late night snack

I was taught that after you finish your dinner you could have a small treat. Like splitting a chocolate 3 ways. Very normal thing for my family. So, today since I got a LOT done, I am treating myself to some Blog Time! yes, go ahead and look at the time, it's 12:35am.

Not a lot of words, just photos:

day out with Grandad to visit the trains.


A shower for little aunt S. Hard to believe that she is getting married!


Grandma Great and Miss Jane at the Reunion.


Hy practicing his letters at home.


Miss Jane rolling all around and loving those toes. They make the best mobile yet.


Mini-E taking a little quiet time..."this little piggie went to market..."only with her fingers.



And last but never least....8 days, NO 7 days now, until Farmboy comes home. We are thrilled!

Top Ten Tuesday

These are the Top TEN reasons that I LOVE living near family:

10. Aunt Lala lets us "drop in" whenever we want. And look at what these 3 boys are doing. Cowboys with plastic hangers. I guess that where HY learned this as well:

9. We get to hang out with these kiddos & make lasting memories in a wet pumpkin field! Can't beat that for fun.

8. Built in Babysitters: Lovin'H just loves our Mini-E. And HY can't wait to see Super-K!They are always willing to watch our little ones at a moments notice. Even if it means putting off homework.

7. On Friday we got to go to a Bridal Shower & visit Grandma & Grandpa Great F. I love that Mini-E & HY not only have Great Grandparents but get to see them on a regular basis.

6. Play Dates with Cousins: Today we hoped in the car & visited Aunt Lala & her kiddos. (We had so much fun the last "pop in" that we decided to schedule an appointment for FUN. And that's exactly what these 2 boys had...F-U-N!

I love that I got this picture of Boy-O.
It's rare to find him pleasant for the camera.

5. GRANDAD! Need I say more. We love to visit Grandma J & Grandad Grey up in Midway. This past week we had a blast Carving Pumpkins with him & Aunt CC's kids. Oh the drama.

4. Parties Parties: There's always a party when family is around. We try to celebrate every chance we can. Wether it's dinner on Sundays or Birthdays at the Lodge, we are always up for a PAR-TAY! And that means FOOD! Yum.

3. Lots of Mothers: Here's a classic picture of Aunt CC & HY. He just loves the extra mothering he gets from her. And Nonna can work miracles with HY in church.

2. We get to see Aunt Little S now that she's going to BYU. Which gives Grandma Suz & Grandpa S just one more reason to visit us!

And the #1 Reason I love living near family:

Makes me feel like I'm home.

I have always considered myself an AZ girl.

But home is wherever the family is! (unless they decide to move to Alaska)

It's all about Family

We are back from Colorado. It's great to be home, but it's hard to beat this kind of fun...

{Garden of the Gods; Colorado Springs}

Birthday gifts, swings & one mean kick ball game.

Cutest little Family!
Games Galore:


Everybody loved Emi. She loved being held by all the cousins, aunts, & uncles!

Kissing Camels {Garden of the Gods} These 2 love birds are getting married in November. Gotta love being engaged.

All because 2 people fell in love.

Grandma & Grandpa Great F's posterity (at least some of us).

Eagle Scout Service

On Friday nite, Farmboy & I went down to help out with and Eagle Scout Project. While most people were doing this.. We were doing this.... (notice Farmboy working hard)

The truth was...there were just so many people that we ended up just visiting with family. HY & Farmboy had lots of fun on the playground. I'm not sure we could call what we did "service" but it sure was fun. Except for Mini-E. She didn't like all the noise of the blowers. Grandma Great Farm helped settle her down.

Come on everybody it's Family Night...

If you hurry you can sit by me! (anybody remember that song?)

Grandma & Grandpa Great F had the very first monthly Family Home Evening. All the F cousins were invited! It was so fun to see everybody.
Mini-E chillin' with Grandma Great F
Auntie L showed all the kids the fun things in Grandpa's yard. By the end of the night, HY was calling her "Mommy"...
HY loved looking at all of the flowers---even the not so real ones.