Tons of Yard work

Fall brings so much yard work.  There are branches to cut up and stuff into the yard waste container.  Then there are leaves and pine needles to rake.  Of course there is the roof to sweep off and gutters to clean.  It never seems to end.  Thank goodness for little helpers.

Fire Pumpkins

Every year the boys do fire breathing pumpkins.  This year Reed make sure the tradition continues.  Reed was so proud he scared one boy so bad he cried.  And in the end the pumpkin caught on fire on it’s own. 

 

Halloween Fun

What a fun filled Halloween

We decided to try living like Mickayla's pretend Chinese family. So I sold the furniture on Saturday and we tried it out. Mickayla gathered up pillows and set them around. The next experiement was to actually sit on them. That worked okay. Then we tried to get up. Not so easy! Kidding aside we have new furniture coming on Tuesday. I hope we like it!

Vancouver Temple
I went to the Vancouver Temple open house with Candice, Scott, Lily and Zeke. It was a wonderful trip. The temple is very beautiful

Fishing Trip

Dad went on a fishing trip this last weekend with David Child, he is Jackie Risenmay's husband. He had a wonderful time. He caught a lot of fish and just enjoyed being out in the outdoors.

Thank goodness it was catch and release. He really doesn't like to eat fish.

We are working on redoing the storage room and the office. Dad took down the ceiling. He and Nate Newberry put up a new ceiling. Mickayla helped for about an hour to help paint. I spent two days painting. We are just waiting for the flooring to come and then we can move everything back. We can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tulips are so beautiful in the fields. It was fun to see them this year.

Dad's 59th birthday was the pits! He had to work all day even though it was Saturday. He got home around 6 for dinner. After the second bite of dinner some roast got stuck in this throat. He tried for two hours to dislodge the meat. He coughed, threw up, about everything he could think of. He was so miserable. Every time he swollowed the sliva would go into his lungs. I decided to take him to the ER after 2 hours of this. He didn't argue. That was a pleasant surprise. He was hurting so bad from everything his body was going through he was willing to do anything. The ER wasn't very busy when we got there. He was helped at once.

Kim was very uncomfortable. The emergency room staff was great. He was put right into a room and was given a tool to remove the sliva from his mouth because if he didn't it would go into his lungs and cause him to cough to the point he would throw up. Kim had to wait about an hour for the specialist came back in to the hospital to work on him. It ended up that the doctor was the same doctor that I had for my colon procedure. He is a fantastic doctor. I was very happy to have him be the one who was one call.

After the procedure to remove the meat Kim slept for an hour. He was given a drug that made it so he didn't remember much after the procedure. I am very grateful for modern medicine. I have no idea what would have happened if he could not have had the porcedure. The meat chunks (yes there were two), were huge. The picture I was shown showed it blocking most of his wind pipe. I am glad to have Kim home and doing well. His throat is feeling okay now. He will go see the doctor in two weeks and the doctor will suggest things that can be done for some problems he has with his throat.

The kids had an early New Years Eve party. They had a great time. Will taught all the kids how to do the booty dance. It was great. We had the disco light ball going and lights low. Glow stick nicklaces and balloons. You don't need much more for a great time.

I can't remember if I would be killed for posting this photo... Here is Ellie Maye LaDawn. Dad had Dawn's name in our dollar gift game. He bought these for Dawn for $1. Not bad buy.....Well maybe not.

What a fun night of Chinese food and good company. I wish Candice, Scott, Lily, Blake and Keith could have been there. Then it would have been fantastic. It was a great anniversary party.

We all had a fun time having a pedicure. What a relaxing fun day

Ready-set- time to pick blackberries.

Darren didn't realize this was the easy picking- it wouldn't be long and he would be standing in the middle of the torture bushes.

Ruth, Christoffer and Mickayla deep in the picking. Christoffer was the funniest one out there picking. He was crying out in pain all the time. It shouldn't have been so funny but it was.