Brayden's Birthday and Baptism

Yes, you are seeing it right!! It snowed when we were in Denver and it was really cold. It didn't stop us from having fun and celebrating Brayden's 8th birthday!

Brayden had to ride the saddle at Texas Roadhouse and get a birthday song! He loved every minute of it. The food was great and we were totally full for the evening. It is always fun to eat peanuts , throw the shells on the floor and not get in trouble.

Sid bags one in Kentucky!

Sid found this deer taking a nap in the back of this truck and decided to shoot it with an arrow!! NOT! Actually he shot this deer with his arrow on Tuesday night around sundown and tried to find it but it got too dark before he could find him. Sid went out the next morning and tracked him down, put him in the back of this truck, and brought him home!! Yee Haw!

A nice 8 point white tail!

Proud hunter with kill!

I think the face on this deer is funny looking. I guess you would look weird if you were shot too. Sid says the deer around here wear red lipstick (hee hee)

Eggplant festival part 2 (Sorry it is out of order!)

There was a booth of 4-h kids showing off their animals and encouraging others to join. Ava liked seeing the animals and Betty Boop was pretty much afraid of them.

Wells Fargo Bank had a booth set up with this really cool stage coach. Doesn't Christy look so cute! Betty is in this picture since I decided to hold her. She was getting stepped on by the HUGE crowds!!

High Hand Nursery has really grown big now with a restaurant and a wonderful walking nursery to stroll through. This is an old truck that they planted flowers in. It really looks great in front of their nursery.

This is a chicken with a bad hair day!! This was part of the 4-H group of animals to view. We just thought it looked pretty funny with all those feathers on top of her head.

We had a great time strolling through the booths and seeing people from the town of Loomis. The food booths were a lot more plentiful and they even had a bull riding booth and a surf board riding booth. They better watch out how big this thing is getting. It might encourage people to locate to Loomis!! Just remember a small town is like a big family!! (Hee Hee Hee)

Could it be???

What do you think would cause the city of Loomis to put this sign on the road??? If you guessed the world famous eggplant festival you would be right!! Yes, my folks it is the weekend for the Loomis eggplant festival once again. We strolled on down during the break in conference to check it out and much to our surprise there were a lot of new things to get our attention!

Who ordered the giant purple man?? Pretty weird if you ask me. Seriously a purple man???

Lots of produce to buy and of course the reason for the season the "eggplant". What do you do with those things anyway. I really have not met a soul who grows these things in Loomis. Hence, why the festivities to celebrate this vegetable?

This was one of the new things added to the fun day. Yes, you can race your OWN chicken or RENT one from a 4-H person for $5.00. If your chicken comes in first place you win a prize. I think grandpa Kelly should bring "Big Red" down and kick every one's buttocks!! I should raise a chicken for the races for next year and train him in our half acre. What do you think??? They even had trophies with gold chickens on top of them for the winners. That is reason enough to get the training started!

More Macey pictures

These are the pictures I will have in my mind of what Macey looks like. I know the next time I see her she will look totally different. She is such a joy to have and I am so lucky to have spent the first week of her life with her to get to know her better. Jacob and Julia are wonderful parents who love their kids so much. They are raising wonderful children who love each other and their Heavenly Father and Jesus. What a wonderful place to raise their kids and have such wonderful friends who love them and their family. We are so grateful to the ward family that loves each of them and takes such good care of them when we are away.

Macey is lucky to have come to such a great family. Loraya and Isaac love her dearly and Julia and Jacob will be great parents to her!

This is a familiar sight. Macey always has to be sucking on something if she wakes up and is hungry. She is so cute and cuddly. Those cheeks are perfect for kissing and squeezing! Can't wait to see you all again in a few weeks.

Morgantown Charm

Downtown Morgantown is so cute with all of the old town charm and especially these wonderful hanging baskets on every lamp post. They are so beautiful I just had to take a picture to show you how long the ivy is on them. I don't know how they grow so good without any known source of water except the rain! Wish I could do that!

This little house is so cute too!

Waterfalls

Isaac was not wanting to get his picture taken any more so you will have to see the back of his head in this one. The scenery was spectacular on this beautiful day. The leaves were just starting to turn colors so I was a little early for the wonderful fall show of colors. The temp was about 78 degrees and just beautiful.

Another cool bridge to cross and walk around. So many great spots for a photographer to snap photos! Wish I was better at taking pictures. I was just lucky to remember my camera!

Jacob chilling by the falls. They have places to raft, kayak, horseback ride, natural water slides etc at this place. Such a great place to visit and see.

Loraya and I in front of the waterfalls. She is such a sweet and beautiful girl. She loves her kindergarten class and teacher and is such a great student. She is such a wonderful help to Julia and the new baby. I miss her smile so much already.