Spooky Halloween Night!

 Banner has been busy carving pumpkins in preparation for Halloween.

 

 This year she went with a Star Wars theme, Stormtroopers and such.

 

Our treat bowl is full and we are eagerly awaiting the few trick or treaters that will show up at our house.  Happy Halloween!

This Christmas!

Liz and Dennis--------------------------------------Noah and Becky

Anne Adele and Maurie-----------------------Morgan and Andrew

Shelley and Alan--------------------------------------Josh and Stacy

Jennifer and Jim--------------------------------------Liz and Dennis

John and Rebecca---------------------------------------------Whitney

Sara----------------------------------------------------Jennifer and Jim

Josh and Stacy----------------------------------------------------Leslie

Morgan and Andrew-------------------------------Miranda and Aldo

Noah and Becky----------------------------------------------------Sara

Whitney---------------------------------------Anne Adele and Maurie

Miranda and Aldo-----------------------------------Shelley and Alan

Leslie------------------------------------------------John and Rebecca

 

 

Madison-----------------------------------------------------------Rachel

Zack-----------------------------------------------------------------Arden

Rachel-------------------------------------------------------------Gabriel

Tennyson------------------------------------------------------------Jonas

Arden-----------------------------------------------------------Tennyson

Kelsie-----------------------------------------------------------------Leah

Seth---------------------------------------------------------------Madison

Banner-------------------------------------------------------------Hannah

Hannah----------------------------------------------------------------Seth

Jonas---------------------------------------------------------------Russell

Gabriel--------------------------------------------------------------Kelsie

Maren-----------------------------------------------------------------Zack

Leah----------------------------------------------------------------Banner

Esme-------------------------------------------------------------------Lily

Lily-------------------------------------------------------------------Esme

Russell---------------------------------------------------------------Maren

 

 

Here is the gift list for 2012.  Hopefully it meets with everyone's approval.



Recent Happenings!

 A visit to the Dough Rocks

 

 

 The Buckhorn Panel

 

 The Wedge

 

 A hawk on our deck railing

 

Banner and I noticed he had a funny walk.

 

 Region tennis meet in Richfield.

 

 Banner played very well.

 

 Blowing massive bubbles.

 

French Bread

 While the kids were here last week, the little girls decided they would like spaghetti.  They wanted to pick fresh basil from my herb pot and add it to the sauce.  I thought homemade french bread would go well with our delicious sauce. 

I used the recipe from the Lion House Baking recipe book.  It was very easy and turned out nice and crusty on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside.

Sawtell Hike

The intrepid hikers (except Lily), she was carried most of the way by Andrew, Shelley and Alan.  Still worried about snakes I guess.

 We were up so high that there was still a patch of snow.

 A little snack and drink break.

Look hard and you will see the Tetons in the far background.

This is from the top of Sawtell Peak to which we drove.  As Jane Austen would say,  It was a fair prospect.

A Decor Change!

 This chair used to be white with a green plastic seat.  The bookcase was a cream color.  

 The new seat on the chair is from fabric that I got from Mom years ago.  I wonder which of my sisters had a dress made out of this fabric.

 Whitney also painted the bed which used to be white.

The walls have been painted a light gray and the bed is covered with the completed "Swoon" quilt.  Now we just need to put some things on the walls and put in a new wood floor (when Jim gets a chance) and we have an updated cute guest room.

Marriage Is What Brings Us Together Today!

What a beautiful day for a wedding.  Congratulations Aldo and Miranda Gutierrez.