Pumpkin PATCH

Did I mention how much fun we are having down here?! We are constantly busy doing fun things! We have gone to volleyball games, parties galour, parks, lakes, dinners, game nights, and THE PUMKIN PATCH. Brock's boss during the summer was Kevin Merrill. Kevin's son just moved here to start the Ag program and we have really enjoyed getting to know them. They have a little 1 yr old boy that Wyatt loves playing with, even though he is way smaller and younger. They are in a different ward, but they invited us to their ward garden to pick out a pumpkin. It was great! When we got there, we saw 3 deer just hanging out. Wyatt loved it. He kept wanting to go over to them, but then they'd move away. He is a little different in the fact that he doesn't like dirt or things on his hands, so he wasn't too thrilled when he touched a pumpkin that had mud on it. He wouldn't touch a single one again (other than this, I promise he is ALL boy!). They had tons of small pumpkins, which I love to decorate with. We enjoyed the garden and then headed to Riverside Park, our absolute favorite park ever!

"Hunting" Trip

 October 7th-9th Brock and some of his buddies when camping. They used to actually hunt, but over the years it's turned into just a guys camping trip. (I'm pretty sure actually hunting was too much work) Brock met up with the guys and they really roughed it for a couple nights...uh NOT! Ben Giese pulled up his trailer and they were able to sleep and eat comfortably. I fixed enchiladas and pasta for brock to take and just thought it was the craziest thing to have a stove to warm up his food. He really enjoyed it. Said they had a lot of great laughs and really enjoyed the beautiful scenery. The guys the went are : Ben Giese, Jordan Stromstad, Tanner Gilbert and brock.

Such a rough life. :)

...oh the things we do...

 We have been having so much down here in La Grande. Wyatt is currently in the "help momma" stage. He drags a chair over to the counter and climbs right now. He is OH SO HELPFUL too. haha. He actually did great pulling off the grapes, only a few stems left on :)

 I am SO glad I brought these outdoor toys with us. I hadnt planned on bringing them, but when my mom decided to help us move and we had room. I last minute threw them in and Wyatt plays with them ALL the time. We have a sweet little sidewalk area that he pushes this truck and another toy around. He is doing great about staying close so I can be in the kitchen and still see him. He listens to me when he goes too far and I tell him to turn around, he really is doing great about obeying (I'd say about 1 in every 5 times he doesn't obey, which is pretty good!)

 These peaches were such a fun story for me and Y. A lady in the ward needed them picked and gone, so of course we were there to help! We bundled up and walked the 7blocks down to her house. Right as we got there it started raining...like hard. So I picked as many as I could, keeping Y in the stroller and we literally ran home as fast as we could. We both were wet and cold when we got home, but it was pretty fun. We cleaned them and made a YUMMY peach cobbler, then froze the rest for smoothies! Wyatt found a funner activity with the peaches, he liked to roll them down the cutting board. lol. Oh, and my child doesn't smile for pictures, EVER. He hardly looks and never wants to stop what he's doing for a picture....so stubborn :)

 Oh how we love warm days! The weather was great this past week (when I say great I just mean no rain). We played outside a bunch. There is a little playground in our apartment complex grass area and wyatt loves it. This morning we got the chalk out and had some fun. Y doesn't like to color, so I thought maybe a big huge sidewalk would be so fun to draw on. Nope, not really. He would make a few marks here and there, but just wanted to push his tractor around. Our friends moved in RIGHT next door to us, so Wyatt and Cade have started becoming great friends. We really love having them there, although Wyatt goes and knocks on their door EVERY time he goes outside. He always wants Cade to come out. Cade is almost 3, so he is a lot older than Y, but of course Y doesn't care!

Morgan Lake

One thing we love about La Grande is the BEAUTIFUL scenery! Fall time is gorgeous down here. The first week we were here last year we ventured out to Morgan Lake and so this year we kept tradition. It isn't very far away, just up a mountain on dirt roads, and since we only drive like 20mph in our tahoe it takes us a while to get anywhere on gravel roads! (yes, my whole family teases me but we'll see whose car looks better in 5 yrs ;)  Morgan Lake is so pretty. Last year Wyatt was only 9 months, so we didn't do a lot of walking around. This year, he was on the run following trails the whole time. He LOVED it. It was so cute to watch him dodge around bushes and rocks. We actually walked around the whole lake, which took about 1 hour. Wyatts little legs got tired and he actually wanted to be held a few times, totally abnormal for him! The weather was nice and sunny but got a little windy towards the end. The trees were swaying in the wind and Wyatt would stop and tilt his head WAY back and look at the tops of the trees. He loved watching them sway, and seeing how tall they were. Every time he would look up at them, he'd do a little laugh. By the time we got back to the tahoe he was pointing to it and ready for a break.

