Pumpkin Carving!!!

I saw these cute pumpkins on line so I ask Brent if he wanted to carve some pumpkins together??? He kindly said yes, and I think we did a cute job!!!

My favorite time of the year.....

No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face;

Smile of the Week!!! Fall fun with the Grandkids...

This past week my daughter and granddaughters came to visit. We had so...... much fun. I enjoyed doing alot of fun hoilday things with them. Madelyn is now nine months old and she is a pure joy to be around. She is quite a busy baby and has a smile that just makes you chuckle!!! I have two little kids chairs in my living room. She has learn to climb into them. She is quite pleased with her accomplishment!

Here are some random pictures of alot of things we enjoyed....Fall 2007 memories...

DRUGGED!!!.....

Drug Problems?

The other day, someone at a store in our town read that
a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse,
and he asked me a rhetorical question, 'Why didn't we
have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?'

I replied, I had a drug problem when I was young:

I was drug to church on Sunday morning (catholic then)
I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. (much different than Temple marriages or attending an LDS funeral)

I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather. I was expecte to behave in the car, not to be a distraction.

I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults. (No excuses)

I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.

I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profanity. (even ivory soap taste bad)

I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's (DAD'S) garden and flower beds and pick bales out of dad's fields. (Just Uncles)

I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed. (woodshed not needed all she had to do was look at me and say you wait until your dad gets home)

Those drugs are still in my veins and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of drug problem, this country would be a better place.

God bless the parents who 'drugged' us!

ABC its me!!! My Honey Tagged Me!!!!
This looks funnnnnnn.... Thanks, Brent!
A- Attached or single: Attached (I LOVE IT)
B- Best Friends: Brent and my Children (I adore them all)
C- Cake or Pie: PIE hot apple with ice cream. I make a great apple pie!!!
D- Day of choice: Saturday!!!!! A day with Brent....
E- Essential Item: a warm bed...soft cuddly covers...a good nights rest, or I am not in the best of moods. I need that beauty sleep to function in this life!!!
F- Favorite Color: Warm earth tones, Autumn colors, chestnut brown...
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: BOTH!!! Grandkids love to eat the gummies and I have a grandaughter who is fasinated with those worms real or gummie
H- Hometown: Born Battle Mountain Nevada, home now Farmington, UT...
I- Indulgence(s): My time...I agree with Brent 24 and Lost (When will the get last season on DVD!!!)
J- January or July: July around a pool, January around a fireplace...
K- Kids: Lila and Travis (by marriage all spouses become my kids also) Brandy and Eric, Shelley and David, Heidi and Matt, Kyle, Rigby, Ryan, Brooke and Trevor...
L- Life is Incomplete Without: The Gospel, being in Love (Brent) and Family
M- Marriage Date: April 14th, 2007
N- Number of Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 sister...half sisters 6 and step brother 1
O- Oranges or Apples: Apples
P- Phobias or Fears: Being without or un prepared
Q- Quotes: "Care and love your family in this life so that they will WANT to spend Eternity with you." AND "Live in such a way that if anyone should speak badly of you, no one would believe it."
R- Reason To Smile: Correct choices of my children, grandchildren, Hoildays, Life
S- Season: Fall
T- Tag Three: Eric, David, Matt
U- Unknown Fact About Me: lets leave it at that....UNKNOWN (there is a reason for the word)
V- Vegetarian or Meat Eater: I Love meat however vegetables are a must for me...one without the other yuck!!!
W- Worst Habit: Eating to much, middle age spread, more since meeting Brent!!!
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: x-rays...to see if I was human!!!
Y- Your Favorite Food: Good food that has lots of favor, not fast food or food that has been cook at such high tempertures that all favor is gone like Buffet food.
Z- Zodiac: Virgo

Kitchen helps.....

"The kitchen table is where we mark milestones, divulge dreams, bury hatchets, make deals, give thanks, plan vacations, and tell jokes. It's also where children learn the lessons that families teach: manners, cooperation, communication, self-control, values." -- Doris Christopher

A good thought to consider living with....

Happy Halloween....Happy Birthday Avery Mae, a Wedding and more...

Words of much Wisdom.....

I recently read this and "WoW" she said it so correctly.

At the press conference when she received the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa was reportedly asked, “So, how do you feel now that you have been working to feed the poor and ease their misery for decades, and things are still just as bad—or worse—in Calcutta as when you started?” Her profound response is an example to us all. She said that we have not been called to be successful but to be faithful.