Harley's Newest Adventure

Harley had a little mishap with Grandpa on the slide last weekend. She has a small fracture on her tibia. Here she is sporting a stylish bright pink cast that goes all the way past her knee. The fracture is pretty low on her leg, but I think the doctor put it up so high to discourage her from walking on it. Unfortunately that hasn't stopped her. Hopefully it will still heal up nicely because she cruises around like a drunk pirate on a peg leg!

Happy Halloween

Our little witch!
Harley & Rylee at Grandma's house

That is the biggest smile we got all night!

Little China

I had to post this picture, it's super cute!

My mom got this little Chinese outfit for Harley a few months ago.

Carving Pumpkins

Harley was a little hesitant starting out, but with a little coaxing she went to town!
(I don't usually dress her this fashionable, but I didn't want to ruin a good outfit)

She enjoyed sticking her hand in the pumpkin and squishing the insides in her fingers,

she even had to try a little taste!

The Final Product!

Unfortunately the wind was blowing pretty good that night because our pumpkin fell off the porch and got smashed pretty good. It was either that or the pumpkin smasher who did the evil deed!

A Teacher's Proud Moment

Morgan played in her school talent show last night and won 3rd place! I didn't teach her lessons for very long, but I still like to take some credit for her awesomeness! I love you Morgan!

Last Camping Trip of the Season

We went to the dunes last weekend for our last trip before winter. We had a great time, I'm sad I didn't take more pictures. We actually had a crazy experience on our way there. We left Friday morning and were making pretty good time when we had to make a quick stop to change Harley's diaper. I was hoping she would sleep on the way there, but that wasn't happening. So we stopped to make her ride a little more comfortable. Shane got her out and changed her diaper. There wasn't a lot of room in the car, so he had her laying on the driver's seat. She was pretty squirmy since she'd been in the car seat for a while, so she wasn't really holding still. She finally got preoccupied with keys hanging from the ignition (I think you know where this is going). So the diaper was taken care of and I put Harley back into her carseat. Shane went to find a safe riding place for the diaper and when we went to open our doors to put ourselves in the car...LOCKED! Harley was locked in the car!

I was freaking out. Luckily the car was running and the AC was on, because it was pretty warm by this time. But still, we were in the middle of nowhere, our phones are locked in the car, and Harley is locked in. Despite my efforts to coax her into opening the door, we weren't getting anywhere. I finally got desperate and started waving my hands at the next car I saw driving by. It was a nice older couple from Kanosh. We asked if we could use their phone and we called 911 to see if we could get a highway patrol or someone to come help. No one was available. The couple offered to go into the closest town and try to find someone who could help. They left us their phone and headed off. Shane and I said a quick prayer. Then I started feeling a little better.

Meanwhile, Harley is completely content in the carseat smiling at us and pointing at us. That made things a little easier. Shane tried rigging up some sort of wire contraption to slide in the window, but nothing was working. The couple finally came back and said they found someone, HOORAY! They had stopped at a random store and explained the situation to the cashier. I don't believe in coincidences, only the hand of Providence. Her husband was a locksmith! The only one in town. She called him right up and he was just getting ready to head out for the day. He came right over and used his little tools and had the car unlocked in no time. He didn't even charge us either! I know someone is watching out for me and my family and I am so grateful that our prayers were answered by some wonderful strangers that day!

Murder Mystery Dinner Party!

We had a murder mystery dinner party a few weeks ago. I invited my whole family and gave them each a character they had to dress up as. We were all pirates. Harley had to go to bed, so she wasn't invited. Meet the crew:

Carry Oakey and Eave Hoe (that's Warren in the back, he's kindof creepy)

Sophie Silverbrass and Barnie Caul

Warren Peace and Yu Lie

Gayle Force and Sir Lancelot Britworth Jones

We are just getting started here, the game had three rounds, so we had three courses to our dinner. More information about the mystery unraveled in each round, and my mom ended up being the murderer in the end. It was so much fun!