collage

Yes, I am obsessed. I love collage pictures. Last week we made Munchkin one and Buddy one. I asked Munchkin to paint the picture frame, then we cut out some of our favorite pictures and taped them in the frame. We then hung it up by their names in their rooms. ~Dad



Here is some of my favorite pictures that I can't get enough of.

 

Tree

At the beginning of the summer I asked Timmy to help me take our tree down. There is one big limb that is pretty close to the house, that I was worried about. After a couple hours I chickened out. I was too afraid of the limb falling on the house. This time I got enough guts and got Timmy over again. The neighbors also came over and helped pull the rope. One neighbor (Don) got his chainsaw out and cut the trunk for us. Munchkin was the photographer. I'm relieved we cut the tree down before winter came. I was afraid it would eventually fall on the house. ~Dad

Bloomington (ID, not IL)

We went to visit Grandpa Findlay in Bloomington this weekend. (Just north of Bear Lake) He's just found out he has cancer, and so we wanted to go and visit with him and try to brighten his day a bit. Here are some highlights.



He told us a lot of cool stories, like how my great, great, great grandpa grew the first Utah peach. And one time, my great great grandpa and grandma were living in the Utah territory, and the Native Americans would come over fairly often. My great, great grandma would feed them, and they'd enjoy a nice meal together. Well one day they bought a new chime clock, and when they were eating dinner with the local Indians, the clock started chiming. The Natives ran right out of there, spooked completely, and didn't come back for a few months! They later said that they'd been scared of the "talking clock". It was so fun to hear these stories!

Back 2 School

So Munchkin's big day FINALLY came! While (seemingly) everyone else was starting school, Munchkin was fuming at home about how "mean" her school was for not allowing her to start with everyone else! However, the big moment did finally arrive...



...only to end in disappointment! You see, she doesn't know anyone in her class, but she does know 2 kids from the other class. (y'all remember her boyfriend, I'm sure) She got to see the kids she knew for "ONLY 15 minutes!!!" (at recess) In fact, "recess was WAY too short, and the teacher didn't call on her to be a helper, AND she only gave Munchkin one snack, not 3!!! Oh, and don't forget, they made me drink WATER too!"

Luckily, she later decided she would give school one more chance, and had a fantastic second day. She said she "got a sticker for being good in the hall, and recess was longer this time, and I made a new friend and we're gonna have a sleepover, and we finally did some learning." So, it's all good, thankfully!! And she looks gorgeous in her new school clothes, as you can plainly see. (Thanks again for those, Grandma Woods!!!)


Meanwhile, Buddy was enjoying one on one time with Mom, but did decide he wanted some alone time reading the paper and watching TV from the top of the couch. I took advantage of this and did some pilates for the first time in like a year or something.