Pumpkin Eater

We carved pumpkins for the first time as a family and we had so much fun! Little Miss Evelyn loves the slime inside of pumpkins. I love this first picture because she was pulling at the slime peices from the lid of Dereks pumpkin for just about the whole time we were carving. When she wasn't doing this she was pulling the slime out of the bowl and back into the pumpkins. She also had a lot of fun sitting on the table.

This is the finished product. Unfortunatley it was after Evelyn was in bed, but we all had so much fun.

Everyone Loves Potatoes

In celebration of Harvest being over (aside from the disking, and cleaning up, stuff) I have decided to celebrate the potato.

A few weeks ago we were at my father-in-laws house for dinner and Evelyn was playing on the counter. She found a baked potato that we hadn't eaten for dinner and decided it was delicious. Bryon took these pictures of her. I think that these pictures will always make us laugh.

Compromises at Nap Time

What blog would be complete without a picture of your child sleeping? I just looked in her room to see if Evelyn was still sleeping because I had heard her make some noise a few minutes earlier. This is what I saw:

I guess if she's going to insist on sleeping the width of the crib then some compromises must be made.

Any comments on how many blankets I put in her crib? I don't know why I do it, she is never underneath them.

Walking Is Not For Sissies Part 2

What happens when your child's face collides with the wall? A fat lip, that's what.

After this latest collision I am on edge every time she teeters. After a few minutes, however, the bleeding stopped and an otter pop made her happy again. She keeps touching her lip expecting to find a piece of food instead of a fat lip. Now that it's all over I can't help but laugh because I think she looks like she has a little birds' beak. Poor baby.

Walking Is Not For Sissies

Evelyn is learing to walk and doing very well at it. She can take about 8 steps at best. I loved this picture because it is evidence of all of her falls. If you look closely or blow this picture up you can see about three colision sites and they all happened to be on the left side.

I Caught Me A Trophy

The events happened in this order:

Derek scooping up my fish while Caleb carefully observes the process.



Derek struggling to bring it into the boat (I'm sure it's due the immense size and weight).

Derek is saying something like, "Holy moly! We've got to get a picture of you with this fish!" You can tell by my hand how anxious I was to hold it.

Here Derek is grabbing it with his finger to hand it to me. I was horrified because it's gills were HUGE! Then I realized I was wearing a glove on my right hand and was therefore completely capable of holding it.

Ta-da! A full six pounds of fish right out of Henrys Lake.

This Is Not A Resort

We just had such a fun weekend in Island Park. We were there with Kurtis and Jolenes family. We had so much fun. Evelyn loves her cousins. They are so good to her, and that makes mommy happy.

Here is a family pic of us before our 4wheeling/motorbike ride that we took to go look through a cabin under construction. We were all frozen when we came home. I love this picture because I thought that Evelyn looked so cute all bundled up. I'm used to seeing her in shorts and a t-shirt. Also, if you'll notice the gloves that are actually socks? I love it. Evelyn loves 4wheeling. Every time we've gone this summer she hasn't even made a peep.

Evelyn loved to sit in this desk. Whenever she was missing we could find her here.

The title for this post is for my father-in-law and anyone else who was around when he said it.