Monday, November 6, 2017

Halloween and “Storms”

We went trick-or-treating with some friends from church. Gabriel and Ephraim had so much fun. I don’t think we’ve done it more than once until now.



We enjoyed our letters from Grandma Gunn in Colorado. Rose liked wiping the glitter from the card on dad!!



We were suppose to get our first big storm last weekend. I stocked up on supplies but pesty Zelda got to the fireplace log starter and ATE it. At our elevation, we only got a little rain and some wind. However the mountains got lots of snow and required chains for those going over.




Saturday, October 21, 2017

The Autumn colors are beautiful. One day our tree out front turned fiery red! 

The kids have a dance party and strike a pose for the camera.



Fall colors everywhere.

Book fair at school. They each got a new book and I’ve never seen them so quiet!


Monday, October 2, 2017

Monkeys and Monkey Bread

Last weekend we took the three kids to Chuck E Cheese. Dad helped Emma win the motorcycle race.

Ephraim and Elijah have been studying bugs in their 2nd grade classes. Elijah's teacher invited the parents to view their presentations.



My monkey Ephraim discovered he can climb the tree in our backyard.

He encouraged my other monkey Elijah to do the same.

I finally got my Nevada driver's license. My new name is official as well as my new state of residence.

We took the two kids to the park. I had to capture the moment as we walked home. I love that they still hold hands. They were having an intense video game discussion. We also took Zelda with us and she exhausted herself with retrieving a frisbee for the first time.

My aunt Denise made a beautiful quilt for us. She picked blues (our wedding color) and yellows. It fits perfectly in our spare room/office. 

Do you see that beautiful plate and that puppy? What you don't see is the half of a monkey bread I left covered on the plate last night (bundt pan shown for reference)!! 


Thursday, September 21, 2017

Reno Reviews

Reno Review: School zone speed limit is 15 (not 25 like in CA) and people actually go 15! It's great. Sadly, parents have nothing else to do but come to school 35+ minutes before school gets out and fill up the pick up driveway and parking around the school.

Reno Review #2: Today is the official last day of summer and we got our first day of snow in the mountains (just cold rain at the house)!! Photo taken from our backyard toward the dusted mountains in the south.


Picture Day Practice











Oh and I got a haircut.


Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Park

While Rose was at Activity Day Girls, I took the rest of the kids to the park.











Then the dark clouds rolled in and the afternoon thunderstorm boomed, so we went home.


Sunday, September 17, 2017

Virginia City

We had all five kids together this weekend so we decided to go to Virginia City on Saturday and see the sites.

We broke these rascals out of jail.

Funny pictures:
Emma and Gabriel 

Rose and Ephraim 

Me and Elijah

We saw a Christmas shop with a "bah humbug" bench. Grandpa Fogelberg and Elijah pose for us.