Apartment photos

Kelly found this Praying Mantis in our stairwell.

Burr Oak Acorns

Trunk or Treat

We had a really good time last night. Good chili and it was fun to talk to some new friends. The truck next to our car had a fun game that the kids would play so we got a lot of business. Kelly passed out the candy and Clara ran around all crazy like. I could have really used a tripod...

Red Leaf

Seaweed

More Brown Bag Lanturns

The quote "The goblins will get you if you don't watch out!" is from a poem written by James Riley named Little Orphan Annie. My Dad would recite it to us before bed. It is one of my favorites. Read it! It is perfect for Halloween.
As I was taking the first photo the "Watch Out!" bag caught on fire. I guess I will have to make another and be more cautious.

Newport

Yesterday we went down to Newport Beach with the Evans. Clara has a new favorite word is boat! So I took her on the Farris Wheel so she could get a better view of all the boats around Balboa Island. Then we all had lunch and played in the sand. It was chilly but we still had a great time. I was glad that we could do something together with our husbands!

Brownbag Lanterns

I have been making these the last three years for Halloween. Fun, cute and low cost. If you want to try them be sure to put the bag seam down the back. I double up the bags so you can glue the details on and you can't see the candle. I am not a great drawer so I use templates and trace the patterns on. I think I am going to make more. Try it!

Candy Corn

Even though it is October you would never know it was suppost to be fall. Happy Halloween anyway.

Funny Tag

HaHaHa. Normally I don't do tags but I was curious when my sister in law Stephanie asked me to do this one. This is how it works.
You go to My Pictures
and into your fourth folder
and click on the fourth photo in that folder.
Now describe it.
I am just giggling my little heart out at how funny this is. This is Kelly at his BYU-I Graduation. I must have not been looking through the view finder. I think it is hilarious where I cropped off his head and hand. Right through the eyes and his hand looks stumped. I guess this shows how hard of a time I have deleting photos.
I would love to see Brother Clark, Brother Atkinson, Jon, Andy, or Julie do this tag.

Columns

I thought the first photo was interesting because on the left it is mostly gray and on the right there is sharp contrast. On the second I like the symmetry and how the leaves silhouette at the bottom.

To Grandma

You read me a book. You sing me a song. You smile when you see me too. I wish every child in the whole wide world had a Grandmother just like you! Thanks for taking the time to see the fish and boats, shopping and watching conference! We had a great time and miss you already.

Storm Drain

Mt. Baldy

The last several Wednesdays Clara and I have been getting together with my good friend Michelle and her son Coleman. We have gone swimming, had dinner together and gone to Bonelli Park. Today we went to a waterfall by Mt. Baldy. Coleman started playing in the water no problem but Clara never really warmed up to it. Actually she was only really happy eating snacks on my lap and playing at there house. So no cute photos of her getting soaked, only Colman! He is so fun and adventuresome. Thanks for showing us around Michelle!

Yeast

Thursday Kelly came home with a small little gift for Clara. It was a Giant Microbe that he got at the school bookstore. This is saccharomyces cerevisiae. It's Latin name means "sugar fungus of the beer." It contains special enzymes that turn sugar molecules into carbon dioxide and alcohol. One yeast can turn into 1,000,000 in only six hours. The toy is 1,000,000 times yeasts actual size. Clara loves it and I think it is so clever. Kelly is so nice!

Around the Complex

I went walking around our complex this morning. Taking photos while being paranoid about where Clara was going and what she is picking up is not ideal. But it should be understandable when you see that I was by the pool in some cases. Rest assure I was vigilant and I did have a good time.

Pj Mornings

It has been fun taking photos of Clara in her new pajamas. Maybe a little too much fun. In the morning Kelly normally gets up with her and feeds her breakfast. When they are done with that he brings her into our room and has her pounce on me to wake me up. I jump every time. She used to play for an hour or longer in her room alone but now won't have it. She still can't get enough of books and I hope she will never loose that. She is nice to be around and hug even though the last photo (I call it "No love") doesn't show it.

LA Fair Parade

Today Kelly and Allen participated in the Pomona Parade that was held in the LA County Fair. It was the first day of the fair so there were a lot of people. It was so fun to see them all in there coats and how the crowd reacted to them. Some would yell out "free health care" or "would you look at my shoulder?" We had a really good time.

Framed Sampler

I didn't think it would be framed this fast but I want to show the complete project. A little redundant I know.