Last Band Competition

Trevor performed in the last Field Show Competition of this year. I thought they did a great job but the judges thought otherwise. We had never been to the BSU stadium so it was fun to see the Boise Blue Field. We couldn't stay for the whole 7 hours of bands because Megan had a party to go to but what we did get to see was pretty fun to watch.

Keep watching to see what cool pumpkins and costumes we come up with in the next couple days.

The Pumpkin Patch

We made our annual trip to the Pumpkin Patch yesterday. It was a really nice day for Pumpkin Huntin. They have a corn maze as well but we went a little bit too late in the day and I didn't feel like getting stuck in there in the dark. I guess I've seen too many scary movies.

Dave and the kids are all so creative with their pumpkin carving, so keep watching for the pictures of their masterpieces.

Bambi's Safe

It's been a busy couple of weeks, getting ready for deer hunting season. Dave's Mom and Dad came up on Wednesday and Trevor, Dave and his Dad left early, early Thursday morning for what they thought was opening day. Luckily a friend called and told Dave not to shoot anything because opening day wasn't until Friday. While They were fixing their lunch, a Bear thought their Pastrami smelled pretty good and came to get a closer look. It's hard to see it in the picture because it was walking away. They camped overnight and had to endure a noisy windy night in the tent. They saw some Deer and even shot at some but I guess the wind was making it too hard for them to aim straight because they didn't bring home a Deer. Trevor and David will probably go hunting again this weekend. Bambi, you've been warned.

The Drive-In

Driving In
Waiting for the Sun to set
Snug as Bugs

We are fortunate enough to have a couple Drive-In movie theaters in our area. So it has become a yearly tradition to pile everyone into the truck and go to the Drive-In. We finally found a night where we liked both (It's a double feature) of the movies that were playing. Wall-E and Journey to the center of the Earth were the movies. I am in charge of making the Homemade Fudge, (the good kind not the marshmallow kind) gathering all of the pillows and blankets and having everything ready to dash out the door when Dave gets home from work. This year we took a little Butane stove and popped Jiffy Pop Popcorn on the tailgate of the truck. It worked out great. It's a fun tradition that we look forward to every summer.

Honey Do List

We had a really stormy day on Saturday so unfortunately we couldn't work outside in the yard. I was terribly upset about that, NOT. Anyway over breakfast I got the brilliant idea that my list of Honey Do's was not getting any shorter. I remembered that we had purchased under cabinet lighting three years ago when we built this house and they were patiently waiting to be installed.
I did all the emptying of the cabinet work and Dave did the actual installation of the lights. They are pretty cool looking and only took three years to get done. It's a good thing I am such a patient person. ;)

20 Year Reunion

Wow do I feel old! I just got news of my 20 year class reunion. I've moved so many times (11) since High School that I've never gotten any of the invitations for the 5, 10 and 15 year reunions. They found me through the Classmates.com website. I love the Internet. It's been fun reading the comments posted on the website for the reunion. Another bonus is that if you comment, it links to your Blog and so I've been able to hear from long lost friends via comments on my Blog (Hi Amy). It's also been cool looking at the map that keeps track of where people are logging in from. There are people everywhere, Germany, Alaska and all over the U.S. The reunion is during Mountain Crest's Homecoming. I was expecting something in August so I was surprised to find out it was just a couple weeks away. It'll be interesting to see what everyone is doing now that they're Grown Ups. Me, I'll never grow up!

Peaches

This weekend I spent most all day Saturday bottling peaches. I know it's not cheaper than buying the cans,(since I don't have my own peach trees)but I really don't like the crunchy green peaches that taste like metal when you buy them canned. The kids helped a little but besides the sticky mess, I really don't mind pretending to be Martha Stewart(minus the staff)sometimes. There's just nothing prettier than a countertop full of things you've bottled. The garden has been very neglected lately. Things just didn't take off and grow well this year. We got barely two meals worth of corn and the beans are not producing much. We do have a lot of Tomatoes and if the frost hold off, I might even have enough to bottle. We have millions of Cherry tomatoes. I think after this year we will only plant one Cherry Tomato and one Zucchini because of course the Zucchini is growing great. The squash bugs are killing it though and I'm letting them. I've had my fill of it and so have the neighbors.