November at a Glance....

Sheesh, I've been lazy about blogging. Either I've lost my drive for it, or nothing interesting is going on in our lives. Well either way, here we are. Things have been rolling along pretty well for us. Greg's busy at work. Flu season, etc. Keeps those pill pushers super busy. The boys are doing great in school. Andrew recently did a report on Egypt. The second graders were all asked to choose a country and do a 15-20 minute oral report on it. I thought it was a bit much for second graders, but it actually was pretty great. My parents went to Egypt several years ago and took thousands of pictures and made them into slides. So we borrowed the old, old slide projector and showed that to the kids in Andrew's class. Mom and Dad also brought back lots of souvenirs that we borrowed to show the kids. It was a great experience for Andrew in public speaking and the kids were mightily impressed with all the cool stuff we brought in. They were also mightily impressed at the old timey slide projector and lots of kids asked what in the world that thing was. Different times.... I was working the slide projector in the classroom and wasn't able to take a picture of Andrew, unfortunately.
We braved the winter roads and drove up to Idaho for Thanksgiving. Idaho got dumped on with a terrible blizzard and the I-84 pass over Sweetzer was pretty scary. But we made it. We are grateful this holiday season for so many things. Good health, Greg's secure job, cars that drive, a warm home when it's below zero outside.
We are excited to move into the Christmas season and hope everyone has a fabulous holiday.

Grandpa with David and cousin Daniel

Snowy Idaho.

I found my parent's old wedding album while home for Thanksgiving. Took some pictures of pictures. That's my mom.

Andrew's art work.

Nathan had a kindergarten assignment to disguise a turkey so he wouldn't be eaten for Thanksgiving. I helped.

My favorite bush in our yard that turns such a brilliant red each fall.


I was SO excited to meet my friend Danielle at a BYU game. She lives in California and came up for the game. Miss you!! Move to Utah!
(Below) Snapped a quick photo of LaVell as we entered the stadium at the same time. Such a nice guy, pressing the flesh and saying hello to everyone.

October at a Glance

We've been enjoying this beautiful month of October. Beautiful leaves changing on our mountains and around town. We survived Halloween despite a biblical type rainstorm. We went out with umbrellas and ran as fast as we could between houses. The kids came home soaked to the skin, but with full pumpkin baskets, so it was a success. Such a shame Halloween had to be so rainy. Lightning and thunder, too!
This month just flew by so fast and here we are to November already.
I'm not sure why blogger makes my pictures all out of order and different. So sorry for the confusion.

In case you're not as obsessed with Star Wars as we are, these are two bounty hunters. Jengo Fett and Boba Fett. Don't ask me...Also, a little Garden Gnome.

Nathan with his Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Miner. Such a lovely witch! She's super nice and we like her a lot.

Andrew with his teacher Miss Winkel. Apparently the female teachers at the school all like witches a lot.


The school had a parade for all the parents. Each grade marched around the gym. So cute.

Somebody was so MAD that I made him wear the beard.


Kindergarten Halloween program at school.

And to cap off our month, we had a huge windstorm that took out a section of our fence. Getting fixed in a day or two.

Kindergarten Invades Pumpkin Land

Today was a fun today. I volunteered to go with the Kindergarten on their field trip to Pumpkin Land. I was given a group of 3 other kids, plus my own Nathan, to be in charge of. We got our group organized and headed straight to the corn maze. It didn't look too huge from the outside of it, but it sure took us a long time to find our way out. It was super tricky inside and they made the exit really hard to find. Long before we finally got out, the kids were begging to cheat and cut through the stalks and just get out any way they could, but I made them stick with it. There was a small animal zoo with bunnies, goats, roosters, peacocks, and turkeys. Then over to the play ground for some energy release, then back to pick out a pumpkin to take home. Pretty fun field trip for a bunch of 5 year olds.

Nathan with his buddies from school. Do you see that he's like a full head taller than everyone else? He's gonna be huge!

Where the Wildings are.....

I love Fall. It's by far the BEST time of year. Cooler weather, college football, new school years, sweaters, dazzling colors on the trees and mountain side. There's just something about this time of year that really speaks to me. Love it!
Here are some things that we've been up to in the last little while.