We were able to get some pictures in the same spot as last year, so I'm posting them to compare. My little guy has grown so much since last year. Makes me really sad when I see how much he's grown!

 There was a bunch of bees on the table this year, so we couldn't get a family picture.

 The log is a little different, but this is the exact same spot. As you can see, this year he knows what he wants, and he DID NOT want to stop for a picture! His hands on his legs like this totally say "seriously mom, let's go!"

 Cool little bridge.

Throwing rocks in the lake.

Motorcycles and Pictures

The week before we left for OR Brock had off work and we loved it! Wyatt went on a motorcyle ride from Gibbons house to McGary's house and he LOVED it. I was a little nervous, but brock took only back roads and went pretty slow. Brock said on the ride he would shout "woot woot" and Wyatt would twist his shoulders, which is what he now does when he's dancing. He was in heaven! He loves all things motors, especially the 4wheeler and motorcyle! He never leaves my parents' shop when we are there visiting. He immediately is out of the car and headed straight to the shop and is on the 4wheeler in no time. He also has really been into looking at my mom's pictures on her walls lately. He is recognizing his cousins and loves ALL of them so much!

Camping at Wind Dust

Brock took this week off of work so we could get things all ready to move on saturday and I am SO glad he did. We haven't seen him a lot this summer, so we needed some family time. We took off Monday afternoon and headed to Wind Dust to camp for the night. Jason and Karyn came too, they brought my parents' camper trailer and we set up a tent. It was so much fun. I LOVE family time and Wyatt has so much fun playing with Chandler. I am really sad to see what happens when we move. Even though Wyatt can't really talk yet, Chandler is very verble and is constantly saying "Y, Y, Y" (sometimes he adds a T at the end). I think they will miss each other a lot when we move, but good thing for Holidays and a quick drive home! There was a nice little play ground at wind dust that was great for them to play on. I love that Wyatt is at the stage where I don't have to chase him around the playground the whole time and watch him super carefully (knock on wood!). We have taken him to playgrounds a lot, so he loves to go down the slide by himself and can climb and play all by himself. Monday night a lot of Brock's family came out for dinner. Daren and Joni, Camille and Travis, Derek and Courtney all came out for a couple hours. It was fun to have a camp fire and hang out with family. I especially loved the tent time. Wyatt and Chandler loved setting it up and had so much fun running in and out and jumping all around. We knew it would get really cold that night, so we were prepared with lots of blankets. We wrapped wyatt up so good, he slept amazingly! As we layed in bed that night, I had to thank my Heavenly Father for such a wonderful family. It was such a great feeling having our little family all bundled together in the tent. The next morning Wyatt woke around 6:30 and BURR it was freezing outside. We had used all our wood up, and it was way too cold to be outside, so we played in the tent and then in the camper til it got a little warmer. It was a very quick trip, but just perfect for a little get away and family time!

move in...move out...{repeat}

About a month before we move I get really excited and start to look forward to the change. THEN, about 1-2 weeks before the move, like right now, I start to get really stressed and dread packing, moving, and unpacking. It seems to really drain me, especially since Wyatt is in a very needy stage right now. I have to have my full attention on him. I can be in the same room watching him play and all is fine, but if I'm in the same room and loading a box or going through papers...not ok. He needs a play mate, that's for sure!

We are heading back to La Grande sometime between the 24th and the 27th. School starts the 26th, but we are getting our apartment finalized and they aren't sure when it will all be ready. I am anxious to get back down there and be close to our friends again. We had a lot of really fun times with everyone! It works out so much easier when you only live like 3-4minutes away from each other. We got together so many times after Wyatt went to bed, which here we would be like, "oh it's way too late." I am also excited for Brock to be done the end of March 2012. Seemed like graduation would never come, yet it's gone so fast and I can't believe it's just around the corner. I am SO proud of him. He went from hating school in high school and even failing a class (or two, i'm not sure), to having a 3.8GPA and really loving his schooling. He enjoys the classes in his Ag field and loves learning more about plants. He will be a great farmer some day!!!