Weekend plans and a birthday

The weather's been cooling here.  YAY!  Last night we opened up the windows and had a fire in the fireplace.  It was so fun to be able to do that!

Tomorrow morning we will plant our fall garden and then watch general conference.

We will watch conference again on Sunday.  

Sunday is also Brett's birthday.  He'll be 3!  I just know he's going to have a great time celebrating his special day!  We are having a marshmallow roast on Sunday night,with grandparents, to get the celebrating started.  Then cousins and friends will come over on Monday morning for a party.  I will be attempting a monkey cake.  I've had the pattern for it in my recipe binder for years.  Now it will be put to use!

Have a great weekend!

Camille stands

Little Miss Camille has been standing up on everything these days.  I love standing in the kitchen and looking next to me to see her standing by my side.  Someday she'll be standing there helping me with dinner!  Until then, she's keeping me busy.  She gets into EVERYTHING and loves to eat paper!  I always forget how busy a baby can be until we reach this stage of constant busyness!

The day that Brett got lost

I had gone almost 6 years without ever losing a child.  Until today.

I was being brave and took both Camille and Brett with me to Hobby Lobby.  We were skipping Brett's nap, but we had errands to run and so that's just how it was.  We were almost done at the store.  I was having some fabric cut at the counter and Brett was running out of patience and he kept running around the fabric stands and then back to me.  Well it got quiet and I couldn't see him anymore so I called his name, but he didn't answer.  I thought he was just being extra sneaky.  The lady cutting my fabric was almost done and I mentioned to her how I think my son wandered off too far this time and I better hurry to find him.  Well, I couldn't find him right away.  I could soon hear him crying, but it was pretty far away.  Five seconds later a man on the intercom said that there was a lost boy wearing a light blue shirt.  I thought, "That's mine!  Well, he's still in the store so that's good.  Maybe he'll learn to not run away from me anymore."  When I got close to where he was I could really hear him good.  Some other customers saw me coming and said, "Here she comes."  Brett was so scared of the people who were trying to help him that he was running away from them, up and down the aisles, crying.  Poor thing!  He ran right to me and wouldn't let go.  I have no idea how he got to the complete other side of the store that fast, or why he would have gone all the way over there to begin with, but I'm sure glad we all made it home.

And I really do hope that he learned that it's not funny to run away from Mom at the store!

Grant's golf tournament

 Grant had his first solo golf tournament a week ago today.  Keith was his caddy.  Keith's parents, my Dad, Camille, Brett, and I were all there to cheer him on.

 They only played three holes, which was perfect since it takes them a few putts to get it in.  And it's a great time for Grant to learn all of the golf etiquette.  Here he is walking with his fellow opponent.  That's cool to do when you golf.  :)

 Grandma Jackson got to drive a golf cart so she could bring the boys back after they finished.  The rest of us got to walk in the heat.  Brett had fun riding along for a little while.

 Looking so grown up.

 Proud father.  He just loves this stuff!

 I love that Grant was just happy to chill on the grass while we waited for the group ahead of us.

 They all got some cool loot when they were done.

There was a little awards ceremony and all the boys got a small trophy/plaque thing.  It was so cute!

We're looking forward to many more of these.  Hopefully with much cooler weather!  :)

Happy First Day of Fall

Today's the first day of Fall!  Hooray!  Cooler temperatures should be coming in a few weeks!  My doorbell rang this afternoon and I wasn't going to answer it, but then I heard a loud knock at the door.  So I pulled myself away from my nap and to the door.  A man said he had a delivery for me.  I saw the Edible Arrangements delivery van.  I said, "No way!"  But, yes, it's true, my dear Keith surprised me good with this lovely and delicious arrangement and a very happy balloon.  He knew that I needed both.    

Because the coming of Fall is something to celebrate around here, we had our annual First Day of Fall Dinner last Saturday (a few days early).   

The kids played on the slip'n slide until the mosquitos came out in full force.  It was crazy!  And then we had green chili cheeseburgers for dinner.  After that we played a guessing game.  Every one brought something in a bag and we all had to ask questions and guess what it was.  It was so fun!

It's a good thing we celebrated early because that night Grant got a fever.  Camille followed after him and then I did too.  We've been feeling crummy and definitely would rather be baking pumpkin bread and other fall foods, but we are laying low.  And Keith will be coming up with dinner again.  What will go good with chocolate dipped fruit?  :)

My kids

Camille started eating Cheerios this week.  I was surprised that she could handle them so well because whenever I gave her anything that wasn't mashed up before, she would gag on it.  But, she LOVES them!

 They are a great distraction when I'm trying to cook dinner and can't get to feeding her right away.  That's when those mesh bag food things are handy too!

 She is captivated by a movie here.  These days it's been the Tinker Bell Fairies and Pirates movie or Frozen.

 She cruises around all day looking for treasures on the floor.

 I don't know why this picture is so grainy, but I love her expression.

Brett was chumming around with his cousin Nixon this morning.  They have loads of fun together.

 But then he wouldn't eat a bite of his lunch and just wanted to take a nap.  When he woke up he had a fever and spent the rest of the day on the couch.  He wouldn't eat and I've had to almost force water down him.  Whatever germ got him, it got him good.  Hopefully he'll get over this fast because we have our annual First Day of Fall party on Saturday night (a few days early), and he won't want to miss the fun.

(Maybe if he'd stop sucking that thumb he wouldn't be getting germs! Ha!)

Grant has a golf tournament today.  This is his first solo tournament.  His last tournament was a father/son team.  Keith will be his caddie this time.  I can't wait to watch!