This 'n That

Rainy rainy pre-Halloween. We probably should have sent them out tonight (on the actual day of Halloween) since it is sunny and pretty today. You may have noticed that Austin's ubiquitous Yankees hat of the last few years has been replaced with a San Francisco Giants hat this year (he picked a VERY good year to be converted to the black and orange). He dressed up as a Giants relief pitcher this year ("fear the beard") - unless you're watching post season baseball, it probably won't make sense, but it made Austin happy. Caitlin was a Gothic Angel. The black feather wings were quite fun - too bad Mom wouldn't let her wear them trick-or-treating in the rain.This year's pumpkin row. NO Denver Broncos pumpkin this year. If you're watching football, I'm sure you understand why.

We made the annual trip to the pumpkin patch - it gets faster and faster every year to pick out the pumpkins. I think we made it in and out in 20 minutes this year...

...and that included the photo-ops. School's back in - Austin's in 9th grade... Caitlin's in 5th grade.

Catie is back to her cheering - it's been really fun this year because we have 5 girls in her little squad (she is "head cheerleader") and the team is undefeated.

This would be an unsanctioned pyramid (they've gotten better at it since I took this picture).We took an afternoon drive up to Silver Lake a few weeks ago to commune with nature. The kids scaled the rock wall many, many times (Austin had us timing him).

It is quite a beautiful place! Freckle face girl.

Caitlin & I (and Grandma Jessie too) went to see "The Lion King" - Caitlin loved it, but she still thought "Wicked" was better. We're getting a little more culture this week when we get to go see "So You Think You Can Dance." Please please please say Mark is dancing! We'll keep you posted.Can you tell I've been learning to use my new computer program on all the temple pictures I've taken? This one is the Oquirrh Mountain temple. The original is below.