Church Pictures

We had to get some recent pictures taken for our wonderfully awesome & loving church, (I kinda love this church if you couldn't tell:) Kevin's staff picture and family pictures were a little out of date (Kendall was only 7 months old for the last one) It was quiet the photo shoot, they only get goofier from here......

Pumpkin Pickin'

We headed to Chino Valley, AZ to pick some pumpkins this weekend. We had a great time, and really enjoyed the change in weather, and being able to see some real fall foliage. We miss the changing seasons here in the desert, since everything is pretty much dead here, but were so happy we got to see some fall colors this weekend. This is the best we could get of the family, the wind kept blowing our camera, but looking at it I think that it is kinda cute off set. With a cute group of kids like this how could it be anything other than that?

Best Friends..

The big boys have become pros at this pumpkin picking thing. I think that they are pretty well seasoned in that they have picked pumpkins in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico, they all look the same to me. The usual routine is that they run all over the field and point out all the pumpkins that I would like, usually having some sort of disfigurement to them, I am a sucker for the reject ones, and then they compete to find who can get the biggest one. I think that Kylor got the biggest one this year, as you can see it took both of them to carry it. I love to see them having fun, and I absolutely love their friendship, and love for each other. I pray that they will always stay this close, and always be there to help each other with the "heavy things" in life.

Ou little Pumpkin Princess...

This was the first time pumpkin picking for Miss Kendall (last year we tried, but apparently Vegas pumpkins go much quicker than any where else, that's another story). Kendall liked the pumpkins, but being 90% princess she did not like to have to truck through the vines to find a pumpkin. She wanted to be taxied to all of her destinations hmmmm. I tried to tell her that Cinderella never complained about pumpkins this much....she responded with where is daddy? As ornery as she is she sure does make the cutest pumpkin princess. In her credit she did stay very busy trying to clean off all the pumpkins of dirt, she told me that "the pumpins are not clean, they need a baff."

The babies....

We are so excited that this year our little baby boys, outweighed most of the pumpkins in the patch. Tipping the scales at 25 pounds each, we have made huge progress since last Halloween, when that was around the combined weight. Yahoo! Preemies, yeah right! Kyson & Kelson seemed to enjoy the pumpkin patch. The twins can really get around, but when you throw uneven terrain, and vines, in the mix they took plenty of spills. By the end they stayed put, and mostly ate dirt and leaves, exactly what they love to do at home, after all that's what little boys are made of....

A fun place to visit...

I love Prescott, and I especially love Gurley Street. It has all the nostalgia of a small town, and the shops are so fun. If you haven't been to Prescott in a while it is definitely worth the trip. The weather is cool, and fall is definitely in the air. We tried a new restaurant this time, called Gurley Street Grill. It was absolutely amazing. I am now looking for a recipe for chicken enchilada soup, they make the best I have ever had. I hope that I can come up with something somewhat close, because Kevin and I are seriously craving it.

Small country???

So this would totally work for our family. Maybe pull the kids behind in a wagon.

We went shopping today and came out of Sam's Club with 50 pounds of flour, 10pounds of sugar, and 5 pounds of salt, 5 pounds of shredded cheese, not to mention several pounds of meat and butter. I would like to say that this will last us for the rest of the year, but we will repeat this process next month. I asked Kevin today when we went from a regular family to now buying everything that is labeled restaurant "size" or "grade." His response was just wait...What comes after restaurant size??? Small country???

What fun it is around here with all these little monkeys, gotta go make some hot dog buns for tomorrow.........

I love to take pictures, and I love playing with all the fun photo editing sites out there. This fun new site takes your pictures and makes them 70's retro - all for free - yahoo!!. How fun is that!