catching up on what's been going on

Last week & the week before I had a hard time posting & now I am behind! I was having a hard time because I caught a cold with a miserable cough, then before I got better the weather cooled down & I had the not-so-brilliant idea to open all the windows for multiple days in a row. It felt GREAT until my allergies came in & kicked my butt back into bed. When will I ever learn? I was thinking-- my allergies have been so good this year-- we don't need air conditioning. Then- why does my head feels like a brick & my nose is running off my face? blah.While sick- I got up one Sunday morning from a benedryl induced, fitful sleep to find this on my bedroom door. Okay- I have the kindest daughter in the world. Thanks Hailey. I'm much better thanks to consistent allergy meds & shutting the windows.


I found these shoes at Costco for little boys & keep forgetting to send the photo to Megan- are these adorable or what?I sent Megan a letter last month & Trent's friend Ella helped me decorate the envelope. Is this the cutest little doggy or what?Brett's parents came to visit- we had a REally great time & ate outside nearly every night! Everyone except for Trent who is plagued by severe bee phobia.They took us out to dinner one night- so fun.Trent could care less about the food- but chose dozens of free songs on the jukebox.

Aren't the cute!!ya-- us too and the girls- love them.It baffles me how Halloween can be out in stores not too far from Christmas items? These Halloween candies- sick, really people!?

did you know Christmas is 99 days away!?

Hailey was asked to Homecoming!!

HOORAY!

and yes... he is my favorite teenage boy!!

Chloe found this in the Gold Fish box- cool.

Bearded Brian & friends sang in Sacrament meeting on September 11th. It was so special & I loved it.

Great young men.

Okay now I'm mostly caught up!

dutch oven cook off

Tonight our church's youth group was getting together for a dutch oven cook off!

The deacons were in charge & the scoutmaster called to ask me if I would be interested in judging the event... oh YA! I never turn down an opportunity to serve. In fact when the call came asking if I could help, Brian happened to answer the phone- heard about the opportunity & offered to sacrifice his own time to be a judge too. He's no dummy.

Brian had been painting all day- what a guy.
His paint pants will be able to stand on their own soon.
Brett stayed home a bit & helped while my lazy rear laid on the couch. Yesterday I went into the doctor & I have an ulcer in the back of my throat aka: a blister/canker sore. It hurts like you would not believe & I felt miserable most of the day. Ibuprofen is my friend.
Thanks guys for letting me have the time off.

The contest was held in Farmer Brown's back yard.
His garden & yard are beautiful.

You can check him out here.

there was:

BBQ chicken

cheesy pototoes

lasagna

apple cobbler

peach & raspberry cobbler

Italian chicken (the winner)
Three meat, deep dish pizza

before

after

and even the world's best apple pie!

(made by one of my cub scout's dads)

It was a lot of fun!

What a GREAT idea.

This is a fantastic group of kids

and leaders

Seriously-

they were all winners

it was so good and loads of fun.

and you know what they say...

if there is food

they will come!