One of my faeries

This year the girls are all being faeries (I love that spelling of it...). Alli had a Halloween party tonight at a friend's house so I had to hurry and finish her costume. Once she was all dressed up I, of course, took her next door to get a few pictures of her. Hopefully I can get the other two costumes finished in the next few days!

My daughters...

Chris took Justin out of school early yesterday to go fishing so I had the girls to myself all afternoon. Since we are headed into winter I thought it would be a good idea to get their pictures taken. We headed over to my new favorite spot and started taking pictures. We got cut short though because right after we showed up four other families showed up to have their pictures take as well. Here is what I got so far...








This one of Alli and Anna didn't turn out as planned. Anna was getting cold so she just wasn't feeling the photo shoot anymore. Alli wouldn't sit on the ground because there were rotten apples (but not where I wanted her to sit). I think I will head back there and try and get all the kids in the apple grove.

Just one more

... of Justin the other day. I decided to try a texture on this one...

My son

Justin got a new beanie over the weekend and wanted me to take some pictures of him wearing it. Justin found a really neat old barn/shed that is going to be torn down so we snapped some shots there. I guess now that he is 8 (and is missing teeth), he has decided that he is "too cool" to smile. I like how they turned out despite the seriousness.

Gardening...

The time has come to tear out the garden. We could get snow this weekend so the growing season has ended. I sure have learned a lot... like to start stuff outside as soon as possible and use the little mini-greenhouse things. And I have learned that you can never have too many cherry tomatoes when you have two girls named Anna and Abby. And that little Jack Russell Terriers named Roxy LOVE to eat peas in the pod and will go over and bite them off the vine whenever no one is looking and eats so many that she gets sick and throws up nasty green slime... But, most of all, learned something very important...



There is such a thing as WHITE CARROTS! Who knew? (and how did I end up planting some?)

A tag...

10 years ago I:

1. graduated from high school
2. was starting my freshman year at BYU
3. met the most awesome friends a girl could have at 144 M Smith Hall
4. met and flirted with my hubby
5. learned to snowboard while flirting with my future hubby

5 things on today's "to do" list:
1. get all my work done for my various side jobs
2. Make homemade French bread and split pea and barley soup
3. laundry (like every other day)
4. finish editing the multitudes of pictures and work on getting them to the people
5. is it too early to put the kids to bed

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. unbaked cookie dough
2. brownie batter
3. Chocotoff and Cote d'or (Belgian chocolates)
4. Leonidas (better than Godiva)
5. I love me some chips and roasted tomato salsa

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. pay off our mortgage
2. pay off student loans
3. invest the rest
4. ok... maybe take a vacation too
5. and... splurge on a new camera and some nice glass for it

5 places I have lived:
1. Duluth, MN
2. Brea and Escondido, CA
3. Tampa, FL
4. Provo/Salt Lake City/West Jordan, UT
5. Heber

Five jobs I have had:
1. JC Penney-- Young Mens dept and Shoes
2. I was a clown and did face painting (for a temp job)
3. Receptionist
4. Still run my own business
5. Best Job of All-- Mommy

I tag... Anyone with enough time to fill this out (or who would rather do anything than what they should be doing at the moment!)

Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 or more people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you've answered the questions on your blog.