Almost Halloween

Ethan has been running around asking if Halloween is here yet and then checking the windows to see if it is coming...Here are some pictures of our trip to a pumkin patch with Brandon's class.

 brandon holding baby bunny

 pumpkin patch with view of smith rock

 Ethan singing in the car

hayride

Well here are some things that have been happening around here.  The other day Ethan's friend Jonas was coming over to play and I told him about it.  He told me that "Jonas is not a bum-face.  He is a nice boy."  I looked at Ethan and just thought...ok?  That is all there is to that story.  I thought it was really funny and Ethan says things like this all the time.  "Mom, we don't say faout (fart), it's not a nice word.  I am a nice boy and I don't say faout."  He also told us today the Heavenly Father died on the cross over and over after church.  I wish I could remember more but that is all that comes to mind right now.  I need to get on here more often I guess while I am remembering what he says. 
We did get to the Pumpkin Patch yetserday to get some huge pumpkins.  It was windy and cold for the first time since school started.  Halloween here is typically about 30 or below, so cold.  Living here you have to get used to the fact that it is mostly either hot or cold.  Not a lot of in between.

Paige and Patrick came over last weekend as well as my parents and Tyler got baptized.  He was excited, Brian baptized him and confirmed him.  It was great.  The next day we hiked around Smith Rock and it was so fun.  We don't go enough considering we live 5 minutes away.  Here are some pics! Ok, so Brandon usually doesn't let people take pictures of him and the other two boys are not always very compliant either.  Wellllll, last weekend we had a breakthrough.  They all loved that Paige was taking their pictures.  I am sooo excited about this fact.  I have been sad for a while that they will not pose for ANYTHING, let alone a family photo.  So here is the new colllection!  Ethan has discoved his happy face that's for sure.  We also went swimming up at Eagle Crest Resort where my parents stayed which is always fun. There are some pictures of Brian and Patrick shooting guns as well.