Zach & Quinn's Birthday

Quinn's birthday was the 8th and Zach's is the 14th. So, on Sunday the 12th we had cake and ice cream for both of them. We had candles on the cake for a 6 year old and a 17 year old. It took quite a bit to get the candles blowing out. Zach wasn't thrilled to pose for the picture, but Quinn is always ready to pose for the camera! Any way, both boys are sooo cute. Zach probably won't appreciate that either!

First Snow

I didn't get to see the great snow in Boise, but it snowed in Utah too. While Chris and I were in Brigham City, we had quite the snow storm. We drove over to Logan in a great blur of snow. Probably not the smartest idea going over the pass, but beautiful none the less. After dinner, it continued to snow at Grandma's. However, every time I got the camera, the snow would quit. I just wanted a picture of the huge snow flakes. I finally got a few really good ones! No snow stuck to the ground, but it really wanted too!

60,000 Miles

So, as Chris and I drove to Utah last weekend, I hit 60,000 miles on my car! It's an '05 Liberty. I guess I drive a little too much, huh? I bought the car with 6 miles on it. I have driven it hard, but it has been a good car. On the way home from Utah, the check engine light came on and the gas gauge fell to empty (on a full tank of gas). I started to get scared and think my car was going to fall apart. Needless to say, we kept driving because Chris looked under the hood and everything was fine. He read the manual and it said that if the gas cap wasn't quite tight, this is what would happen. In Burley, we filled the tank and sure enough the gas cap wasn't quite tight! The check engine light was still on and 50 miles down the road, the gas gauge fell to empty again. Oh, no, I thought! The gas cap was on tight this time, my car is surely falling apart. After we got to Nampa, all the lights went off and the gas tank was working properly. Now, 3 days later and everything is working fine! I guess it's a big deal to get the gas cap tight!

Quinn's Birthday

Quinn had his 6th birthday on the 8th. He is going to be a pirate for Halloween and that is what he chose to have for his birthday party. The cake was cute, but I missed seeing it in one piece because I got to the party late. Quinn and some of his friends dressed up like pirates and even got to dig in a treasure chest. I think they all had a lot of fun!

New Room

Beth and Deidra have been spending a lot of time making their new houses so cute. I was beginning to feel a little bit jealous. Don't get me wrong, I love my house, but it is just such a hodge-podge of stuff. Nothing really stands out, or is overly cute! If you check out Beth's blog, she painted cute squares around some of her pictures. I decided that would work well in my family room. We also added circles around my square. The squares around the Halloween decorations are really for the pictures that hang there year round, so don't worry I didn't paint my walls just to fit the season! The big picture is still a work in progress, Beth has a few more ideas on how to complete it. Stay tuned for updates!

Jenna's Big Day!

Can you believe my littlest sister turned 8! Crazy! It makes me feel so old, especially when my "little" brothers are 18 and almost 17. Oh well, back to Jenna's big day. Saturday was all about her. She was baptized by Dad at 2:00 in the afternoon and then we had a lunch celebrating her afterwards. Family and friends gathered around to congratulate her. I bought her a towel for her baptism day. It has a cute little girl on it and says, "My baptism towel."

Fishin'

For anybody who knows me, fishing isn't my favorite thing, but I love to hang out with Chris and he loves it. I prefer to read my book and when the fishes bite, I reel them in! Quinn has also decided that it is only fun when we are actually catching fish, not waiting for them to bite. Needless to say, when we went fishing a couple weeks ago, it started off really slow. Quinn and I were ready to give up... then the fish started biting. Chris got 2 on his pole, I got 2, and Quinn got 2, but Quinn reeled most of them in. I forgot my camera when were fishing, but took a picture of the feast! I caught the biggest one on my pole and Quinn had a hard time reeling it in!