catch up october- mid december

Steve took Conner with him on the deer hunt this year. He had a lot of fun. Conner called me on the phone and told me that his dad shot a boy deer with antlers. "He shot him right in his armpit. Then we cut his belly open and got all the guts out."

We took a mini family trip the last weekend in October. We went down to Cedar City where they were having a Livestock and Heritage Festival. It was really fun and something we would definitely do again. Steve's sister Lisa came with us and we stayed at the Holiday Inn Express overnight. In the morning before checkout we went swimming. Then we headed over to the parade.

On our bed right before checkout.

The herd a thousand sheep down the road.

My sister-in-law, Lisa made a funny comment when this sheep ran by, she said, "There's one in every family."

Old, old tractor during the parade.

It was such a different kind of parade. Full of all kinds of tractors and livestock. Really fun for the kids.

After the parade we drove over to the horse and tractor pull. I have never watched one before and was amazed at the horse's strength. Look how huge they are compared to the big guys walking behind them.

This year for Halloween it was Shannon's turn to wear the chicken suit. Halloween was a little tough with Shannon. It was hard when people were so adamant that she make the sound of a chicken in order to get her candy. I just kept it to myself that she is deaf and I didn't feel bad when she would just grab the candy from the people when they were holding it in front of her waiting for her to respond.

Conner was a dang cute horse.

SUCH a happy girl.

One of Shannon's favorite things is to have her toenails painted. She is constantly doing her sign for nails painted and then points at the bathroom.

Movie night. Steve was working late so the kids and I made caramel popcorn and had a movie night.

Shannon signs to Devin, and she signs to her dolls. My absolute favorite is to watch Shannon try to finger spell. She only finger spells for the things that we finger spell, like Conner's name and certain foods. She grabs Devin's hands and makes him sign as well. She also makes her dolls sign and she has full on conversations with her dolls. Cracks me up.

Wow a lot to catch up on.