DEER HUNT/INDIAN SUMMER IN OCTOBER

OUR TREE IN THE FRONT YARD. I LOVE THE GOLDEN LEAVES

AGAINST THE BRIGHT BLUE SKY

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN SO NICE MY FLOWERS ARE AUTUMN COLORS AND SO I SURROUNDED THEM WITH MY GARDEN SQUASHES.

SHANNON GAVE ME THE FLAG.....IT SAYS: "HAPPY HAUNTING"

THE BOYS ARE HOME FROM THE HUNT...NO VENISON THIS YEARTHE WEATHER WASN'T TOO BAD UNTIL THIS MORNING........THE GUYS DECIDED THAT THEY HAD HAD ENOUGH AND HEADED HOME

WHEN JOHN AND BRANDT CAME HOME THE WEATHER TURNED WET AND COLD, SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS BUT WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS WE WERE BACK TO THAT BEAUTIFUL INDIAN SUMMER WEATHER. WE WERE VERY THANKFUL THAT THE COLD DIDN'T LAST TOO LONG. WE KNOW THAT WHEN IT DECIDES TO KICK IN AND STAY WE WILL BE IN THE COLD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

HALLOWEEN PARTY

FAMILY FUN!

SPAGHETTI DINNER AND PUMPKIN CARVING

We had Lizard Guts (thin spaghetti noodles), Monkey Brains (elbow noodles) served with Vampire Blood (plain tomato sauce) and Bat Droppings (spaghetti sauce with ground sausage & hamburger), we also had Witches Teeth (corn)

(the five young grand kids ate at the counter, the rest of the family ate at the table)
TAYLER & LOGAN AT THE COUNTERSNAKES AND SEVERED TOES WERE SERVED

THESE TOES ARE MINI HOT DOGS WRAPED IN PIE CRUST

PUNCH WAS MADE WITH LEMON LIME SODA POP AND LIME SHERBET
PEELED GRAPES WERE THE EYE BALLS
SKELETON CUPCAKES, MADE WITH MARSHMALLOWS AND YOGURT PRETZELS

THE BEGINNING OF THE PUMPKIN CARVING

LOOKS LIKE COLLINS NOT TOO SURE ABOUT HOW MESSY HE WANTS TO BE
DRESDEN DECIDED HE WANTED TO US ONE OF OUR SQUASHES FROM OUR GARDEN

LOGAN PLANTED THIS PUMPKIN IN OUR GARDEN, SO HE WANTED TO USE IT CARLEE WORKING ON HER PUMPKIN & BRANDT HELPING OUT TAYLER WITH HERS

CARVING PUMPKINS CAN BE A MESSY JOB, BUT THEY LOOK LIKE THEY ARE HAVING FUN

SISTERS WORKING TOGETHER

LARRY SUPERVISING LOGAN WITH HIS PUMPKIN DESIGN

THE WEATHER WASN'T TOO COLD SO WE CARVED THE PUMPKINS OUTSIDE

SYDNEY WAS GETTING TOO COLD SO SHE CAME INTO THE KITCHEN TO FINISH HER CARVING

AUNT SOUPIE WAS SO NICE TO HELP LOGAN DIG OUT THE INSIDES OF HIS PUMPKIN

LARRY WAS HELPING DRESDEN CARVE THE SQUASH, IT WAS VERY TOUGH

JAY & COLLIN FOUND A SEAT ON THE PORCH STEPS TO FINISH THEIR CARVING

TAYLERS ALL DONE, SHE'S HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS

TAYLER & CARLEE'S PUMPKINS

COLLIN & SYDNEY'S PUMPKINS

LOGAN AND DRESDEN'S PUMPKINS

SHANNON AND BRANDT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDT

The family celebrated Brandts birthday also

TAYLER HELPED BLOW OUT HER DADDY'S CANDLE

THE FIRST OF OCTOBER

A WEEKEND IN EPHRAIM

John stayed with his mom and dad (Grandpa Bill & Grandma Ellen) on Thursday and took them to the hospital in Provo for Grandmas eye surgery on Friday. All went well with the surgery and she was feeling pretty good for just having the operation. Shannon and the boys drove me down to Ephraim that night. We took the ATV's out for a little while that evening and the next day.

