Fall Fun

Things have been just a tad crazy around here...I can't imagine why? Two kiddos, a crippled and somewhat naughty patient (who hops, cruthes and crawls around the house like a mad man and drives himself on outings when I go to work), and a crazy cat. Before Cory broke his leg I was working on one last summer post because I was so behind and now I'm even more behind! Where to start? I think I will start with Fall Fun and hopefully get to the other posts I've been wanting to do.

Annual trip to Ferrari Farms. Pumpkins, animals, games, corn maze, hay ride...so much fun!



I love this pic. Nora LOVES Theo and I mean LOVES him! Ever since he was born she has been assisting me with him. I believe she thinks I am an unfit mother and I should not be trusted with her Theo. She even wants to change his diaper. Here she is trying to squeeze his cheek. I love Nora and that she loves my little Theo so much!









Halloween party at school - these are Brock's best buds, Sean and PJ - all looking awesome in their costumes. Their school went trick or treating around campus...I'm sure they made a lot of peoples work day!


Trick or treating at about 3pm in our neighborhood before going to our annual friend Halloween Party. I know that we would be disowned as neighbors if we didn't bring the kids by in their costumes...our neighbors answer the door with candy and cameras! We really have the most wonderful neighbors.



Let the fun begin - a Halloween party with our closest friends - 9 kids total now - crazy! The older gang - Brock, Grace, Annie and Tay were totally into the trick or treating. We went to so many houses this year - some of which were VERY spooky. Brock would say - 'did you see that mom - I wasn't even scared at all'.

Cory has a broken leg

While Elk hunting with Ryan Cropper and Bryon Mowlds in scenic central Idaho last weekend, Cory had a stumble and fall which left him with a busted right tibia. The rescue effort required Cory to crawl,roll,hop, and crutch himself about two miles down from 9500' to about 8200'. Ryan and Cory continued moving toward camp while Bryon sped ahead to sound the alarm and send a horse. The boys all made it back to camp just as the sun went down. The next day they all made the final six mile trip to the trailhead on horseback. Four hour drive back to Boise, caught the last plane to Reno with 10 minutes to spare, cab to St. Mary's ER by 7:30 pm Sunday. Xray and CT scan revealed 10 in sprial fracture requiring surgery. Four days in the hospital, twenty stitches, ten screws, steel plate, six weeks on crutches. Thank you so much Bryon, Ryan, Blaine, James, and Jeff! Doc says it will be a memory in a year, so see you opening day!

Girls Get-a-Way

Last weekend I escaped for a girls trip to wine country with the fabulous Alaska wives! They are dear friends and also the wives of Cory's high school friends - we were celebrating Jill's 30th birthday. We rented a limo, visited the wineries and went to Apple Hill. Placerville didn't know what to do with us! It was a blast!

Brockisms and Theo Tales

Um Brock - You are too big for the back pack when you can climb in by yourself and walk around in it!

Brock likes to watch You Tube videos - a little something his Dad taught him. So now he requests the search and then he can navigate the videos by himself. Some of his favorite requests 'rc tractors with dump trucks' or 'motocross tracks with woops'.

Brock with his Magnaformer creation - a turtle!

One sink of water + two boys = hours of entertainment!



All in a Monday with Brock :) My sweet, entertaining, and oh so smart little guy:

Brock and I were playing with Trio - Brock is incredible at building things out of Trio and Legos. As we were playing he pointed to a piece of the structure he was building and said, "Mom, this piece is for stability" a new version of a word he has been using for a long time 'stabilize'

Forget Sesame Street, Brock's favorite books and shows are about nature. We were reading about the schooling behaviors of a certain type of fish (I'm using terminology from the book - I have no idea). I was explaining to him that groups of animals have different names - herd of cows, flock of birds, school of fish. Brock's response, "hmmm...that's interesting'

Brock was setting up some fake spider web for halloween and described the web as looking 'very natural'

We ran into our neighbor at Costco (our favorite store!). She was with the elderly lady that she drives, shops with, etc. Brock said, 'Is that Emma's grandma?' I responded, "No, that is a lady that she takes care of', Brock then asked, "Why?, So she doesn't die?"....pretty good question.

Theo Tales:

Theo was playing in the yard and Cory and my Mom were chatting right next to him. The next thing they knew, Theo was jabbering and proudly walking toward them with a BIG DEAD BIRD (no doubt a Sonny kill)! Gross! You can imagine the chaos of trying to extract the BIG DEAD BIRD from Theo's hand and promptly washing him up! So glad I wasn't there!

Tonight the boys both got baths and jammies on - just like every night around here! The bath tub was draining and Theo disappeared for just a moment - guess where we found him? Yup - sitting in the tub, playing with his toys, up to his 'freshly diapered and jammied' waist in water. And here we go again...