We finally got all our Christmas stuff put up. It took no time at all because we really don't have much. But I had to show off my Christmas banner my mother in law helped me do, and my Christmas tree that was decorated so cheap because of the economy this year, and my favorite reindeer poinsettia holder from my dad. Yea. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas (minus snow).
We have been busy and loving it. Family all around and missionaries coming home. Jared's brother just got home from PA (picture of him coming off the airplane). Jared's happy face is when he saw Brock for the first time in two years. They are good buddies. Then about a week and a half after Brock got home we all got together in Saint George to play WII (pictured above), go to the temple, eat, make fun Christmas banners, and have some good ol' family pictures taken (jared in his handsome green shirt). We have had lots of fun lately and love this time of year that we get to hang out with friends and family.
We went to the local pumpkin walk this week. It was great. Every scene was made of pumpkins. My favorite one was the tribute to Michael Phelps. It's the one with the olympic rings in it and the swimmers racing. It was pretty funny.
The leaves have been dropping like crazy at our house. I told Jared when the wind stopped blowing we were going to rake some leaves and enjoy our last little bit of fall. When we woke up this morning it was 30 degrees and the heat had kicked on, so when we went out I thought we should bundle up some. So the top picture is what we started with. 
Then we went to this.
And then ended with this. I guess it warmed up a lot more then we expected. Turned out to be a beautiful day. I love this time of year. P.S. Jared was a great help with the yard work.
Here are our new curtains. My sweet mother-in-law worked very hard and sewed them for us. They look great in our house and now it really feels like home. Also, some pictures of Jared with birthday presents from his family and ready for the priesthood session of conference.
Jared's birthday week was full of activities. He got a present every day for 12 days up to his birthday. We had the annual tractor parade for the upcoming ag week at USU. On Wednesday (Jared's actual birthday) we met some friends in SLC to eat at Ruth's diner up Emigration canyon and then after lunch we hit the zoo. It was a perfect day and hopefully Jared had a good week, it was action packed.
Some of our great friends in Logan. They take good care of us and Julie (the one on the left) helped us get our new wheelchair and has kept us stocked up with garden vegetables this summer.
We went bowling with Blake and Savannah one night. Jared even has special equipment so he can bowl too, and he was beating us all until about frame 5. 
Happy as always to be with Blake and listen to some silly spanish.
