Tis the Season... For Pumpkins

As I sit here, freezing cold because I am too much in denial to turn on the heater on this damp and rainy Sunday, I'm glad that we took advantage of the beautiful early October weather we had over the past few weeks to do some fun and festive fall activities. We went to Wheeler Farm and went through the corn maze, took a tractor-pulled wagon ride and picked a few pumpkins. Alex's favorite part of Wheeler Farm was chasing and trying to catch the chickens and roosters that freely roam the grounds. He's such a boy.

Last weekend we took a trip to a pumpkin patch where Alex got to pick another pumpkin.....

But my favorite part of the pumpkin season? Why, eating them of course! Pumpkin cookies, pumpkin shakes, pumpkin bread.... but the most divine of all was this scrumptious pumpkin cheesecake baked by Stephenie. It was so yummy and I was so impressed.

I guess this isn't the ideal time of the year to "try to be good" when it comes to food. I say screw it... that's what January is for, right?!

Bath Time Blunder

The other night, I ran Alex's bath water and called for him to come hop in the tub. I didn't know he was going to take me so literally. Before I knew what was happening, I watched him run in to the bathroom and jump in the tub as if he were clearing a hurdle in a track meet. As you can see, only problem was that he hadn't stripped down yet.

My first reaction of course was exasperation, but then as I noticed the stunned reaction on his face, I realized that he had gotten so excited as he ran towards the tub, he had forgotten that he was still dressed.

Besides, who can get mad at a face like that?!

Tchau, Elder Eide

Tomorrow, this handsome guy, my nephew Andrew, enters the MTC in preparation to serve a two year mission for our church to Brazil. My parents came out for the weekend to have a chance to say good bye to him before he left. On Sunday, we drove up the canyon for a picnic. I was a little disappointed that the leaves weren't more colorful, but it's always nice to be in the mountains.

Alex, meeting his newest "cousins". My sister and her family now have chickens who dutifully lay eggs for a large family of teenaged boys, which is great, but I just have this aversion to chickens, so to see Alex go in the coop and pet and feed them was pretty impressive to me.

I was so glad Jordan was able to come to our family dinner on Sunday so that he could say good bye to Andrew. They're only a few months apart and have some fun memories growing up.

Seems like just yesterday I was 20 and going to see Andrew when he was a newborn. In January, my other nephew leaves for his mission to Indonesia. I sound like a broken record, but I really wish everyone would stop growing up, it makes me so sad!

Andrew played football at Southern Utah Univ. It appears that Alex thinks he can play with the big guys!

One last group pic before Andrew leaves. It cracked me up when I noticed that Alex (who idolizes his 7 yr. old cousin Adam) was trying to hold up a peace sign like Adam in the picture. But Alex is signing the number 4 instead... he got the right idea anyways.

On a whole other subject, this is Alex playing the drums along with what I deem to be the most obnoxious kids show on t.v. these days, The Fresh Beat Band. Annoying as the show is, it's pretty cute to see Alex sing, dance and drum along. He's such a well rounded child.... :)