Happy Fall Y'all

It has been a while and I thought it was time to play a little catch up.  We have pretty much been up to the same old same old here.  Jord is busy with school and really loving it.  He goes to Kingman (about 2 hrs away) two days a week for his clinicals.  He has learned a lot and seen some very interesting (aka GROSS) things.  While Jord is away I usually go to my friend Rachel's house and play with her.  Her husband Steven is in the program with Jordan. Our apt complex decided to have a decorating contest to "capture the essence of fall".  I wasn't planning on doing it but once I told Rachel she was all over it.  We decorated today and this is what we came up with.  If we win we get $100 off rent for November... everyone cross your fingers!!!

Rachel was very excited to paint things for the balcony.  Here is our "Happy Fall Y'all" sign.  I think she did a great job!

We decided to make a tree out of the pillar.  I am going to be honest.. it looks WAY better in real life.  The picture just doesn't do it justice.  It turned out way cute!

Happy pumpkins peeking out!  I think Jord might help me move these to the outside of the rail so we can see them better.

Here is the ADORABLE scarecrow that Rachel just whipped up.  She is seriously AMAZINGLY talented.  I always tell her she is so creative that she makes me barf.  I am just so thankful that she helped me out on this.  I think because of her talent I may have a decent chance of winning.

I just wanted to add this on to the post.  I.. yes I... painted this sign the first week that Jordan went to Kingman.  I will admit that Rachel helped with the writing but I did the rest all by myself!  I thought it turned out pretty cute. 

So much fun!



Jordan had a two week break from school in August so we decided to make the trip home and visit friends ad family.  First stop... Fish Lake National Forest to hang out with friends.  We got to the cabin really late on Friday night so Brooklyn was already asleep.  When she woke up the next morning she was just being such a cheese ball! 




Our first project of the friends trip was tie-dye. 










Everyone took turns and dyed their own shirts.  It was really fun to see how they all turned out!



The next activity was riding four wheelers up to a lookout over a coal mine.  The ride was fun and the view was AWESOME! 

I just had to post this pic.  Brooklyn being a cheese and Kenz just being so darn cute.  I just want to squeeze those cheeks.

The gals working away getting dinner ready.  We had yummy dutch oven pork and potatoes and of course cobbler.  We sat around the fire talking and playing games.  It was such a fun night!  We have the best friends ever! 



We needed our friend picture before we left the cabin and we wanted to show off our new shirts.  Pretty good lookin' I think!



We had to have our family picture.  It was pretty sunny that morning so we were all squinting trying to keep the sun out of our eyes.

After Fish Lake I dropped Jordan off in Kaysville to go hiking with Dean, Jake, and Riley (I would love pictures of the hike to post but Jord didn't give me any) and I headed off to Logan.  I stayed with Kami and babysat her kids on Monday while she worked and she took the dogs to get fixed.  This is post surgery.  They were pretty miserable.

Lily just looked like she felt awful. 

On Tuesday Kami and I packed up and headed to Burley.  It was fair week at home so we went to the parade on Wednesday morning.  All the kids were excited to watch the parade and get all the candy they could.

Ellie, Tate, and Emma were all in the parade for their hockey club.  Ellie rolled on by and Tate and Emma rode on the float.

Thursday we went to Steadmans just to have a fun day with the family.  Casey and Candice had to work so Jord and I stole Madison for the day so she could come play with us.  She and Case LOVED the swings and they couldn't get enough of the slides!

The three babes didn't care much for the day in the sun.  They are so darn cute and such good little ladies!

Jord and Bodey were slide buddies.

This could be my favorite shot of he day.  Kelly with a bunch of the kids. 

Madison had such a fun day she was gonzo beans before we even hit the freeway.

Jordan and I got to cruise in the caddie and he found these Blue Blocker sunglasses.  What a hottie I got.  Hands off gals.. he is mine!

We got to go to the zoo with Case.  He was so proud that he had his own ticket and wanted to show it to everyone. 

He says the monkeys were his favorite but this one about made him jump out of his skin.  He was crouched down looking in the window and it ran right over to him and sat on the other side of the glass.  It was fun to watch Case jump.

Ayla thought she was such a big girl when she got to ride in the backpack.

We had our annual Hunger Family Car Campout too.  We stay up Farmington canyon but the road washed out so we had to drive up the Bountiful side and then drive over to the Farmington side.  LONG DRIVE but well worth it.  We stopped to look out over the Great Salt Lake.  It was a beautiful view.

Audrey picked some wildflowers and we put them in a can on the table.  What a lovely centerpiece.  Now that is car camping!

Standing around waiting to start getting ready for dinner.

Lindy made some killer potatoes!  YUM!

It's shake and bake.. and Al helped

I love Audrey's face in this one.

The pups liked camping but they hated being tied up the whole time.

Our little birthday girl!  Lacey Jane had her first birthday on the campout.  What a cutie she is.  I don't know if I have every seen a happier baby.  I could really steal her!

ALEX... enough said!
We really had a wonderful two weeks.  It was so much fun to get to see and spend time with everyone.  We are so blessed to have such wonderful families and friends.

Date Night

Last week I decided that Jord and I could use a fun date night.  We saw the movie Just Go With It in the theater and almost died laughing and since the movie just came out I thought we could do a date based on the movie.  I got out our souvenirs from Hawaii (and Jord thought we would never use them again.. HA) and picked up a fresh pineapple and coconut from the store.  I thought the table looked pretty cute!  I thought it would be fun to make our own leis.. I will be honest it is a cute idea but not so much fun once you start because it takes a while.

I got a large paper pad and taped paper onto the window so we could paint our Hawaiian scene to set the mood of the night.

Gotta love kids paint!

Jord was a good sport and played along with the lei making but as you can tell we both got sick of putting the flowers on and gave up with it halfway done.

While I finished making dinner I put Jord in charge of painting the beach and a palm tree.  I thought the sun and the ocean would be easier so I said I would take care of that.  Well, the sun was easy.

For dinner we had Hawaiian Haystacks of course.  This could be one of my FAVORITE meals.  I usually ask for it for my birthday dinner.  YUM

We decided to pose in front of our masterpiece.  I think my wave looks like a certain monster from Scotland but oh well.  I don't think I will be taking the place of Bob Ross and whipping out any happy little trees anytime soon.

I thought the dogs should get in on the fun.  Lily was a poser when I put the lei on her.  She just pranced around thinking what a pretty little girl she was.

Malcolm HATED the lei and just cried when I put it on and tried to bite it off and kill it.

After dinner we went for a walk along the beach..
Actually it was a walk on the sidewalk.  Date night or not the pups still have to go for a walk.  Then we got in our swimsuits and went to the hot tub because you have to be in your swimsuit when you are in Hawaii.  When we came back up we had strawberry sherbet and lime soda treats and watched our movie.  It was a fun night will lots of laughing!  We had so much fun I think we need to do theme dates more often.