Troy's Pumpkin Patche

Earlier in the spring, I decided to plant some pumpkins and gourds on the side of our house. And since I had never done this before, I planted to packs of seeds thinking we'd get a few pumpkins. Well, the patch took over the side of the yard and needless to say, we had plenty of pumpkins! Troy kept begging all summer to do a lemonade stand (which I didn't want to bother doing) so I told him all summer he could have a pumpkin stand. The day was finally here and we had a successful sale! Troy made $60 which went in his savings account. He was so excited!

Love his handwriting, his envelope to hold his millions

And since I was in charge, everything had to be labeled and organized :)

Neighbor kids wanting to help...Troy told him from the start that he was not paying them to help him! LOL!

September Catch-Up

I don't know where the month of September went! I have been so busy I don't think I have had time to catch up with any of my "fun" stuff, including my blog. Here is what we have been up to.

I have 2 boys in school! And one of them is my Big Boy :) Kevin has 8 classes left to get his Bachelors degree in Business Management and we have always put it off for one reason or another. We finally decided to put it a priority and he is in night school. It's been an easy transition since the little boys are old enough not to drive me TOO crazy by myself two nights a week. I am so proud of Kev for doing something for himself and finishing a goal that he has had for a looong time. He is doing the Utah State University extension here in Ephraim which he does all of his classes by satellite. Troy is in preschool for a THIRD year (love those summer birthdays) and Colt just wants to wear his backpack everywhere he goes :)

Troy is my big 5 year old! We decided to hold him back a year since so he will be the oldest in his class. It was a hard decision since now almost all of his friends are in school and he's at home. But we are trying to make lots of new friends with the boys that he will be in school with by having lots of play dates. His favorite time of the day is by far 3pm when the neighbors all get home from school. We have 10 kids between the 3 houses at the end of our culda-sac. They all have a blast together. Of course, Colt had to be in the pics too.

We are loving my parents being here even more after the big remodel is done. It was a crappy summer having workers there allllll the time but it was worth it. All that is left is painting/carpeting my parents bedroom but Mom hasn't decided what to do yet so it's on hold. The house looks amazing and I am so glad it's done before all of the holidays! Colt loves helping Cookie cook in her new kitchen. My mom is so patient with the boys, its so fun seeing the three of them get so close now that they are here. Here they are making a fresh peach cobbler.

Last but not least, we have had a fun soccer season. Actually I hate soccer with a passion and couldn't help but giggle when Troy said he didn't like soccer and I had to drag him to his games. We are a baseball/football family and the only reason I put him in soccer was to get him running and getting some exercise. We had a cute team but I am happy to say there will be no more soccer for Troy :) Bring on the coach-pitch baseball next spring!