Go*FIGHT*Win!

(This years Seniors that are on the football team...a group of very athletic and talented boys)

Last week, Homecoming Week, was Cameron's last home football game. There was mixed emotions for me...some happy, but only because that means sitting out in the cold, wrapped in a blanket, wearing a hoodie, thermal socks and a coat are soon going to be a thing of the past...SAD because I love watching Cam play football. He is a MOOSE out there on the playing field, just charging after the other team, full of excitement and life. He's one of the sweetest, most considerate, kind people I know...but get him out on the football field and he turns into an animal! He is so much fun to watch! I am sad that he's a senior and that this is his last year at home...that always tugs at my heartstrings and makes all the "lasts" sort of like their "firsts"...you know, the ones that you are "so excited for", like when they start to walk, their first word, their first smile etc.... but "sad that your baby is growing up" kind of first?! That's the way "the lasts" experiences with my kids are for me, I'm excited to see them and experience them, but sad that my baby is growing up!!

Cameron loves his football and has enjoyed this last year on the field. He's been able to get a lot of playing time and has had some awesome plays. I'm going to miss him...football just won't ever be the same for me after this year is finished!

Our DHS is undefeated this year and has "Shut Out" the last two teams that we've played...which makes for a sad day for the opposing team but a very happy day for us!

We have our last season game tonight and then we start the Semi-Finals....and THEN into the Finals...May WE go down fighting to the end with an UNDEFEATED SEASON!

sO let it BE wriTTen~ sO let it BE dOnE!!!

The many faces of Little Mr.....

Little Mister is full of life...he is a tease, he loves to go "bye-bye", he is rolling all over the place, he loves grandma to hold him, he jabbers and he so happy all of the time. He has a darling little

laugh that brings a smile to everyone nearby...especially his grandma~

He is curious and loves to see new things...especially things that move (he is looking at the cat walking on the grass below). He loves the hands

on the clocks or the pendulum that moves back and forth,

and studies their movement.

He loves telling grandma "how things should be"...as he plays with the computer~

His eyes twinkle as he smiles and giggles~

The leaves on the tree brought a smile to his face as he hit them and they moved

back and forth~

it made him laugh and laugh.

Although it looks like he might be crying here, he isn't...he is laughing!

Little Mister is one of the happiest babies I have ever known!!

He loves the camera and seeing his picture on the computer~

....And I LOVE HIM!

He lights up my life!!

Being a grandma makes me SmILe!

Life is a High Way......

Deron and I took a quick trip to the city last week to pick up a few needed things. As we drove down the canyon we took a detour to one of my favorite places to stop and stretch my legs...yes, that would be Whiskey Springs (if you follow my blog...its something I talk about every year~). Its a gorgeous stop ALL of the time, but especially in the fall with the colored leaves hanging from the tree branches and covering the ground. It just makes me want to curl up with a blanket and a good book and lay on the lawn, watching the red and orange leaves float softly to the ground.....I don't, but I want to.
Deron and I walked up along the hillside to stretch our ever so tired legs...the leaves covered most of the path which was beautiful, as well as fun. They old leaves crunched under our feet and rustled as we walked by...the freshly fallen bright colored leaves were a gorgeous contrast to the "green" leaves that still hung here and there on the branches of the trees........it was like walking in a dreamland!

It still amazes me that leaves can be dark green one day and change to a bright red or orange the next day...........the magic of "mother nature"~

I feel very blessed to live in an area that is both magnificent looking in the spring and summer as it is in the fall. I don't think it gets better than this..........although I am sure there are places EQUALLY as beautiful, I don't think there are many that could beat the beautiful area I get to enjoy day in and day out.

1 fish, 2 fish, red fish, blue fish

Last week as we took our drive up in the high country to look at the fall colored leaves, we stopped at the Strawberry Fish Trap to watch the Kokaneese (spelling is most likely wrong...sorry) Salmon spawn. They are an unbelievable bright RED this time of year and so much fun to watch. I'm not usually a huge fan of watching fish...but because of their gorgeous RED color and their ability to JUMP cement walls, they fascinate me. Several years back when all of our children were still living under our roof, we stopped at this same place to watch the fish spawn, and vowed we would come back every year to watch them again and again....sad to say this is the first time we've made it back...BUT it was fun to watch them none-the-less!

Hubby, showing us the route the fish take from the Strawberry Reservoir, up to the traps.

Halle....showing her "True" feelings of our day trip~

This picture doesn't do these fish justice, they are huge and so brightly colored...I guess

the only other time I've ever seen fish so bright is in the ocean....you don't ever see

fish this color around OUR parts! It's almost a novelty~

There are thousands of fish, literally, swimming and trying to get up stream. They fight for the front where the water rushes into the trap...many of them try relentlessly to jump the cement walls...and many succeed, only to get to the other side, where there is yet another trap.

They are a gorgeous, yet curious sight, one I highly recommend if your driving these parts. I am not sure how long the spawning season lasts, but if you hurry....you might just get to see these beautiful creatures in their bright colored coats.

IN like a LION!

It seems the leaves changed over night........one by one they've gone from a beautiful

shade of green to the bright shimmering golds and oranges of fall~

I've thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful summer that we've had and its fun to see the colors of the leaves during the fall, especially if you get to the mountains at just the right time, before they all turn brown and fall to the ground....but with the change of the colors comes the knowledge of what comes after, the cold, the white and the dreary...and with that~ lets just say, I prefer the months of April-September the best.

If you get a chance to get up the mountains before too long, make sure you take your camera, its a beautiful time for photos!

"Peace I bring unto you"

I just couldn't stand to see the picture of that CREEPY HOBO SPIDER on my blog

anymore...so in an attempt to bring you "peace and comfort" when

you open my blog...I give you a more calming, serene picture!

Happy Thursday, Friends! Hope its a wonderful one!!

WARNING: HOBO update~

**PLEASE READ****

as awful as it is to think, see and read...you should be aware~

GOOD NEWS: Called the bug man....HE CAME AND NOW THE

bugs are on their way to to "bug heaven" as we speak!

BAD NEWS: The bug man found several BLACK WIDOW spider webs,

ALOT of HOBO spider funnel webs and a VERY LARGE MALE HOBO spider that

came out of hiding when the bug man started to spray the big guys hide out!

KNOWING what our bug man found just made my skin crawl...I couldn't hardly think about all

the creepy crawly's that have been lurking about in my yard and house while

I slept soundly in my bed!

The bug man said that there have been 4 reported HOBO spider bites in our area over the last few months. One just recently...this person was bit on the cheek (yes, can you imagine that spider crawling on your face in the middle of the night...EWWWW) and it wasn't treated soon enough, ended up that the venom ate completely through this persons CHEEK!!! Rotted the flesh entirely and ALL FROM a spider bite!!!

Mr. Bug Man said that HOBO spiders are quite common around these parts...I for one don't want to take the chance of meeting one again, especially if he is crawling on my face!

Needless to say the bug man will be paying our home a visit frequently to keep

the bugs, spiders and creepy things from taking up residency again...

If you are local and want the bug man to pay a visit at your

house, let me know and I will pass on his number! HE IS WELL worth it!