Fall Colors

After work today, Mom and I took a drive up Fairview canyon and then down through Scofield and back home. Here's a few pictures from the drive. The pictures don't do the beauty any real justice. It was a beautiful drive

Apple box oven cookies

On Saturday [a couple of weekends ago], J, S, and A stayed with us while their Mom and Dad went to the BYU football game. Nana has wanted to try cooking in an oven she learned about at a preparedness fair. You're supposed to be able to cook bread in this oven, but we thought we would begin with something which doesn't take as long to cook. So, we whipped up a batch of M&M cookies. The kids did a great job putting the M&M's on the cookies, even though more of the M&M's went into their mouths than on the cookies. The following pictures show the apple box oven gang in action.







The cookies turned out great. They took a lot longer than we thought they would. But none were wasted. We ate them all! Nana still has a lot to learn before we are ready for apple box oven bread baking.

Backyard picnic

We enjoyed the fall evening, roasting hot dogs and making s'mores!

Lavender Days at Young Living Farms

Well, today we did something other than mow lawns and pull weeds.  It felt good for a change.  We packed a picnic and headed for Mt. Pleasant to Evan's Antiques, a place we like to go.  The only problem with the visits is getting out of there without spending any money.  We found a few trinkets we can show you sometime.  Anyway, we broke out the picnic basket [cooler] and the blankets and put them on the grass in the park next to the store.  It was beautiful and cool in the shade.  Then we made a quick trip out to Mona - Young Living Farms and enjoyed the afternoon at Lavender Days and enjoyed some Lavender ice cream, herb class, and great gardens and smells.  It was a great time.

Denver Zoo

How long has it been since the Denver Trip. Almost a month now. We downloaded the pictures and this is one of my favorites. We had a great time at the zoo! Even though you can't see their faces, there's some excitement in the stride into the zoo that morning. I hope the trip carries fond memories for each of them, it sure does for us.

Just nothing to say?!

Perhaps if we wait long enough, we can post another picture of another batch of sticky buns.

As I removed the buns from the oven this morning, knowing they were for just Mom and I, it was comforting to know that each of you were doing the same thing this morning. A family tradition for conference morning and other special holidays during the year. They remind us of the sweetness of the family. The conference has been absolutely awesome. Both Mom and I hope it has been the same for you.