A few fun picts...

Ben loved the duck races.
We went to the pumpkin patch with some of our primary friends.
Here we are with the cousins.
Jessie showing us how to use the rope swing.

The kids at Other Grandmas and Grandpas.

Daddy's Blue truck

Its time we say good bye to "daddy's blue truck." Jer posted it on craigslist and sold it yesterday. It is sad, Jer put a lot of time and way too much money into that thing. It sure was fun to drive... there is nothing like driving an old, loud, bumpy, truck, but Jer said as a daily driver it was too much! We will miss you blue truck!

Catching up...

We will fill you in on a few highlights of the summer. We had a garden again this year, we planted the usual and somethings did amazingly great while others barely came up. We are grateful for all we were able to eat and can/freeze because of the garden. Garden fresh is the best.
The Kids got a kitten from a friend in the ward.
Jeremy wanted to name him C.S. Lewis (C.S. standing for coyote snack) and just call him Lewis. I thought that would be a little bit of a bad omen for the poor little guy, so they named him after a cat in one of Cassies favorite books, Baxter. He is living at big Grandmas house enjoying the freedoms of a barn cat. He is quite the cat. Ben loves him, especially. Baxter has grown so big that when Ben picks him up Baxters back legs drag on the ground.

We took a trip to Lake Chelan in the motorhome in June. It was a fantastic trip. Chelan is now one of our favorite places. The motorhome was great, it used a lot of gas, but it was fun to use it. Ben fell out of the motorhome the first night and this was his damage!! He has a pretty good scar! We went to a waterslide park, went to the beach, rode go carts, played put put golf, hiked and just hung out and had fun. We really liked the rv park we stayed it.

Jer and I had the opportunity to go on Trek in August. The kids stayed with other grandma and the cousins were there too! They had so much fun they didn't want to come home. We had a great time on trek too. We love the youth we had in our family and just overall had a ton of fun and it was a very spiritual experience.

Tucker E. Johnson passed away on Sept 4, 2011 in a car accidnet. Tucker was always very happy, fun loving and loved everyone he met, especially children. Some said he was an "old soul," having abilities to love and understand things, beyond his years. He also had one of the biggest smiles we have ever seen and he was always wearing it. We will miss him very much, but we know he is beside his mom doing a greater work. We love you Tucker!

Cassie and Jessie started school on Sept 7th. Jessie is in the first grade and Cassie is in second.

Cassie was so excited because she got the teacher she always wanted!! A few weeks into school, they had to shuffle some classes around and Cassie got a different teacher. She was heart broken. But you ask her now and she loves her new teacher!! Abby is still home with mom, no preschool this year. She is doing well. Her and Ben are so cute palin around. She loves to help me cook and take care of Ben. Ben is going like crazy. I always wondered what that phrase "all boy" meant, but I am learning. He loves to run, jump, climb, he does stuff Abby doesn't dare do. He likes tractors and trucks. He just likes to be loud and silly. two things haven't changed... his smile and his love for his dad.


Our last big bang was a hunting/camping trip to Winthrop. If you haven't been it is a fun little town. We stayed for 3 nights/ four days. Jer hunted and we camped. My dad, Jason, Jamie, Matt and Matt and Brandon came as well as Rich and Krista. They got 4 deer total,3 doe and 1 buck, Jers being the biggest doe.
The kids were very interested in seeing the deer when they got back to camp. We played games, went exploring, hiking, went to the museum and checked out the town. We also shivered our teeth out at night and kept a vigilent eye for rattlesnakes and cougar (maybe that was just me)! It was fun and we were glad Jer got his deer!!