Happy Birthday Madisen!

Happy 1st Birthday Madisen!

 We bought her a Busy Ball Bopper.

Gavin loves his. He wore his first one completely out because he 

played with it so much and he still plays with his second one.

Showing the babies how it works!

Pumpkin Pickin Party

 First you find your pumpkin

 Then you get lots of man power...

 ...and a 4 wheeler

 you take it to the scale with the other pumpkins

 and find out that it weighs 685 pounds!!!

 The Southeast Idaho Giant Pumpkin Growers winners
Congratulations Dr. Christensen!

 Cody weighing one of our Jack o Lantern's. They weighed 35 and 44 pounds

 The Official Results/Weights

We didn't do to bad considering we were first timers at the contest

 Gavin with the Grand Prize winning pumpkin

Our pumpkins (on the left) with one of the "smaller" big ones

Spud Day

 Every year there is a Spud Day in Shelley. Every year Cody wants to go and every year we forget or have something else we need or want to do, but this year we actually made it and I was VERY surprised. I had NO IDEA what a big deal it was. I knew that if you stood in a REALLY long line then you could get a free baked potato and I pictured the entire park filled with picnic tables and people eating potatoes, but I was WRONG! There was a pretty impressive parade, inflatable toys, craft booths, tons of food booths, face painting, paint balling, etc. The entire bark was filled with fun stuff to do. They were even making a ENORMOUS batch of mashed potatoes in a cement mixer, that's right, a cement mixer. That's how many they were making. We didn't stay to see what they were going to do with them, but apparently they dump them in a big hole in the ground and then have a tug-a-war to see who ends up in the potatoes. I'll check it out next year and let you know cuz I'm pretty sure we are going to make it next year now that I know it's not a bunch of baked potatoes and picnic tables. ; )

 Drake, Gavin and Luke

 Best Buds: Luke and Gavin

Luke and Gavin

Random Pics from Sept.

 I gave my niece Madisen a mohawk! : )

 Gavin and Madisen (looking at who knows what)

 I went "Betty Crocker/Martha Stewart" and made a homemade apple pie with a flower on it

Gavin making "applesauce"

LaBoR dAy WeEkEnD

We started the weekend early with a trip to Tautphus Park Zoo.  Gavin saw a parrot there and he ran up to it and said   "Oh, do you want a cracker?"

Heise Hot Springs was next. We went on the Dragon Slide (does anyone still call it that?) over and over....

..and over and over and over and over.( I just realized what a funny word OVER is.)  Luckily Cody tagged me out a time or two so my jell-oee legs could recover from climbing the stairs repeatedly

Nap time under the towel

Followed by me turning my arms into jello this time! Next up, the ab workout!

We hit Heise Pizza Parlor for Lunner (Lunch and Dinner)

Then it was time for Huckleberry picking.

One of the few Huckleberries that we found! I know, I know, You Snooze you loose right? My honey did make me some VERY DELICIOUS huckleberry pancakes for breakfast the next morning so it was worth it!

Gavin hit this tree so hard with his stick that it bent it!

Off course we can't forget to mention Gavin's sweetheart Kate and the 4 wheeler ride

After church on Sunday Gavin sat on the front lawn FOREVER!! When I asked him what he was doing he said "Just Looking."  At what I guess I will never know

Museum of Idaho Woof to Wolf Exhibit

Daddy playing with Gavin in one of the caves in the Discovery room  = )

Idaho Falls Temple

We went to the visitors center to see the Hubble Space Telescope exhibit called "Heavenly Majesty" at the visitors center with all the Fry cousins

My Little Man

Monkey Boy

I just added this picture to make all the ladies JEALOUS!!!! ; )

Mommy Rhapsody

Too cute not to share, enjoy!