Fall Carnival

The GWA Fall Carnival was the same weekend as the deer hunt this year. Chloe and I usually make a cake for the cake decorating contest and cake walk, but this year her and Landon left Thursday so we didn't. I think it's the first year we haven't since she was in Kindergarten. On Friday the principal even asked me where are cakes were. 

Since Chloe wasn't going to be around for the carnival. We invited Preslie to go with us, and her and Bryce had a ball-literally.

Bryce didn't really want to ride this but Preslie did so he obliged. 

 Always a good time. I even won some gift cards in the silent auction this year, that's a first for me.

That night Bryce and I went to dinner at Red Lobster with my Grandma. He brought all of his little prizes he won playing the carnival games to show her. LOL

Deer Hunt

It is a tradition for Landon to go hunting with his brothers and friends every year. They ride horses to the top of Fillmore mountain and camp out for several days. It is a big production. As the kids get older they are welcome to go if they want. Last year both Tanner and Chloe went. This year only Chloe did. I don't really think Tanner enjoyed it much-camping and roughing it just isn't really his thing. This year Chloe actually had a deer tag. She didn't end up shooting anything or even shooting at anything, partly because she stressed herself out beforehand worrying that she was going to scope herself, and then just couldn't pull the trigger. Despite that she had so much fun, in fact she begged Landon to let her stay longer, or at least take her back the following weekend. That girl love the mountains and really anything to do with the outdoors and nature!

Chloe graciously sent me some pictures. 

Even though I don't really enjoy going. I'm glad this is something Landon enjoys doing with the kids and his family. I'm just happy to be home in my nice cozy bed, with a good book, and maybe some sort of yummy food. Although Landon and Chloe both claim they ate really well at camp. I'm glad they had fun and made some good memories together. Even though Landon couldn't walk for a few days after they got back-HA!

Pat Can...

The other night Bryce was reading Landon and I this book. 

He read Pat can hump.

LOL-it took us several minutes to stop laughing. I was like "what kind of books are they sending home?"

#BryceEE

Backyard Zipline

One thing that was on our bucket list to do for the summer was to Build a Zip Line at Landon's parents house. Life got busy and we didn't quite get it done in the summer, however Landon came through last weekend and got it installed. It turned out to be one of those all day projects.

 With a few kinks, and extra trips to town for supplies. At one point Landon had to remove a huge tree branch to make it happen and on the way down it hit him in the head, broke the ladder, and kind of mangled his Mom's clothesline. Lucky Landon's head was okay, and the ladder and clothesline can both be fixed.

The kids were pretty patient waiting for the zipline to be finished, and even helped with some of the stuff Landon needed help with. 

Finally it was finished. Chloe eagerly agreed to be the first to test it out. I was a little nervous on that first run, but things went off without a hitch, and the kids spend the rest of the evening going down it. I'm sure it will bring many hours of entertainment in the years to come. We are so lucky to have such an awesome guy like Landon around to build cool things. 

Bryce didn't try it he said he would wait until we bought a harness, the kit we got this time just had the swing and he wasn't super comfortable with that. 

Even though he didn't ride it himself, Bryce had just as much fun running after each kid as they went down the zip line. By the end of the night he was wore out from so much running.

#ellisonsummerbucketlist #handylandy

World Series-GO ASTROS

Landon is really into baseball so of course the world series is a big deal for him. His team, the Red Sox,  managed to secure a spot, but unfortunately they got beat out by the Houston Astros. A friend of mine and I picked him up an ice cream cake to help console him. He was excited about the cake until he saw what was written on it-Go ASTROS! LOL. 

 The world series ended a few days ago and guess who ended up winning it? The Astros. :)

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Frustrations with Mormon Standard Time

I'm not saying I'm never late, but when this happens every time there is a meeting it's really frustrating for me. I get that people are busy and some might not be able to actually make it on time for one reason or another, but most people can if they want to. Running on "mormon standard time" is not an excuse. Please be on time. Rant over. HAHA

Family Picture Time

Here's a little preview of what's to come from our family pictures this year. 

This was taken after we had gotten them done. We celebrated with dinner at Pizza Factory with Great Grandma. I love these kids.

Family pictures have always been super important to me. I make sure to schedule them every year, and tell the kids its part of my Christmas. This year I really wanted some pictures with my whole family. It's been kind of a hard year for me in thinking about family and reflecting on things in my life. Especially with the latest with the fact that my Grandma Marshall will most likely be moving to a different town in the near future. I literally don't know what I will do. She is someone I talk to everyday. The kids and I stop by her house every afternoon after work/school just to say hi and have a snack. She tends Bryce every Friday and they have become best buddies. It its going to be hard on us all when she moves. With that in mind I was even more determined to get a picture with everyone. It took a little work on my end finding a date and time that would work for everyone. Then at the last minute we had to change it and Tanner gave me some flack about not being there. I cried and yelled. My Mom texted and texted him begging him to make it work. Landon finally set down the law. Then Jeff's Mom got hurt and him and my Mom almost couldn't make it, but in the end everyone showed up, and I think everyone was happy, even though we had to walk a little ways to get to the photo shoot site. The photographer did a great job with all of the people she had to work with, and I am super excited to see the results in the next few weeks.