Fall Leaves

We had a fun trip up the canyon so I could see the fall leaves and the boys could play in them. They were so cute. Tucker kept saying that the leaves were so beautiful :), and Clay brought home a whole hoodie pocket full of them. Luka loved being able to roam around and explore. Tucker and Clay piled leaves on the car and Tucker said now it was an "Autumn-mobile." (Only Tucker would come up with a pun like that) The boys picked some wild flowers for me (one of the joys of being a mother to little boys) and I took a picture of my favorite leaf that I found, even though I wished I could bring home a sack full to dump on my front porch. Fall just seems to blow new life into me. The world becomes so amazingly beautiful for a few weeks. It's like an early Christmas present from God. Somehow it always makes me want to buy an old farmhouse with views of mountains and fields of wheat. Watch my corn pop up in rows -ya know? :)

Visiting Ananda

Luka and I went to visit Ananda last week. It was fun to see Luka get so excited about the ducks. I felt really old though watching all the BYU students walkng around us. It was very obvious that I was older than all of them.

Sigh...

So as I was getting Luka's bottle for bed tonight, she took to her favorite past time (as you can probably tell from the pictures) and climbed up on the oven drawer. Except this time, while I had my back turned, she managed to open the second drawer up next to the oven and climb in . "Here Mom, do you need a dishcloth?" "No? How about a banana?" I really REALLY hoped that she would be my calm quiet child (and she is a very good baby) but she is crazy! She spends her entire day trying to climb EVERYTHING. She has a real talent for it. It helps to be fast, determined and reckless (a trait she seems to share with her big brother). So really -sigh... what's a mother to do?

A Happy Birthday Weekend

Luka Climbs Again

Sorry it is turned sideways. Apparently I'm not smart enough to figure out how to rotate a video. But Luka is climbing everything! It is all she wants to do all day. She figured out that she could climb onto the chairs today and I assume it is only a matter of time before she ends up on the table. I guess we're going to have to tie all the chair legs together again like we did with Clay. I still don't know how to keep her off of the fireplace. And she's always so proud of herself!

Luka's First Birthday

A party, gifts, and cake -what more could a girl want?

Climbing Runs in the Family

Luka loves to climb on everything she can. She likes to stand on the stool and look at the 'pish' in the laundry room, and has taken to climbing the fireplace a couple times a day just to make sure it still makes me come running.