Head Stands and Steps

I have been trying for a long time to get this picture. Sam likes to stand on her head, but then I pull my phone out to take a snapshot and she is interested in what I'm doing and won't do a head stand again. But today she just kept doing them and so I'd join her and do them and she thought that was the funniest thing.

And below are some videos I got of her taking some steps. She's getting more and more confident and steady.

And here's a bonus video of Sam pretending to bite Josh's toes. She likes the reaction we give her when she tries and then it turns into a fun game.

Love, Aubrey

The Steep Dead End

We found the beginning of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail and started hiking. It was extremely steep. Finally, we reached the top where it flattens out, only to see a sign stating "Private Property" with a fence blocking the path. What?! Apparently we took the wrong path...the real trail curves around and through the canyon and we chose the one that went straight up, which was in fact not even a trail at all. But hey, it was a great workout, and provided a perfect view of Ogden in its entirety. We even saw our house! The weather was a bit nippy, and it started to sprinkle, so we headed back instead of continuing on the real trail. We had Sam bundled up nicely, but she is still getting over a cough and snotty nose, so we didn't want to aggravate that. She probably would have been happy to go longer...she just contently enjoys the ride the whole time we're hiking.

That doesn't even begin to capture how steep it was.

Can you find our house?!

I spy something that's white, with a green truck in the driveway, west of a field and barn with a green roof, next to a blue house.

Josh found a cool plant (of course) to add to Skyler's collection!

Josh likes to pretend he's taking a picture of me and Sam but really he takes it of himself making silly faces.

And then he finally turns the camera view around and gets one of us. :)

 Love, Aubrey

Wipes

She cleaned the entire wipe container out. She sure had fun! :)

Love, Aubrey

Fall Time

I have really come to enjoy fall time. It is a pleasurable experience to sit on the front porch and look out at the mountains at the different colors of all the fall leaves. The air is refreshingly crisp, perfect hoodie weather, which I absolutely LOVE hoodies. The afternoon is the perfect time to go for a walk/jog. The moonrise happens pretty early in the evening due to the shorter days. Work is slow for Josh, so he comes home pretty early most days. I just like this time of year. It's really a delight.

Here's some fall pictures I've snapped over the last week or so.

She kind of looks grumpy in this one. But it's just the sun. She was laughing and having a good time. And then mom would ask her to look up at the camera and the sun was in her eyes haha

After she'd pick all the flowers, I'd turn the flower pot so the front side looked nice. Soon, there won't be any sides with flowers left on them.

See that cheerio balancing on her upper lip? It stayed there all of dinner, while she ate, played, dumped food everywhere, drank from her water bottle...that cheerio stayed put. It helped that she had snot with which to secure it there, but still...

Our beautiful fall fire!

Love, Aubrey

Halloween Cat

Sam makes a pretty darn adorable cat, if ya ask me.

The only cat I'll allow inside.

Ready for the ward Halloween party!

Those hips, though! Crack me up!

Begging for food and attention.

She was so captivated when the kids were doing the monster mash dance.

There was a trunk or treat after the dinner and monster mash, but we didn't stay for that. Cats gets grumpy when they're tired and it's past their bedtime, so we headed home. Which is a bummer because Josh had the BEST idea. We have a small thing of cat food to lure in the neighbor cats for Sam to pet. He emptied and washed it out and then lined it with a grocery bag, and that was her trunk or treat candy bag. It was pretty clever!

Happy Halloween!

Love, Aubrey