Life is too fast!

Look how dang big my little Drake is getting! He's so smart and is so much fun! I love him more then life itself.

It's the infamous DUCK HUNTING SEASON so CJ "needs" to grow that hairy thing of his face that I dis-like SO much :)
We were getting ready for bed. O, and did I mention he's off the binky! YAY for us! It was not even a struggle. I didn't have him throw it out, or tell him "big boy's don't have binky's" like some parents recommend to do. I just took it away.

Drake was "rawr"ing like a Tiger in this picture. He's going to be a Tiger for Halloween so I want to make sure he gets practice acting the right part. I don't want him to be quacking like a duck. That would be confusing.

Love

Dear Fall,
Do you know what I love?
I love warm, rich colors! Mustard yellow, forest green, chocolate brown, deep tan, burgundy, and burnt orange.
I love a black stormy sky with lightning bolts and tons of thunder.
I love sweaters, jackets, coats, and scarves.
I love weather in the 50's and 60's. (temp. not era) Cool and crisp when you walk out the door in the mornings. (however I also love to sleep in, so if I don't have to walk outside in the mornings it's even better haha)
I LOVE Thanksgiving. I love everything about it. The food , family and decorations.
I love big Quaking aspen tree's. I love when their leaves change to yellow.
I especially love the Japanese Maple tree (it's a really big one) that sits in front of the house I grew up in (my sister now owns it). I love when the leaves turn the darkest shade of plum red you'll ever see. It is big and beautiful. (I'll have to post a pic)
So please be a long Fall this year.

What do you love?

No plans yet

So our 3 year anniversary is coming up in about a month and a half and I'm not sure what to do. It's CJ's turn to plan it but neither one of us have any idea's. It's hard to really "get-a-way" when you have a baby/kid. (technically Drake's a kid now but I still call him my baby) We really don't want to spend the money on some hotel that we're just gonna sleep in for one night... so scratch those idea's. And because it's in Nov. it's hard to go camping when it's that cold. Goll, no wonder our parents just went out for "dinner" when we were all kids. It's hard to come up with new idea's that have not already been shared between us. Help me think, leave me a comment if you can think of something.

YARD SALE

Multi -- Family

YARD/MOVING SALE!!!!!
Fri 11th and Sat 12th of Sept.
8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
937 E 1000 N in Lehi
LOTS and LOTS of stuff!

BuSy BuSy!

We've been so dang busy! Here is a list of all the many things that have been pulling me in all directions

- My Cousin Sheri's funeral
- Cleaning the trailer for our camping trip
- Going on the Labor Day camping trip
- Cleaning my house for people to walk through (yes that's right, we've sold our house)
- Getting all the paper work and copies of paper work ready for the sale to take place
- Looking for a new place to live
- We found that new place to live
- Picking out paint for this new place
- Gathering boxes for the move
- Pricing all the items for the yard sale that my sister's and I are having
- Setting up and taping yard sale signs around Lehi
- Cake and ice cream @ my mother-in-laws for her B-day
- Helping CJ get ready for his Antelope hunt in WY

I just can't wait for Oct to get here!

Update

Well, this computer is still being lame, soooooo no pictures.
Drake's timeout is not working quite as well as we'd like it to :) but... in parenting... does anything really go as planned?
Drake helped us wash my dads 4-wheeler the other day. He did such a good job. It was weird though, because the water was a little chilly and when the cold water would touch his feet, he would gasp for air, lol, like it took his breath away. He had fun though! (and I wish I could post those pic's)
We went to the Heber Rodeo/Fair and it was not that grand.... the company was great... but not the rodeo. The cowboys didn't do any good, and all the livestock were acting weird... it must be the high altitude that was getting to them all jk I don't know, but they did have fireworks after the rodeo and that was really fun and cool. We sat on our tail gait and watched them. (... more pic's that I wanted to post)

Welcome To Parenthood

I have some really fun pictures that I want to post but this computer won't upload them for me... lame!
Well Drake is now climbing onto the couch all by himself. While he's reaching to pull himself up he laughs... like really hard lol it's funny. And, he's been such a little stinker lately. He bit me twice the other day, and pinched me, and slapped CJ in the face, so as a result to all that we've started time out... we give him one warning ("No, Drake don't do that.") and when he does it again he goes to sit in the corner of the room for one minute. Wish us luck! We really need this to work before he enters the terrible two's