My Fall Cake Poll

So as I was laying in bed last night, I was thinking about this cake coming up. It's actually been a while since my last one and I'm kinda excited. I am having a hard time putting together in my mind just how I want it to look. I need your help again. I think so far my favorite cakes to make are "Scenes" like the spider man one on my cake site. I am considering doing a fall scene of Cache Valley. So, here's where you all come in: What do you think of when you feel fall coming? Don't think cake, I'll take care of that. Just think about what it is about fall that get's you excited, especially things specific to our beautiful valley? Fall in Cache Valley wouldn't be the same without......what?

All Smiles

So after I said how hard it was to catch a smile on camera
from this little guy, I decided to search out his smiles.
These were the majority of pictures I found with him
smiling. There were a few more, but not many. He really does
smile all the time, and it melts me. He is such a goofy
little fella. I love it! I thought I'd share his heartwarming
smile with all of you. Can't get enough.

Fall Harvest Festival Cake

Hey, I am doing a Fall Harvest Themed cake next month and I need some ideas. The internet has not been the creative brain I usually expect for this one. Any ideas! Just throw them at me. I will likely do a 2 or 3 tiered cake covered in fondant, but what's it going to look like??? I haven't got a clue yet. HELP!!!

Weather

So, we used our swamp cooler on Wednesday, they covered it and turned it off yesterday, we turned on our furnace for the first time last night, this morning it's snowing. My favorite season is the season between all the seasons, so Thursday I was in heaven.... Hello Winter! And did I mention that we have a Winter Storm Warning till 6pm tonight.

Work-School-Work-School!

Sam's first day of preschool. I have been a little anti-preschool I have to say. I kinda feel like it doesn't offer a lot that I couldn't and shouldn't teach him at home. I understand the social discipline part and all that, but I feel that, given the right opportunities, a child can and will learn all that naturally outside of preschool. With that said, I love this preschool. Like I said before, it's spanish immersion. I can't teach him that at home. I wish I could. He is learning spanish so fast. He has had a little bit of frustration with it but is getting past that now. I love the time I get to spend with Jack for 2 hours a day Monday-Thursday. I think kindergarten will seem so easy for him since it will be in English.

The boys "work" well together. When they aren't using hammers and shovels on each other, they love "working" together. I love having two boys. They are so different, but both 100% boy!

I realize that we don't have very many pictures of Jack smiling which is both perplexing, since he smiles ALL the time, and a little sad since his smile is so very angelic. It melts me every time. New goal: get Jack to smile on command for the camera.

I just thought this was such a random funny face of Sam's. I think at this point in his life and modeling career, 4 1/2 years and 5 million pictures, he is a little annoyed with the camera when he is in "real work mode".

National Rallycross Event

Here are a couple of pictures from the Colorado event we went to. It was great to go on a road trip with Joe. We love them and haven't been in a long time. We left the boys with Joe's parents and had a very relaxing weekend. That was the first time we've left Jack overnight and of course he did great. He is such a good kid, especially when it comes to sleep. He hasn't slept through the night much, but he practically begs to go to bed at 8:30 sharp every night. When it's time, he goes to the gate at the bottom of the stairs and points and cries till I take him up..which is about 1 minute. I'm not one to tell my kids no when they say they're ready for bed. Unfortunately I never have the opportunity to tell Sam no. He would stay up all night every night if we let him.

Get the word out!!!

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So where have I been...

Yep, I'm still here. That's about all sometimes. I feel like I don't have any time, but I don't know where it's going. This summer was great. Since the last post...we went to lagoon (my first time, can't wait to go back), Joe and I spent a weekend in Colorado for a National Rallycross event that he brought home a 3rd place trophy for!, Sam started a Spanish Immersion Preschool (now he and Joe tell secrets in spanish), I ran the Top of Utah 5K (finished with a time of
27:16), I made freezer jam for the first time (with help, I'm not that brave), I got a new calling (Enrichment Coordinator), I am now in week 6 of my recipe exchange (I can still add names if you want), Jack has finally started sleeping through the night (most nights), Sam now wipes and showers without my help, and we went to the Circus (awesome!). I guess it's kinda like the Circus everyday around here. There is so much going on at the same time, and lots more in my head (no voices up there). I keep lists on my mind all the time because I can't seem to get them on paper before I need to use them. I know many of you go through the same thing. That's life, and I love it. I like being too busy to think about anything unpleasant..like dishes, poop on the floor(see Sam's comments), and HUGE spiders that seem to have invaded my house. I have greatly neglected my blog...and I don't really feel that bad about it, sorry. It just isn't at the top of my seemingly long list of priorities. I am going to attempt to do better..but, no guarantees.