A (Not-So)Recent Roundup of the Goings-On Around Here

Here is a conglomeration of pictures from various activities we have enjoyed since moving into the new house...
Huckleberry picking--we went about three times and got lots of yummy berries! There were a few challenges, though--Olivia threw up two different times, and Aubrey only stayed happy for a few minutes each time--after that we took turns trying to make her happy while the other one picked. This was when she finally just gave it up and went to sleep.

She is such a funny girl. Whenever she is mad she folds herself in half like this and cries. This time she fell asleep that way. :)

I made this flower cake for mine, Miranda's and Grandma's birthdays, which we celebrated at the same time as Aubrey's since we were moving on Aubrey's birthday.

Here is Aubrey's birthday cake!

Eyeing the goods...

Excitement is building...going...

Going...

Gone! She definitely inherited a sweet-tooth! Thanks to all the family for coming out and making it a special day!

This is the sour-face that Olivia has been giving me lately--it is hard not to laugh at sometimes:)

First day of preschool! Some friends and I are doing a mommy-swap preschool with our 3-year-olds. It has been lots of fun so far!

We went to the annual Spud Day (that's right, I said Spud Day:) celebration with my good friend Sesha and her kids and Karen and Troy and their boys. Here is a group shot of the big kids.

And the babies...

My spud princess--this is one of those outfits she wouldn't leave the house without for a while:)

An old-time fire engine

Kolter covering his ears from the siren

Only in Idaho...(well, maybe not)

Daddy, Aubrey, and Matt-bud on the motorcycle

Spudnik--need I say more?

The parade was pretty impressive, I must admit! From there we walked down to the festivities at the park, which included free yummy baked potatoes (loaded!) and chocolate milk, booths of fun activities for the kids, fair food, vendors, etc. The highlight of the day for me was when Sesha convinced me to participate in the spud-picking competition, and then I insisted she come with me. For those of you who don't know (I didn't), the spud-picking contest went like this: each person is set up with a row of piled potatoes dumped from gunny-sacks, which sacks are laid to the side of the row for re-filling during the race, and a metal wire basket. The race is simple; fill the basket with potatoes and dump them into the gunny sacks. It was harder than it looks! Sesha and I were amateurs, so we were mainly just competing against each other--I won;) Next year I'm going for the cash-prize!

We were excited to move our old firepit from the Idaho Falls house to this house--these pics are from our first weenie roast at the new house.

Daddy and his girls chillin' by the fire

Olivia has gotten to be quite a good little roaster!

We have also been doing a lot of canning this year--green beans and carrots with the help of my friend Sesha, salsa with the help of Miranda, frozen corn from Sam's dad's garden, freezer jam from my mom's raspberry bushes, David and I worked together on the pears, Karen (David's sister) and I did peaches together, and Sara and Sam brought out a TON of apples, so we did apple pie filling and apple butter together. This shot is of one of the many times we caught Aubrey snitching a bite of apple. We could have filled a bucket with all the apples that had little nibbles taken out of them. This was also the night that Aubrey took her first steps!

I just had to add this cute little funny video of Aubrey eating Ramen--she was really enjoying it!