Fall 2011

 This was the first indication that things were a little different in the midwest. Tyler found a live exhibit of Eric Carle's hungry caterpillar. This was the first in a slew of bugs that are still leaving us shaking our heads at the decision to stay here.

We also got to experience: Cockroaches, giant ants, brown recluse spiders, tics, chiggers, a hoard of ladybugs, a type of wasp that looks like the devil himself spawned them, and mosquitos the size of ATV's.





Then came the first day of school and Halloween, pretty close together. Jake was a little more excited for a new school then Tyler was.

Halloween we  ended up with a Harry Potter and a Halo guy. I think that's my favorite costume of Jake's...until 2012, but I'll get to that later...

There was a scarecrow contest on post last year for our neighborhood. To give you some background if you are not aware, we were living on Fort Leavenworth. As it Leavenworth penitentiary's home base. So They do all kinds of things like the jail bird 5k where people dress up like criminals. So in the spirit of things I created these little guys! 

 And last but not least, the sight that warmed my heart this year was all the times the kids piled on one couch and fell asleep, this time we even had the dog in the mix. He's got the "I'm bad" look there.

2010 Anniversary

So In line with playing catch up, I'll also be posting this with past dates so it flows a little better, for the OCD's out there, I'm sorry for how this will affect your sense of organization. 

Before we moved to Kansas we made one last visit to my favorite place in Utah, the botanical gardens. We went for our anniversary and it was a beautiful night. I couldn't help but take a few photos, Brian was very sweet about it!

 That sunset is the perfect example of something we will truly miss about Utah, the clouds are awesome!