My Weekend

I spent the weekend here at home. I woke up Saturday morning to this sight on my lawn:

So then, I decided to read this book I have been meaning to get to and I started and I couldn't stop, so then I went out and read the second book in the series. I highly recommend them. It is called The Hunger Games and the second book is called Catching Fire. Good stuff!

Then I got a phone call from LJ. He shot a deer! Finally! So here is a picture of the deer in our garage. He did not take any pictures after the kill, so this is all there is. I REPEAT- DO NOT SCROLL DOWN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE DEAD DEER IN MY GARAGE!!!!!

HERE IT COMES

YOU WILL SEE THE DEER IF YOU SCROLL DOWN!!!

Something New?!?

I was told I needed to post again because my last post picture was gross. It was kind of...sorry. It has been a busy month, but I have been a super slacker and haven't taken any pictures. Here are the highlights:

1. Halloween- celebrated Kade's birthday and trick or treated with the kids in Kiley's neighborhood.
2. Kody turned 18! Happy Birthday little brother!!
3. LJ has gone hunting a lot
4. Kori announced she is pregnant
5. Kris left the MTC in Peru and is now in the mission field somewhere near Arequipa
6. I have worked a ton!!
7. I went to Donnelly for the weekend with my Master's girls!!

That is about it. I promise to do better!

October Fun

This past week has been busy! We had a great garden at mom and dad's this year, so we had a harvest party to pick the pumpkins and burn most of the garden. We went to Linder Farms first and let the kids go on rides and feed the animals, but we got pumpkins from the garden this year! Really fun, much cheaper, and we celebrated the fruits of our labors! Good times for all! Thanks everyone for a great garden and successful growing season!

Also, two weeks ago, I finally saw a dermatologist and had the mole of the back of my arm looked at. The dermatologist took it off and this is the result of his butchering. I had seven stitches in for two weeks! Now I get to have a wicked awesome scar forever! Thankfully the mole was sae and no worries!

The scar

Mom, Dad, and LJ
Harvesting

More harvesting

Watching the bonfire

More fire watching

Mom and Dad keep a watchful eye

Watching the fire

Kody and Ryan

Kori and Luke

Kiley and Ryan

LJ and I

The girls

Family with our pumpkins

Long time

I have been M.I.A. for awhile. Life has been super busy. I started back to school and it has been crazy. Lesson plans, grading, Back to School Night, working out, you know the usual. Kris also left on his mission last Wednesday, so we did lots of family stuff before he left. I am super excited for him and proud of him for his decision to go, even though I will miss him a lot. Katie and Clint also came down and it was fun getting to see them. I wish I had taken pictures at the fair, but I failed to. I will had our latest family picture to this post, taken right after Kris spoke in church! I will try to keep up and not be so long in writing. Peace out!

CORN

I traveled to Grandma Myers' house today with Mom and Dad to pick corn. We picked it and shucked it. Then I came home, cooked it, cut it, bagged it, and froze it. I have never done this before, so I was nervous that it wouldn't turn out. I think I did okay. 80 ears of corn later, I have 15 bags of corn of about 1.5 cups each. I am really proud of myself. It was a lot of work and time consuming, but I think it will be worth it! Thanks Grandma for the corn and Mom and Dad for all the help! YUM, YUM, YUM!!!