A Preview of Halloween at our House

A little blurry but thought I'd post my Halloween creations...what I couldn't capture was how amazing they look under a full moon. Gorgeous!

And this one was drawn for Great Grandma Terry (Gigi). It's coming your way in the mail, but I loved it so much I had to take a picture before it left. And so here it is for others to enjoy as well :-)

Finally, Beth and I went to a grown-up Halloween party this weekend and pulled out our go-to costumes, something to pass as dressed up but requiring little time and no money :-) Beth's is much more creative and I love the mummy!

Playgroup...a moment of calm

To Be or Not to Be...That is the Question

The best part about the Shakespeare Festival for AKP was the accompanying pumpkin festival in Cedar City. Lots of tables with games and prizes for the kiddos. Here she's seeking the perfect pumpkin from the pumpkin patch to paint! (and decorating a mean cookie)

Adults enjoyed Hamlet and Stones in His Pockets, both excellent. 

What're you looking at?

Mama giraffe giving us the stink-eye as we watched the new baby giraffe (12-days old) at the zoo today. A nice diversion during a stay-at-home 'sick' day with an ear infection...on the mend already though!

And just a little further up the road...

Our friend Beth went hiking with some friends on Satuday while AKP and I did the Farm Tour (and did I mention we saw a bear?! Right in the center of town...). Anyway, farther along you can see she ran into some beautiful Colorado aspen colors...gorgeous! Photo Credits: Beth Amiott

Weekend Getaways

Well,  great weekends here. We divvied up into a boys weekend and a girls weekend with JP and his friend Jeff heading to Zion to hike the Narrows after years of discussion. The girls with our friend Beth headed to Paonia, CO for their Harvest Festival (http://www.mountainharvestfestival.org/mhf/index.php). We did the Farm-to-Farm tour on Saturday (http://www.mountainharvestfestival.org/mhf/index.php?page=bike_farm_tour). This was 25 miles with  4 stops along the way at great local farms. Amara was on the tag-a-long and did great! I was on the front and found the beautiful rolling hills to be harder than they looked with 50 pounds behind me...good for me though!! We went to an 'integrated' farm, a couple goat and cheesemaking farms and a farm that focused on baking with an outdoor brick oven. We camped at Delicious Orchards for two nights and picked apples in the orchard on Sunday morning before we left.

Bad news is I have NO pictures of the girls weekend. Sorry!! (Yorry, as AKP used to say)

Zion National Park

Boys weekend in Zion National Park - these pictures are both from The Narrows and the West Rim. 

Recognize Angel's Landing?

Don't Jump