Zooboo and Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday we went trick-or-treating at the zoo. They had a lot of fun activities. Then in the afternoon we went to a farm where the kids could feed the animals and play games, and pick out pumpkins from the pumkin patch. We also went through a corn maze and Alise was excited to be the one leading us through it. The kids are excited for Halloween and Zadik's new favorite word is "Candy!"

Our Unexpected Visitor

One night as Byram and I were going to bed, we heard a strange noise in our house. At first we thought one of the kids was crying, but it sounded more like a cat. We didn't hear it again, so we got in bed, but then we heard a scratching and knocking at our front door. When we went to check, there was nothing there, but the blanket that we had at the bottom of the door had been moved. We looked all over the house and finally a cat came out from under the table. We have no idea how the cat got in our house, but it was a funny surprise in our new house, just in time for Halloween.

Caramel Apples

My family and some good friends of ours came up to Pocci to help us move and we made caramel apples. The kids had a great time with that, and few injuries were sustained. Alise loved having Brielle, Evan, and Carsten here, and she still asks me almost every day if Brielle can come back and sleep in her bed with her again.

Our New Home

We bought our first house!!! It's nice to finally unpack and get settled in. So far we like most things about our house. It's kind of like a diamond in the rough....lot's of projects for Byram to enjoy. But I'm thrilled because we discovered that the whole upstairs was originally done in hardwood floors and then covered with carpet and 50's style pea green linoleum. Yay, I don't have to put up with carpet in the dining room for very long! The kids are already making their mark there.

The greatest treasure we've found in our house so far is the apple tree in the backyard. It was full of great looking, delicious gala apples. We have spent most evenings in our house so far making apple sauce, apple cider, and dried apples. The kids love to help me pick apples off the tree.

Alise and Zadik love to ride their bikes in the unfinished basement. Thanks for the idea Heather! It will make winter a little more bearable.

Watch out ladies...

...he's cute, he's domesticated, and he's good with kids.

More Tales from the Farm...

The kids are loving this farm life. They got to ride on the new horses that our landlords got, and they loved it!

Disneyland!

The kids had a great time at Disneyland! Alise couldn't get enough of Pirates of the Carribean. We still go on Pirates of the Carribean and Splash Mountain about every day in our living room. Zadik loved the carousel. They weren't sure about all the funny characters walking around Disneyland at first, but Donald Duck was a big hit on the last day, so the rest of them were okay after that. Thanks for taking us Grandma and Grandpa!

It's a Baby!

As always, we didn't find out what we're having, but Alise was there for the ultra-sound and she said it's a girl. Then she backtracked and said, "We don't know what it is, but I'm going to look when it pops out and I'll tell you what it is."

East Idaho State Fair

We went to the East Idaho State Fair for Labor Day and the kids loved it! They couldn't get enough of the animals and the petting zoo. Zadik ran around excitedly squealing at all the animals and hugging the goats. Alise loved the Emu. They drove in little cars in a fun play area, chowed down on hotdogs, milked a fake cow, and then zonked out completely as soon as we got in our car to come home. Before they went to bed that night, they couldn't stop chatting about their fun day at the fair. For Zadik that meant, "Goat, goat, goat!!!"

Goats in our backyard!

So our favorite thing about our new house in the country is the goats in our backyard. We spend most of our time feeding them whatever we can find...apples, weeds, sticks, rocks, garbage...they eat it all. Zadik ran out of things to feed them one time, so he took off the poopy diaper he was wearing and tried that. Amazingly enough, goats don't really eat EVERYTHING! The kids are usually out feeding the goats first thing every morning. Zadik absolutely loves them, enough to hug and kiss them. His favorite thing to talk about is, "Goats, apples, goats, apples, goats, apples...."

Trip to Moab

Now that Byram is done with taking the bar and we're finished with our move, we can finally enjoy some summer vacations! We went to Moab and enjoyed a crazy hummer ride, hiking Arches, a river rafting trip, and watching some crazy uncles repel off an arch. It was a lot of fun and Alise still asks every day if we can go on another hummer ride!