Halloween

Halloween was full of the usual; pumpkins, parties and treats.  Not much to say but I've got to put the pictures on for my memory's sake.

All in a days work

Today was full of work. Hard work. Chris chopped down a tree. I dug up all the sod that was occupying the space of my future garden. Huntley picked up leaves and dead flowers. Paisley did a pretty good job of entertaining herself and staying out of the way. The best part of a day full of hard work; sitting down at the end of the day and feeling pretty good about everything that we accomplished today.

SnowFall

Today we woke up to snow. Which then led to an hour of me telling Huntley that no she couldn't skip school and play in the snow. I thought I had a few more years before I'd have those discussions and honestly if I wasn't in charge of the carpool today I probably would hate let her. The first. snowfall only comes once every year!

By the time she made it home the sun was out and the snow was gone. Lucky for her dad was more than willing to go find snow to play in. Really he just wanted to look for cat tracks but he still made her day.

Nine

Nine.  The number of days it takes after fighting a fire before you lose your ode to smoky wilderness perfume. 

 So if you didn't get it from that the season is OVER!!!!  Last week Chris got home from Montana and had two days off.  Then due to the cold weather we had roll in we got lucky and they decided to call it good for this season.  Good bye fellow hotshots!

So what have we been up to lately, a whole lot.  Or at least we attempted to be up to lots of stuff.  We started last Wednesday off with a hike to see the leaves up Grovecreek.  It was freezing but the colors were awesome and the company even better.  Plus Huntley has all of a sudden turned into a crazy hiking woman and I love watching her book it up a mountain.

Afterwards we decided even though the weather was crappy enough to end fire season it was still good enough to try and get my garden ready for next season.  Currently we have planters all over the backyard and it was definitley not dog friendly.  Chris, being the awesome husband he is or maybe he's sick of phone calls with me whining about the dogs eating my veggies, decided to dig out a portion of our yard and build me a cute little picket fence 24x16 area of happiness.  Unfortunatley an hour into the project the man threw his back out moving a piece of sod and has been laid up on the couch ever since.  How do you dig fire line 16 hours a day for 5 months straight and be fine but hurt yourself moving a piece of grass is beyond me but luckily it was the end of the season so he has plenty of time to rest.  Meanwhile I still had to take care of the sod we already had and Paisley was kind enough to help out by eating the excess dirt. 

 Pais also had her very first hairdo this past week and looked pretty adorable rocking her pony tail.  Too bad her halloween costume is already made or else she would have been a cute little Pebbles.

Last but not least our favorite friend B had a birthday and took us with her to the zoo.  It was the perfect day for a zoo outing and seeing all the baby animals was pretty fun too.

Preschool Pals

This year for school we are doing a joy school type preschool with 5 other kids in our neighborhood.  Unfortunately for Huntley (and lucky for me) I was very last on the rotation for teaching so she had to wait 6 long weeks to have preschool at her house.  Let me tell you it was torture waiting for this day and she was extremely excited when it finally arrived.  So excited she woke me up at 2 this morning to ask me if I remembered her friends were coming over for school.  I'm glad to know she has epiphany's while she sleeps.

Today we got to learn all about the letter F.  We had special fairy dust that we used to practice writing f with our fingers.  

 Next we were able to learn all about the four seasons and how now we are in fall.  What better way to experience fall then to take a walk around the neighborhood and make a collage of all things fall.  Notice my child, she is definitely the best dressed out of the group.  Either that or during her 2 am epiphany she decided that since we learning about fall it was only fitting to wear some mossy oak.

 Last but not least we got to finally play with toys because let's be honest the best part of preschool is seeing what kind of cool toys the other kids have.  Thanks to Grandpa Phillips we win hands down with having the best toys.  I think I could have let them play marbles the entire two hours and they would have been content.  Except Huntley who sat on the couch and read a book.  Apparently marbles are more fun when you don't have to share with five other people.

As for Paisley, she had the time of her life too.  During reading and singing time she thought it was hilarious to ride her car into the back of unsuspecting children.   It actually was kind of funny to watch her evil little grin but I was the only one who thought that so the poor thing got strapped in a chair for the majority of school.  Two more years Pais and then you will have your fun.

Field Trip Number 2

Last week Huntley had her second field trip for preschool and this time it was to Farmer Grant's Pumpkin Patch.  Kind of weird since I used to go on field trips to Farmer Grant's when I was in school.   Both girls had a blast and could have had their pictures taken in the cardboard cut outs all day long.  If we had time I would have let them because it was pretty funny to watch Paisley's little head poking out.  

This weekend we spent time doing the usual; canning, hiking, and enjoying conference.  I didn't take one picture.  I miss my phone.  Want to know some good news?  7 more days until I can have a new one.  Want to know some better news? 6 more days and Chris will be home for a few days.  Want to know the best news?  We'll only have to endure one more tour until the season is over.  Which means if all goes right I only have roughly 22 days left of single momhood.  I think I'll go make myself a paper chain to countdown the days.  Big things need to be celebrated with a paper chain.

Crazy Huntley Girl

 

 

Huntley stole the camera from me the other day.  She had a blast running around the yard and taking pictures of everything.  I wanted to do a post so I'd always remember the world from her eyes at this age but honestly I had no idea what to write about.  The pictures kind of speak for themselves.  Luckily life with Huntley never is dull and last night was one of those nights that I want to remember for when she has kids someday.

 Saturday night Huntley woke me up with a nasty barky cough, great croup.  We actually haven't had to deal with croup very often so I really shouldn't complain but I hate going to the doctor.  Last month at her yearly checkup she freaked out and kicked the doctor so I was content to just let it run it's course.  Then my mom watched her last night while I was at YW and she thought it would probably be a good idea to have her checked out so I figured we'd just run over to the after hours clinic.  Plus that way Ta'Merra could come help me in case we had a repeat of last month.

 

We got to the doctors office and we were the only ones there so they took us right back.  Huntley did great with the nurse and the first part with the doctor.  Then he tried to look in her ears and apparently that is pretty traumatic because she started to freak out.  Luckily for him she was sitting on my lap so he didn't get kicked but yes she did have croup.  The nurse came back in with some steroids mixed in chocolate syrup.  We had to force it down Hunt's throat which is weird since she normally loves to take her "meds."  Yes she is a miniature version of my mother.  After forcing it down she proceeded to throw it back up all over me, the floor, Mera, and everything else.  It was awesome.  At this point they decided a shot would be best and you can imagine how well that went down.  The rest of the night she screamed and cried and refused to walk.  Chris called and was able to calm her down and she sat and told him she had a good day and the doctor was fun.  Then she crashed in her bed and I took a shower.

 

 Today she woke up and is doing much better.  She hopped out of bed and then joined me doing a work out video.  We were going about our day like normal until she had to get dressed.  Hunt took one look at the band aid and immediately started freaking out about how much her leg hurt.  The next hour she couldn't walk and life was horrible.  Of course this all happened while I had an installer here fixing our Internet.  Next time I'll remember to take the band aid off during the night.