My cute little pumpkin

Really, can you get any cuter?




(look how much hair she is getting!)

Fall Activities

One thing I love about where we live is the farms. This year we have gone to the farm to get asparagus, strawberries, and most recently apples, pears, and pumpkins. Lucy had a lot of fun. She even enjoyed a pear in the car on the way home. At the pumpkin patch she was so easily distracted (pumpkins, dirt, wagon, corn, dirt, slide, bunnies, dirt, pumpkin buggy) it was hard to get a lot of good pictures.

September's Project — DONE!

Brad and I decided to do some work on our front doorway for our project in September. And, guess what, it's done. Wahoo! Here are the before, during, and after pictures.

A long time...

It's been a long time since I really updated this thing, and now at 11:30 pm I've decided to do it. Here we go!

We spent the last two weeks of July doing A LOT of driving! We packed up the car and headed west. Our first destination was Colorado. We were able to see Brad's sisters Nicole and Monica and their families. We were also lucky enough to be there for the baptism of Macey. After a short time there we headed north with Brad's parents to Montana. We had a nice time visiting with them, Grandma Johns, and some of Brad's aunts.

After a few days there we left Montana for a scenic drive to Island Park, Idaho for a family reunion with my family. Along the way we did some garnet mining (Lucy was a big help there) and we went to a huge candy store in Nevada City.

While in Island park, we spent an evening in West Yellowstone enjoying the Playmill Theatre, jet skiing, hanging out at the lake, rafting, and hanging out with the cousins. After a few days there, we loaded up the car once again and headed down to Sandy Utah to spend the rest of our vacation.


Then, all too soon, we loaded up the car for the very long (I'm hoping I can forget about it) trip back home to Wisconsin. We had a lot of fun—that is, when we weren't in the car. Thanks everyone.


Once back in Wisconsin, Lucy soon learned about dress up clothes and loves to wear her pink dress (A blue Cinderella has been added to the collection, but I'm trying to save that one for Halloween)


After weeks of separation, Lucy and I went to the park with Lena and Kathleen for lunch. There was a live band there and then the kids can play in the fountain.



Some of you may remember pictures of Lucy eating in our garden last summer. Well, she is still the vegetable loving fool—just like Daddy. Her favorite by far is the tomatoes. She was eating them green and orange. I'm surprised any of them lasted long enough to turn red.



We also enjoyed the Miller Electric Family Picnic. There was good food, a petting zoo, and Lucy enjoyed a ride on a camel and her first carnival ride. Of course it was at a park and she was more interested in playing on the swing and slide. Figures.


Then the beginning of my long nightmare began. On August 15th around 11:40 pm, just as I was getting ready to wake Brad from his nap on the couch to go to bed, he started having a seizure. He had one 4 years earlier and we thought that was a one time thing—apparently not. Here he is in the hospital. It took a week for him to recover and here is a picture of him napping. Lucy thought he needed some of her toys (stuffed crab, toy phone, Cinderella card, Cinderella doll and case, and of course Elmo) and then tried to mimic him herself.


Unfortunately it didn't end there. On September 30th 1:00 am, as I rolled over in bed, Brad had his third seizure. This was the first one were he didn't take a trip to the emergency room. The recovery from this one has been a lot better. He is already back to work. However his "return to driving" date has now been changed from November 13th to the first of the year (as long as he is seizure free). On the bright side we have felt so much love from our friends here in Wisconsin. Their willingness to help out is truely appreciated. I can't thank everyone enough.

Corn on the cob

Just like her mother, Lucy LOVES corn on the cob.

Who needs the park?

So, I have a lot I need to blog about, but I thought I would throw this in real quick, until I have more time to do think about my blog. Here is one of Lucy's new ways to keep life at the park at home. Her other is to lean her car seat against the couch and then climb on the couch and "slide" down it.

4th of July

Here are a few pictures and a video from our 4th of July. We started our day with a ward breakfast and then introduced Lucy to the world of Snaps. She had fun with them. Then later we went to some friends house to eat and hang out. We didn't stay late enough to see the fireworks, but we came home and did some of our own and then it was time for bed.