JOHN & GRANDPA BILL OUT ON THE PORCH

GRANDMA ELLEN AND JOHN
LOOKS PRETTY SORE, BUT SHE'S A TROOPER (NON-COMPLAINING)

DRESDEN GOT TO SHOOT THE BEBE GUN OUT IN THE BARN YARD HIS TARGET (PAPER PLATE) WAS UP AGAINST THE OLD BARN THE OLD BARN YARD
UP THE CANYON ON THE ATV'S WITH THE BOYS
NANA DONNA & DRESDEN

DRESDEN

SHANNON AND LOGAN SHANNON AND LOGAN

THE RODGERS FAMILY

(SAME WEEKEND WHEN WE GOT BACK FROM EPHRAIM)

PAUL JR. BROKE HIS ANKLE IN THREE PLACES. HE HAD SURGERY AND THE DOCTORS PUT IN SCREWS AND PLATES INTO HIS ANKLE. HE STAYED WITH US FOR A WEEK RE- COOPERATING. HIS DAD CAME INTO TOWN FOR GUARD AND ROBIN CAME UP FROM BYU TO HELP MOVE PAUL JR. BACK INTO HIS DORMS AT THE U. WE ENJOYED TACKING CARE OF PAUL AND ALSO HAVING PART OF THEIR FAMILY FOR A VISIT.

PAUL WILLIAMS, PAUL JR. & ROBIN

GUESS WHO IS IN PRESCHOOL?

COLE

TAYLER

COLE AND TAYLER WERE BOTH SO EXCITED TO FINALLY BE IN SCHOOL. THEY ARE NOW ONE OF THE BIG KIDS!

THE SOCCER PLAYER IN OUR FAMILY

SAVANNAH SCORED THE FIRST TIME SHE PLAYED IN A GAME! WE HOPE WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HER PLAY IN PERSON SOME DAY. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR LITTLE SAVY!
A VERY CUTE NAME FOR HER TEAM
WOW, AWESOME MOVES!

SEPT. 25-26th...Continuation of our trip with the grandkids

OVER NIGHT AT THE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS

LOGAN, UTAH

What a treat it was to stay at this hotel! Several years back John and I stayed at a motel right in down town Logan. It had an enclosed pool, but you had to walk from your room outside to get to it. It was an older motel, but I was happy that it had a pool for the kids. I was caught off guard when John drove right past it and continued on. We drove a few miles down the road and there it was, a new and clean hotel just waiting for us with an indoor pool, hot tub and continental breakfast, who could ask for more. The kids were so excited! They loved looking out our window at the cows in the pasture, that's pretty unique. I loved it because of the cookies always waiting for us at the front desk, actually that made all of us very happy. POOL AREA
THE MAHARAJAH AND MISS UNIVERSE

CLOCK TOWER AT UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
NEXT TO THE CLOCK TOWER
Natalie graduated from USU and Shannon spent a semester here, they roomed together that semester
LOGAN & SYDNEY SAYING GOOD NIGHT
THIS IS THE DORM THAT NATALIE STAYED IN HER FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS
Sydney was so excited to visit this building
LOGAN TEMPLE
LOGAN TEMPLE
Logan staked claims on this Temple and the whole town.
He decided he wants to live here some day, we'll see.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS
On our way home we had one more surprise for the kids, we spent a few hours here.
HOT MINERAL SPRINGS
Sydney, John and Logan are at the bottom of this top picture.
Logan is sitting under one of the waterfalls.
THE SPRINGS
FRESH WATER POOL AT CRYSTAL SPRINGS
Logan and Sydney are throwing an orange Frisbee.
DIVING TO GET THE FRISBEE
Sydney and Logan had fun diving to the bottom of the pool to retrieve the Frisbee.