinkie pie cake for her birthday. And she wanted to go swimming so we all went swimming with Uncle PJ and Aunt Charity. She is so grown up now and independent and smart. We love her so much and she keeps us running! :)

November

Well halloween is over, Autumn was tinker bell and Hunter was a pirate. It took all my will to just dress them up lol. But they had fun going trick or treating. Things have been pretty busy around here still. All the preg checking for the cows is done and so is the weening. Today we are loading up the semi trucks with all our calves. Yup its already that time to take them to market. We will go to La Junta on monday to watch them sell so we are praying for good prices. We have been praying a lot lately lol. We have a lot to be thankful for too. A beautiful family, our house, our cows and ranch, food on our table, church, vehicles that work....all the blessing we have received this year. We are also thankful that we can get a break to go up to Rexburg to see family for Thanksgiving. And Autumn is turning 3 this month!!!! Our sweet girl, so grown up. 3 years have flown by in a blink of an eye. And Hunter is 16 months....whaaaaaaa? My kids are so big now. I love to see how their individual personalities are coming out. Each is so different and special.

Outfitting and Cooking

We are finally done with the outfitting this year. It was successful even though it was dry as a bone. The kids and I went up for three weeks and I cooked for the hunters for the last two. We are very glad to be home for a break to recover. We are exhausted or at least I am. The kids had a lot of fun. We got our draft horse Tank to baby sit them for a while :) I really would like a baby sitter like that more often :)

Projects

While Jonathan is gone with the outfitting business in New Mexico, I have been busy with children and projects. Top picture- I have been making a quiet book for the kids. This particular page is a Word of Wisdom page where the kids can feed the boy his healthy foods. I remember this one was my favorite when I was a kid. Bottom Picture- Feeling festive....or trying to feel festive, I went ahead and made a autumn wreath. It was pretty fun to pick out what I wanted on it. I am going to get the halloween decorations out soon and decorate with the kids.

Projects I want to do, I am going to finish the quiet book, its not even close to being done right now.... I also have yarn and hooks so I want to start making a blanket or relearn how anyways.

Morning Glories

Last Aril and May I planted some morning glory seeds. "guaranteed" to grow fast and tall. They are supposed to crawl up my fence to hide my half grown yard. Alas, 5 months later they are only 2-3 inches tall and I have had 4 little flowers. When we do get a flower it is a momentous occasion and I must document with the camera lol. I do think they are lovely and I will try again next year because I love vining flowers. I don't know if they are cut out for the valley here but hey I got a couple, therefore...a success??

Life is too Short

Life is too short and too precious to waste. I feel like a waster sometimes. I waste the energy and time on stupid things that don't matter when I should be focused on what I have and living life to its fullest. You never know how special life is til its gone. So I want to be one of those climb every mountain and and cross every sea kind of person. Before I can move on with life I need to appreciate the kids I have now and the situation we are in. It didn't quite hit me til just a day ago. Then I looked at the wall saying in my living room "Be kind to Yourself, Live for the Moment, count your Blessings" Things go wrong sometimes for who knows what reason, but I can't let that kind of stuff control my life and my attitude and especially my personality. Heavenly Father gives us trials. I have a few to work out but it does give me comfort knowing he does not give us what we can't handle. I am thankful for the trials He gives me because I know I will be a better person for it through all the pain, tears, and stress He will give me a rainbow :)

Top picture- we got some awesome corn crop this year
Middle picture- Jonathan and my trip to Blue lake
Bottom picture-Me on my new horse Gilligan, I LOVE this horse. He is awesome :)

Hunter's 1st Birthday Early Party

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Today the 31st is Hunters actual birthday, these pictures are from an early party we had last sunday. I made a lego block cake which was a hit and was sooo fun to make. He got to eat it with his hands and get all messy. But he was a lot more delicate than his sister Autumn for her first birthday while eating cake. Tonight he gets to have more cake and open another present so I will add more pictures later. Anyways, the party was fun and he got some cool gifts. Thanks to all who came and made it special for our little boy.