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.

Idaho Camping Trip

Justin's family decided that they all wanted to go camping over labor day to some of the Humpherys property in Grays Lake, Idaho (No there is no lake there, just swampy marshlands and lots of mosquitos. Luckily we went late enough in the year that we didn't get bugged by the mosquitos. We made it a quick trip and camped out just one night. The rest of the family came up a night before us. Mckayla loved chasing her cousin's dog Eddy around. All the adults Friday afternoon went shotgun and rifle shooting. That was fun. I'm not sure how much Mckayla likes camping, but she needs to learn to rough it out in the wild.

Summer Birthdays

Here are some family birthdays we have celebrated this summer:
May 24th Jared Humpherys (Justin's brother)
June 25th Mick Humpherys (Justin's Dad)
June 30th Isaac Jacobsen (Justin's nephew)
July 17th Robert "Robbie" Jacobsen (Justin's nephew)
July 18th Rachelle Humpherys (Justin's sister)
August 12th Alexis Carlsen (Diane's sister)
August 23rd Justin Humpherys (Turned 29 )

Here are a few pics from some of these celebrations:
Diane and Justin
Celebrating Justin's B-day with family.
Justin smiling for the camera. Happy Birthday!
Justin's sister Rachelle (Turned 20) and her boyfriend Derrick.
Rachelle and baby Robbie's b-day cake.
Mckayla trying to blow up a balloon.
Our nephew Robbie, turned ONE year old.
The decorations for a bday party at Justin's parents.
Alexis, turned 14.
Alexis' Cake.

Davis County Fair

August 18, 2011


We took Mckayla to the fair this month. The highlights included, free pony rides for kids, a diving dogs show in a pool of water, Justin winning a sponge bob stuffed toy for Mckayla, yummy food, and going on the carnival rides.


Here were some small tugboats that Mckayla went on. She loved all the fair rides there.


Here is the first mini roller coaster that Mckayla went on. She smiled and waved at mommy and daddy each time it went by us.


Here are some bunnies they had exhibited. Mckayla liked seeing them. They also had some roosters for show. It made me laugh to see a $3 for sale sign on a rooster.

Toddler Fun in the Sun

Mckayla, Jace, and Aunt Jessica.
Aunt Alexis and Mckayla in her cool shades.

Play-Doh Fun

Mckayla loves playing with Play-Doh. Okay, I must admit I enjoy playing with it too! Our favorite thing to do is to make play food out of it. Mckayla's favorite request to a "crabby patty" from the show Sponge Bob, aka hamburger.

Tracy Aviary

Earlier this spring I took Mckayla to the Tracy Aviary in SLC. She really enjoyed seeing the exotic birds. Here are a few pictures I took with my phone:

Justin's Office Makeover

For Father's Day this year I decided to surprise Justin while he was out on a business trip by going into his office and sprucing it up. His co-workers were impressed with the end results and were grateful that his office felt more "home-like" and not like he was about to "move out." After re-arranging a couple pieces of furniture, collecting several dusty rags, and a can of lemon pledge later, here was the results:

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This is the sign I made for Justin's desk when he came back from his business trip. I left him two of his favorite treats: Reeses PB cups and pistachios. Justin loved his surprise and couldn't believe he was walking into his office.