Pumpkin Harvest 2008

My Mom came up with a brilliant idea this year, she decided that we should do our own pumpkin patch. Anyone that knows us knows that we have a rather large family so we need a lot of pumpkins. My dad has a farm in Cedar Fort and had the perfect spot for them, so this morning we went out and gathered them up and delivered them to everyone's houses. My Dad was sure that they would all be dead because they haven't been watered in a little while, or that someone would have stolen them by now, and that at best we would only have 20 small pumpkins. But much to our surprise when we got them all gathered we had about 41 good sized ones, 37 of them pretty big, and about 60 of the small decorative ones.

Jenica, posing with the pumpkins

Our little pumpkin patch, not all of our vines produced or even grew. The antelope trampled some of them earlier in the year. (but this was after we had gathered them all, thus the middle being empty)
All done!


The kids had a blast and so did we. We will definitely be doing it again next year, maybe we'll have better luck with getting most of our plants to grow! (and PS I look awesome in all of these pictures! no make up is definitely where its at?)

Deegan's VERY Favorite Thing

Deegan has been asking my dad to take him on an airplane ride for a while now, we settled on doing it for his birthday but the airport ended up being closed because the runway was being repaved. So on Sunday we celebrated my niece Mady's birthday and went down there for her party (spanish fork airport). It's always a lot of fun, the kids can take their bikes and ride around and hey, everyone gets to go for an airplane ride which this time of year is really pretty.

He was really excited if you can't tell.
He and his cousin Mckall sat in the very back together and were all grins :)
This was right before they started the engine to taxi down the runway.
This is were Auni spent her time, she thought she was pretty hot stuff!

A Few of Auni's Favorite Things

Auni has a few new favorite things. She is absolutely in love with my shoes (which I've decided is hereditary, passed down from mother to daughter in my family) she puts them on all the time and walks around the house in them. And sometimes its just one as you can see in the picture.

She had just gotten out of the tub in the 1st video clip and for a minute was walking around with ONLY my shoes on, but we decided that wasn't appropriate for the blog so we snagged a diaper for her :) The 2nd video clip is her best friend JoJo (my niece's kitty) who is now living at my moms house. She gets so excited when she sees her and she can call her. I can't type what her kitty-kitty sounds like but its something like kitha-kitha. Its hilarious, she usually giggles like crazy when she plays with her but of course I never get the camera fast enough for those ones.

Little Chocolate Thieving Children!!!

As some of you know, Clint just got back from Hawaii on Friday (for work and I totally get to go next time) so I asked him to bring me some chocolate covered macadamia nuts. Well Deegan happens to be in love with them too. So this morning while I was brushing my teeth he and Auni went out to the kitchen and got into the box, well I'm pretty sure Deegan did all the dirty work, and probably ate at least 3 or 4. But being the nice brother he is he apparently shared with his sister. This is not Deegan's first offense either, I have caught him several times with chocolate on the breath since we've had them. (he really is quite clean when he eats them I can only tell he's had one if I smell his breath)

Deeg is balling in this picture because he still had one in his hand and I took it away because it obviously was not his first, and they hadn't even eaten breakfast yet.
Then he got over it because he figured out I was taking pictures. But seriously, do you see how clean his mouth is?
And this picture is from a whole different day but kind of went with the other messy face picture. Auni got into the powdered sugar, and when she figured out it tasted good she wasted no time in smashing her whole face into it.

Husband Tag (this is actually the first time i've been tagged)

1. Where did you meet? Blind Date (that neither of us wanted to go on)
2. How long did you date before you got married? 1 year
3. How long have you been married? 5 years
4. What does he do that surprises you? He is actually really good at picking out gifts for me all by himself. He will get me something that I want that I didn't even know I wanted. :)
5. What is your favorite feature of his? I know these these both sound retarded but his muscular shoulders and chest and his jawline.
6. What is your favorite quality of his? Sounds funny but that he is a man's man, I love that he can fix mostly anything, back up a trailer (believe it or not a lot of guys can't), and do all the things that I grew up around. (I always wanted to marry someone with qualities like my Dad and brothers)
7. Does he have a nickname for you? Jean or baby girl :)
8. What is his favorite color? Red or Yamaha Blue
9. What is his facvorite food? A good steak, good BBQ, and Grandma Nette's coconut cream pie.
10. What is his favorite sport? Motocross (I've always had a thing for motocross boys)
11. When and where was your first kiss? In my car in front of his house, and I didn't talk to him for like a month afterward cause it was too soon for me and freaked me out, plus I was actually dating someone else at the time (whoops). But if you ask him he would tell you I totally loved it :)
12. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? Anything really, just being together. Watching movies after the kids go to bed.
13. Do you have any children? 2 and a half (a baby boy due in Jan.)
14. Does he have a hidden talent? He can make up songs about anything off the top of his head, he is always singing the most random things to our kids.
15. How old is he? He just turned 29 on the 5th.
16. Who said I love you first? Him
17. Whats his favorite type of music? He kind of has a wide range of music that he likes. But he listens to talk radio all the time.
18. What do you admire most about him? His work ethic and loyalty to his family.
19. Do you think he will read this? If I tell him I posted it. Actually he does check our blog every so often so eventually he would anyway.

I Tag: Lore, Maranda, Steph, both Britneys, Tawna, Kendra, and Tori

State Fair Night

I love going to the State Fair, its kind of been a tradition my whole life. So Clint and I took the kids and went with Quin and Kendra (Clint's brother and his wife) last Tuesday. And yes, part of the entertainment are some of the people that crawl out of who knows where to attend the event :)

If you look to the back of this picture you can see Deegan and Brinlee sitting on a bail of hay patiently waiting for their turn to ride the ponies. (sorry the zoom on my camera is pointless if you want to recognize the people in the picture)
I actually feel bad for the poor things having to walk in a circle all day long with their head tied to the bar so they can't move, but the Deeg loved the ride.

Deegan and Brinlee got to ride a few rides while we were there, the little lucky duckies, that was so not allowed when I was little! But their daddy's are the ones who did it. Both of their favorite was the giant corn slide, which I have on video but again without the zoom isn't so great.
Auni was just happy to be there, she was really good the whole night. The video below is the kids on this little race car ride that cracked me up because I didn't expect the little whiplash experience on the corners. It was hilarious to watch.