A Lovely October

It's a BEAU-tiful October in Idaho, and we are making the most of it at the GranFam House!

Addi helps make party favors for a baby shower celebrating the soon arrival of a new cousin!

Cousin Fun.

"Take my Picture Mom!"

You are my Sunshine, My only Sunshine...

Leightons idea of clean up.  

Does it count as "take them down stairs" if they are on the stairs that lead down?

Two.

The Wells Fargo Wagon came to town.

"Oh please let it be for me!"

Trading on up from silver to gold.  A new(er) mini van was not a part of our October plans but I have heard that change can be good.  Maybe next time we will upgrade to platnium.

Glow.  

Mom chaperons the 2nd graders at the Museum of Idaho's interactive exhibit on bioluminescence.

Painting outside! 

(in October in Idaho)

Dinner and a Show.  

Daddy and Mommy attend the Credit Union's grand opening dinner in Rexberg with guest Kurt Bestor.

Picnic in the family room before school begins.

Consisting of our number one staple, animal crackers.

Cuties that love to have their pictures taken.

Austin and Mommy time.

Our little artist shows her true talent at a restaurant where she was given a folded kid menu and a couple of crayons.  When she unfolded the paper she saw the grid lines and a vision unfolded in her mind.

Addi likes the idea and copies.

Leighton decides to do an original.

Shopping with Mommy and Merida.

Dressed as Ariel, Austin "pretends" to be asleep on the stairs.

Addi's school fund raiser selling Fun Shaped Pasta.

Mommy's favorite new addition to the neighborhood!  Hopefully it will help keep drivers at a safe speed as they come around our corner.

Date Night at a Jazz game, sort of.  

The truth is that Brinn received tickets through work for an opportunity to invite a realtor to join us at the game as a way to schmooze him.  

But six hours in the car round trip gave us plenty of time to hang out, and have an actual, uninterrupted, conversation!  

So it counts as a date night.

Jazz playing the Rockets.

Row 7 seats means moving into the 'padded' section.

Can't be too shabby of seats when you see who we are sitting near.

Eight people over, one row in front, suit, balding...

That is NBA Commissioner Adam Silver.

And that's only the beginning of our October!