Catching up...

So, I'm new to blogging.  I LOVE how blogs can keep family and friends updated on what's going on, 

and it also seems like a great tool for helping ME keep track of what's going on.  

I hope to update it at least monthly (I'm trying to be reasonable), 

but would love to get to a point of adding more weekly and even daily.  

I'm slow at getting my pics downloaded, so here's the scoop on the past month or so.

SEPTEMBER 09

We attended the BYU/CSU football game for Parents Weekend.  After some confusion on exactly WHERE our seats were, we found them... on the very top row of the stadium, directly under the CSU flag.  How appropriate!

It was fun to see Britta, my sister Jill and her husband Stan, my nephew Sam, Bill's parents AND my parents.  
Oh yeah, the game was fun too... we did a lot of RISING and SHOUTING.

LEXEE TURNS 16 ~ OH HAPPY DAY

Yummy cupcakes... a single candle...

...make a wish...

BLOW!

OCTOBER 09

I remember hoping it would snow by Christmas last year... this year the snow came early.  

We had 3 SNOW DAYS in a row, which meant that Fall Party festivities planned at the elementary school 

were cancelled.  BUMMER!  

If you look closely at the pic, you can see our BBQ cover -- protecting the patio chairs.

Bill and Mauri HAD to carve pumpkins on Halloween morning.  

Mauri's pumpkin came from our not-so-prolific garden (it was almost the ONLY thing we managed to grow this year).

Mauri was a fairy this year.  I had to convince her to be something "NICE" since she was "SPOOKY" last year.  

She got to wear her high-heeled gold sandals to the ward Trunk-or-Treat, so she was all for it!  

She donned her tennies for trick-or-treating, and only needed a sweatshirt for warmth, despite the blizzard 

of the previous 3 days.

Spooky Mauri ~ Halloween 2008