TRICK OR TREAT

The month of Oct. is filled with fun festivities.  

The Syracuse pumpkin walk is always one of our favorites!

Connor had fun running around with our neighbor friends,

 and looking at the pumpkins lit up.

Connor had a blast trick or treating on Halloween.  

Isn't he a scary skeleton?

We enjoyed trunk or treat at Dick's market.  After we headed to 

Bountiful Main Street for some more trick or treating.  

Connor made out like a bandit, he got so much candy.

Hope you're all appreciating your sweets.  

 Enjoy them New Year's resolutions start in two months!

CONNOR

It was about four years ago we moved into our home and decided it was the right time to start a family.  Little did we know what a journey it would be. 

 There are days when I look at Connor and I'm over whelmed with gratitude to my Heavenly Father and Birth Mother for letting me be a Mom.  I cry when I think of how blessed we've been.  

We've never stopped trying to have a baby and still no luck.  It's a lot of money to adopt.  Another reason I'm grateful, financially we were able to afford to adopt when we did. 

So here's to Connor.  My happy boy, who has filled my world with smiles.  

The next few photos are from the "Heart and Soul" adoption BBQ

 Feeding the dogs pizza

                            

What a sweet boy 

My greatest blessing has come from my greatest trial.  Isn't life funny? 

PUMPKIN PATCH

What a great conference weekend!  

Between the Sat. sessions we decided to get some energy out at the pumpkin patch. 

At first Connor was a little nervous about the hay maze

getting the hang of it

what a blast!

Pumpkins everywhere, or in Connor's words "WOW BALLS, BALLS!" 

A lot of pumpkins makes for a cute porch!

Halloween is on its way and it's getting a little spooky around here!

Happy Hauntings!

PUMPKIN COOKIES

One of my favorite things about the Fall season is pumpkin cookies.  Here is one easy recipe.

-Spice Cake Mix

-15 oz Jar Pumpkin

-Semi Sweet Choc. Chips

Mix the three ingredients and cook at 350 for about 13-14 mins.

Mmmm.  Fresh out of the oven.  

THE FARM

Across the street from our home we have a great little farm.

It's equipped with horses, cows, goats, donkeys and Ponies.

Connor loves to walk over at night and look at the animals before bed.

It's fun to walk out in the morning and see the farm.

It gives a peaceful feeling to our little neighborhood.

WELCOME FALL

Last fall we got buckets of apples off our tree

It didn't take Connor long to get the hang of picking the apples last night.

He quite enjoyed this fresh snack!

The air was a bit cooler last night

and apples on the tree means fall is on it's way.

Thinking about sweater weather

and homemade soup makes me happy.

I love fall!

13.1

We did it!

13.1 miles for the Park City half marathon

I couldn't have done it without my good friend Mikaela. We've been running together all summer. Who knows what race will be next?