I like to paint. I know it's jumping the gun doing Christmas stuff, but I really like to paint and had a bored afternoon.

Andrew's school had a "Fun Run" race. The younger grades just ran around the back field, while the older grades had a course marked out to run around town. Andrew did great and kept up with the pack in the lead.


Enjoying the dessert instead of his meal at a restaurant..

Fun at Grandma's house in Idaho. Jumping with cousin Jocelyn on the trampoline.

Half time at BYU's first home game. Honoring past QBs and Coach LaVell Edwards. The guys in blue way down there are Steve Young, Ty Detmer, Coach Edwards, Robbie Bosco, Jim McMahon, and some others. I don't remember all. Steve Sarkisian was also honored and was there, but coaching the opposite team currently in the locker room. Quite a neat event.

More painting.

Rolling down the hill in front of BYU's underground library.

Hiking Bridal Veil Falls up Provo Canyon.

Um..where are my kids?

Before I went to bed last night I stuck my head in Nathan and David's room to check on them like I do every night. I saw this:

My mind immediately jumped to all sorts of conclusions. Beds empty...door slightly ajar...must be kidnappers...or kids escaped to be out wandering the neighborhood at 11pm... But I found Nathan snuggled up in my bed across the hall. David took some searching, but I found him here:



Silly boys. Stay in yer dang beds!

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's off to school we go!

School is here! My boys were so excited to start the new school year. Can you just remember that excited, nervous, funny feeling you'd get before each new school year? I hope my boys will always be excited about school and love to start a new year.
Andrew is in second grade and has a sweet teacher named Mrs. Winkel. And Nathan is starting Kindergarten with Mrs. Miner. Kindergarten started a week later than the older grades, so Andrew just finished his first week while Nathan left today for his first day. Nathan has always been a clingy Mama's boy and I was worried about him all day. But he came home so excited and bursting to tell me all, I quickly lost my worries for him. He's going to be fine. And Andrew has so wonderfully stepped into the role of protective older brother. He has explained all the ins and outs of the school and what certain procedures are. He loves having this moment of superiority to show off his knowledge and skills with his little brother. He's being super sweet about it, though. I love to see my kids chatter excitedly to each other and help each other out.

Yes, that's a staple in my kid's head...

My afternoon was disrupted by a quick trip to the Instacare Saturday, when Nathan ran into the house bleeding like you wouldn't believe. He had fallen off his brother's back as they were trying to give each other piggy backs and hit his head on some stone steps we have in our back yard. I was amazed at how much a head wound can bleed. It was a steady stream of blood pouring from the relatively small gash. But we loaded up and rushed to the Instacare. The sweet doctor was very good with a hysterical little boy and got it cleaned and disinfected before she put the little staple gun to his head and got it in place. Both of my older boys have an absolute horror of blood which brings on massive panic attacks. Especially Nathan. So to see so much blood on his hands and clothes about sent him over the edge. We'll go back in a couple days to have a doctor remove the staple. I guess staples are easier than making them sit still longer for stitches. Looks sort of gruesome, though. I tried to hide it when we went off to church by combing his hair differently over it.

Summer is winding down...

I can't believe school starts in less than two weeks. It's gone by fast. We got the boys all registered for school and they are excited about their teachers and upcoming year. I am also looking forward to the start of the school year. It's been a tough summer for Mom....
I took the boys up to Idaho this past week to attend a funeral of my aunt and to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa. We drove up the mountain to Lake Cleveland and spent a while throwing rocks in the lake and hiking around a bit. We brought a picnic and had a good time. Believe it or not, it was pretty cold up in the mountains and the boys were chilly and complaining most of the time. So we didn't stay long up there.
Today the BYU football team was holding a scrimmage in the stadium so we took our boys to go check out this year's upcoming team. They look pretty good and we're hopeful they have a good year despite losing some star seniors last year.






Beautiful scenic over look up Mt. Harrison in Idaho.

Getting this cute kid ready for a lifetime of sports ahead of him..


We ran into our friends, Brevin and Spencer, at the game!


Poor Nathan got stung by a bee on his calf just as the scrimmage was ending and we were packing up to go. Not fun. He didn't appreciate me making him hold still and let me take a picture of it, but he'll survive. I didn't find a stinger, so I think he's okay.