October's trip to Oregon

Finally!  It had been ten months since we were last in Oregon and it was great to get back.  Four days, however, was not nearly long enough, yet, with the way Nora was behaving four days was plenty long.  I think that in the first forty-eight hours I got about four hours of sleep, lame.  But overall with the pumpkin patch, soccer games, kickball (with Michelle and her kiddos), and just being together with the family, it was a great time and I'm looking forward to doing it again.

Enjoy the pictures and stories!

The Corn Maze

The Corn Box

Here's a great story for you.  After climbing out of the corn box Jaime was brushing the dust off his clothes and his wedding ring flew off and landed somewhere in the corn.  He had just started sifting and looking when I came along and asked what happened.  So, not wanting to have to buy him another wedding ring again (he lost his first one while working at Jiffy Lube, his second one suddenly broke into 3 pieces)  I started helping.  The thought occurred to me while we were sifting, that he was looking too close to where he was standing and that he was probably sitting on the ring but I didn't say anything.  After about half an hour Molly suggested that he check his pockets just in case and that's when I made my move.  He stood up and I gently moved the top 1/2 inch layer of corn and sure enough there was his ring.  I stood up and put it into my pocket thinking I would be silly and when we got back to Craig and Molly's I would pull it out and propose to him.  But it didn't work out.  Just after I put the ring in my pocket the owner came along and being the amazing husband he is, Jaime asked if they had access to a metal detector.  The man said yes but it would be about an hour before he could get it and then who knows how long to sift through all that corn with it while raking the corn one way and then the other.  AAAHH!!  Now I started feeling bad.  I couldn't make that man go to all that work for something I already found but I also didn't want to fess up that the ring had been in my pocket now for five or more minutes.  So as Jaime was walking away to leave his phone number, I purposely set Nora's pacifier on the bench and walked away.  He left the phone number and was looking very sad when I said "Oops! I left Nora's pacifier, be right back."  I walked over where I couldn't be seen picked up the pacifier, pulled the ring out of my pocket and danced back all happy like and excitedly exclaimed "I found it!  I'm the best wife ever!"  Everyone was like "where!? where was it!"  I have to admit here that I lied and said it was on the ground by the bench that I had left Nora's pacifier on.  Jaime said "Wow! that's crazy! Molly searched that area for ever!"  When we got in the car, feeling terrible about lying, I came clean about everything.  We all had a good laugh. (sorry about the length!)

Kaitlin

Elise

Cameron

Jaime

Kaitlin kissing Jaime

He's alive!

And very dusty.

The Pumpkin Patch

Craig and Molly's ward was having a Primary activity and they invited us to come along.  It was cold and fun.

Early and cold, not a good combination.

Guard duty.  Elise volunteered Cameron for it and he was thrilled as you can see.  So thrilled and skilled that someone managed to snatch the one on the left.  He'd make a good mall cop, maybe.

Uncle Craig and Kait

Kait's handprint on her pumpkin.

The doughnut from heaven that will send you to hell.  Seriously, this was huge, probably 3+ feet in diameter with 1 inch of frosting.  I love sweet things and doughnuts but 2 bites was all I could handle.

Soccer Games and Ice Cream

After the pumpkin patch we went to Kole's soccer game and also got to see Riley play too!  The kids had fun running up and down the hill, that is until Kait fell.

Dairy Queen for Ice Cream

Kaitlin

The face says it all.