Pumpkin Carving 2011/Fall Decorations

On Monday night for family home evening carved our pumpkins. Every year we carve pumpkins and set them outside to enjoy them. We carved something simple this year because we didn't want to go through the hassel of buying the kit and tools and the time. It was a ton of fun and a great way for us to spend some time together. We have both been super busy with school and work we barely have time to breathe. Randy and I also bought some fall decorations and decorated our house. There are only pictures of two things because the rest of it for some reason wouldn't photograph well. I can't believe that it is already the middle of October and Halloween and Thanksgiving are just around the corner. 

Gutting our pumpkins getting ready to carve

The finished product



Birthday Guy

Today is my dads birthday! He is such an amazing guy and I am lucky to have him as my dad. I am such a daddy's girl and have been close to my dad ever since I can remember. He is such a hardworker and provider for his family. He does what he can when he can do and it so reliable. I love you dad! Happy Birthday and I hope you have such a great day!

Birthday Woman

Today is my mother-in-law's birthday. She is such an incredible woman. I can't even begin to say every good thing about her. She has had such an influence on my life and has loved me as her own daughter. She is so awesome and would do anything for anybody. She is an amazing wife, mother, grandma, aunt, sister, daughter, and woman. I hope that when I become a mom and can be half as good as she is. Happy Birthday Mom! I hope you have such an amazing day and know that we love you so much!

Spud Harvest 2011

At the end of last month Randy and I got to enjoy and watch spud harvesting take place once again. We have done this every fall since we have been married. I have only seen his uncle Bart and his small farm but this year I got the opportunity to see a bigger process with a bigger spud harvest company.  We got to ride with Randy's Grandpa Chambers. He drives spud truck for this company every year. Below is a picture of grandpa driving the truck.

The company he drives for is owned by two brothers by the name of Matsurra. One of the brothers lives in grandpa's ward and he does it to help them out. We rode and watched for about two hours and I must say it was the biggest spud harvest operation I have seen. They had a total of 14 trucks driving and were filling three cellars in the process and that was after they had already filled other cellars. It was really hot and dusty but so much fun. Idaho is famous for their potatoes and Blackfoot is known as the potato capital of the world. They even have a Spud Expo museum. I love living in Idaho especially around harvest time because call me weird but I love the smell of potato dirt and the inside of a potato cellar. Below are some of the pictures we took while on our ride.

Inside one of the potato cellars

Name of the farm operation we watched

Combine filling potato truck with potatoes

Just three of the 14 trucks