Mckayla's 3rd Birthday

These are Mckayla's Fur Real pets she got from Mommy and Daddy for her b-day. Buttons is the dog, and the kitty doesn't have a name yet.




Over the weekend we celebrated Mckayla's 3rd birthday. We are so grateful for her in our family. She is such a joy in our lives. On Saturday I made Mckayla pancakes and bacon for breakfast. Then later Justin and I took her to Boondocks. That night she got to blow out candles on an icecream cone while visiting Grandma and Grandpa Carlsen. On Sunday Grandma and Grandpa Humpherys made a special dinner for Mckayla's birthday. We had an icecream sundae bar for dessert. The celebrations continue with a cousin and friend party at Chuck E Cheese this weekend. Happy 3rd Birthday Mckayla. We love you!

Decorating Pumpkins

These are Mckayla's masterpieces. She spent over an hour painting and was so content and focused.
These are three pumpkins I decorated.

During Priesthood Session of Conference this past weekend, my mom and little sister came over to my house for a girls night. I make a yummy homemade dinner and then we decorated pumpkins.

Homemade Christmas Tags

Okay so I am getting excited for Christmas already. I thought I would get a head start and make some homemade Christmas gift tags. Here are some of them.

Fall Canning

Look at those beautiful pears! Showing are only a few of several pints we canned.
Our ward's Relief Society this year passed around a sign up sheet to buy a box of pears at a great deal. I signed up for a box thinking that it would be great to can since Mckayla loves pears. I didn't have much experience canning until a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to my awesome mother in law who volunteered to help my mom and I can some pears, we got over 40 pints of pears and 8 or so pints of pear sauce done in record time! The week before that I did grape juice with my mom. That was hard work, but am proud to say that I had that experience.