I just LOVED these 2 X 4 wood pumpkins from Kierste over at her Brown Paper Packages blog. I had to make one for myself. (And when I get my hunky hubby to cut me some more, I'll make a couple more different sizes so I can have a little group of 3 --- won't that look so cute?) Pumpkins that will be around every year to make me smile!!
Fall is such a fun time of year!! And it's even better with my little pumpkins having fun with pumpkins! These kids make everything so much fun! For our pumpkins this year, we went to a local farm where they had a beautiful pumpkin patch with so many different sizes, colors, and varieties of pumpkins. We each picked one out & we can't wait to carve them for Halloween! In the meantime, they look beautiful by our front porch with the dried corn stalks.
The last picture is of pretty princess Ashley in front of her preschool after returning from spud harvest.
The kids are still deciding on their Halloween costumes. Each time I ask them what they want to be, they say something different! Oh well, maybe by the time it's Halloween they'll make up their minds! ;)
Right now is spud harvest time where we live. While the farmers harvest all the potatoes with all of the help they can get, the kids get a 2 week break from school (yahoo!!!)
And a few weeks ago was the famous annual Spud Days in Shelley. I started out that morning by speed-walking the 10k race. It was a beautiful morning and a beautiful course. Then Derek, the kids, & Derek's sis Tiffany with her son Erik & her mother-in-law joined me for the parade down main street. The boys (Carson & Erik) kept checking to see if the parade was coming. When it did start, there was LOTS of candy for the kids with lots of fun floats, including BIG tractors and farm equipment, and a GIANT shopping cart. A crop duster even flew over top of us dropping thousands of ping pong balls with prizes marked on them!
Afterwards there was lots of fun at the park including helicopter rides, tug of war into mashed potatoes, and a hypnotist show --- but we stuck to seeing the booths, snowcones, the blowup slide, a climbing wall, and Shetland pony rides. The kids had fun and said their favorite thing was the giant slide! It's such a fun unique small town event that we look forward to each year!!
-7 weeks ago, I saw a flyer for a weight loss challenge group.
-7 weeks ago I decided, hey why not, and joined.
-7 weeks ago my thyroid levels hit the normal range (which they hadn't in over a year)
-7 weeks ago, I was 10.6 lbs heavier and had 15.75 inches more around my body.
-7 weeks ago I had never done a half marathon.
-And 7 weeks ago I wasn't eating as healthy.
Wow!! What changes I've had in the last 7 weeks!! And I can't wait to see the goals I can accomplish in the NEXT 7 weeks. Twenty more lbs to go!!
The 1st pic is of our inspiration board we made tonight at our last class. It will inspire me on this journey as I become
BETTER
STRONGER
HEALTHIER
A WARRIOR!!
May you all become a healthier you! :)
We had free tickets to Lagoon so we spontaneously decided to take a quick trip to Salt Lake City over Labor Day weekend! We got a killer deal on a hotel so we spent the night too! We enjoyed our favorite restaurant Maddox on the way down and enjoyed the whole day on all of the cute kids rides at Lagoon. We all had a blast and wish we could do it all again!!
