I love the Fall Season

I love pumpkin in all my food, warm socks, snuggling on the couch, crisp air, and the beautiful changes all around me. Here in Fort Leonard Wood (Lost in the Woods), MO it is so beautiful. I am very blessed to live in such amazingly beautiful place. I do however miss home a bunch at this time. I miss driving up Provo Canyon and seeing all the beautiful changing trees. I miss making pumpkin chocolate chip cookies with my sister Amber. I miss kids covered from head to toe in snow gear with their costumes on the outside. I miss haunted houses and corn mazes....(they don't have them like they do back home). I miss my family coming together on my birthday. I LOVE the Fall Season!!!! What do you love about the fall season?

Arizona's 7th Birthday
Zona since the day he was born (or maybe even before that)has been a piece to our family that could never be replaced. He brings laughter and excitement to any room he enters.
He loves sticks right now....any kind of stick from outside. We will be at the park and he tries to sneak them into the car to bring them home. He has a huge pile in the back yard of all his special sticks. He loves pretending to fight with them. I most always see him outside in his fighting stance, fighting off all his imagenary enemies...keeping us safe from 'the bad guys'. He has a soft heart and will fight for any under dog.
He plays soccer and is one of the best on the team. In school he is reading like a champ and secretively loves going to school.

I love Raising Arizona!!!!!

Raising Ireland

Conversation with Ireland (8 years old),
Ireland: "Hey Mom do I have to kiss my husband when I get married?"
Me: "Well yes they usually want you to."
Ireland: "But what if I don't want to?"
Me: "Then you don't have to (*snicker, snicker*)."
Ireland: "Good because I don't want to!"