oh, idaho

part deux. we went to the "haunted harvest" ... which was not haunted at all. it was actually called linder farms. it was a cute place. loved the hayride, which was through the pumpkin patch (even if we didn't get off to find pumpkins!)

{michelle & kids (trey, kinzee, skylie) on the hayride}

{me & ash}

{ashleigh tried to steal this little girl away from me, but i think we all know who her favorite was}

{the crew}

{hanging out on the pumpkin farm}

{love this picture ...}

{me & michelle}

{what a group}

{we dressed that little kinzee up like fancy nancy ... super fun}

boise is not a state

i think that was the theme from the weekend. our question was "why is it called boise state, if boise isn't a state?". but, regardless, we had great fun!

ashleigh and i flew up to idaho this weekend to visit michelle and her growing family. i didn't want to leave. or, if i had to leave, can i at least bring my friends home with me?

we arrived on thursday afternoon and spent the evening catching up. michelle made some delish beef/broccoli, rice, and egg rolls. it was so good!

on friday we had planned a girls getaway for the afternoon but the babysitter bailed on us. luckily, michelle was able to secure another babysitter for the evening, so we had girls night out. we went to nampa, which has a little downtown area (and i do mean little). but, there was a local college having their twerp dance. it was a costume dance, and the theme was "opposites attract". it was hilarious sitting downtown watching the couples walk by. and trying to figure out who they were. we saw michael jackson/lady gaga ... lady gaga/catherine hepburn ... black/white ... nerds/beauty queens ... jocks/nerds ... old men/baby girls (a lot of them) ... but the best part of the night was naming the couples who really weren't dressed up, who were just downtown. ha. we saw nerd/amish girl ... walker/non-walker ... it was hilarious!

after our halloween preview, we went for dinner at olive garden, which was delish. and then went to the movies. it was such a good night!

{ashleigh wondered why these boxes said "dog" on them. i think she just had dog on the brain}

we went to the store a few times ... we had to get stuff for all the food we were cooking. i swear, we spent all day on sunday in the kitchen. we'd finish making one thing and move on to the next. after church we reheated leftovers for lunch. when we were finished with that we made some guacamole to snack on. we ate that while we were making rolls (ashleigh's request). and then while those were cooking we made chocolate chip cookies (the dough was better than the cookies). and while those were cooking we made pizza. which was delicious. wow ... it was a lot of food.

{this camel actually had softer fur than you'd think. i don't think i've ever been that close to one before}

saturday it was raining, but in the afternoon we headed out to linder farms for a little fall action ... hay ride, petting zoo, mini donuts ... and fun! more pictures of that to come.

{me & braxton ... he's such a good baby!}

braxton is 3 months old ... that's why we needed to go visit ... to see this new addition. he's such a cutie!

all the kids were great though, and happy to have us there. i loved it. thanks for having us phil & michelle. let's do it again. soon.

{me & kinzee ... i could have brought this little girl home with me!}

shades of autumn

last saturday was perfect! the fam went to stade farm for some fall fun! they have a corn box (like a sand box, but with corn) ... a petting zoo ... miniature ponies to ride ... slides to fly down ... hay ride to the pumpkin patch ... yummy apple donuts ... and a whole lot more!

{me & harper hanging out while the other kids tried out the petting zoo}

{lovely ladies}

{thomas & julez}

{rob & avery}

{me & zoe}

{"cowboy jack" ... julez & thomas}

{it's rough getting a picture of all the kids smiling at the same time ... i might have to work some photoshop magic for the perfect picture!}

{julez playing in the corn box}

{the apple donuts really are that good!}

{zoe didn't choose this pumpkin ... the one she wanted was tiny and rotting!}

{the fam}

{and one with me}

{steph & zoe on the pony ride ... zoe wouldn't let anyone else take her!}

{i love this picture ... not even sure what they're doing!}

leaves of fall

yesterday when i got home there were leaves everywhere ... so julez and i went outside to play in them. it was so much fun!