In November my parents, (David and Janine) came to visit. We had a great time and were so thankful that they took time out of their work schedueles to spend a week with us. We drove to Far West Missouri and saw Adam-ondi-ahman and read about the history and prophesies about these places. It was awesome! What an amazing experience! We also went to Nauvoo and learned about the people in our geneology that lived in Nauvoo and read about which pioneer companies they were in as they traveled west to Utah. I have really enjoyed learning about our history.

"Huh! What are YOU doing dressing like a lion! I'm the lion!"
















"He's stealing my thunder. I'm the lion, I'm the lion!!"

I hosted cooking club at my house this month. These are some of my girlfriends.

AUTUMN AT OUR HOUSE THIS YEAR!

Our first Camping trip













THE RED BARN FESTIVAL
So it finally came and went. I spent all year preparing for one day- today- Oct. 7th and we had a big art sale- our first art show with gourmet hummus and baguettes (provided by our dear Eugena) we had a great success of it all. My good friend Debbie and I used each other to stay motivated to paint all year long and today we showed all of our work and each sold the same dollar amout at the end of the day. It was fabulous. This photo is of my first customers. They bought the one painting I had almost decided not to sell and they bought it before we had even opened the booth!! I should have priced it higher.!

the irrisistable squishy face

This is how Eirik sleeps now. :)

Our little family drove to Columbia for an Arts festival and they had a poetry wall... good times

Playing in the nursery

Basil, Paul and Eirik at Millenium Park in Chicago!

This photo was taken in Chicago at Millenium Park.
There is this giant "mirror ball" for lack of a better term in the center of the park.
It's awesome!














Sometimes you just can't get enough of yourself!

















Basil and Kristen met us in Chicago for the weekend. Good times!