Visitors and Halloween Party

A couple of weeks ago we had a lot of fun with visits from family and a Halloween party in Logan. My parents and sisters came for the weekend and left Eliza (my youngest sister) with us for her last week of spud harvest (in some Idaho school districts, students get 2 weeks off of school since most of them work in the potatoes during harvest time). The next weekend, Michael's brother, Jon, and his family came to see us. We had a lot of fun seeing family! It's nice to have a place where they can come and stay! After Jon's family left, we headed to Logan for a Stone Family Halloween Party at my Aunt and Uncle's house.

Samantha loved being a puppy!!!! She even got second place in the costume contest!
My cousin just returned home from his mission in NYC. Here he is with my sister Kathryn. They are only a few days apart in age!!!

This is my Aunt Angela. She was the hostess and did an amazing job!!! I don't think I've ever met anyone more creative than her. I've also never seen a house so full of Halloween decorations!

Samantha spent much of the night in this position with her Grandpa or Grandma.

My sister Eliza and cousin Alex.

Michael went as a cowboy, but the hat didn't stay on for very long.

My Grandpa Averett won the costume contest. He had his "pet donkey" tied up in the back.

We played pumpkin carving pictionary! Michael and I helped with the second one from the left. Any guesses? ........It's the Brady Bunch.

What a tired girl!

There was so much food!!! Some of it was very creative.

The next pictures are some Kathryn took while she was at our house. She needed some pictures for a project she is working on in school.

Fun Stuff For Free!!!

Michael and I have been talking about how we would like to find some fun things to do for free around here so when family or friends come to visit we can have something to do, but not have to spend much money. This past weekend some old college friends came to town. We met them in Salt Lake and took a tour of the Capital Building and the Conference Center; we went to the top of the Church Office Building, and we saw the Kimball/Whitney grave site. It was really fun and all of it was free. I will admit that we got a little sick of touring places by the time we were done, but it gave us some ideas of free things to do!

Labor Day Weekend Fishing

I know Labor Day Weekend was little while ago, but I just got copies of some pictures that my sister Kathryn took during our fishing expedition. All of the Idaho Robbins came to my parents house and joined my family in fishing. My parents filled their pond with fish and it is time get the fish out before the water is drained from the canals. We had a great time! Robby caught the first of 25 fish! After gutting and filleting the fish, my dad grilled all 25 and we ate up. It was wonderful!!! My mom had some salads and cakes to go with the fish. The kids even had a great time fishing and playing in the yard. We will have to do this again some time! I hope you enjoy the pictures. These are just a few of the over 200 pictures Kathryn took. Thanks Kathryn!!!

Miniature Golf, Ice Cream, and Music

This weekend we decided to explore the area a little. We started out by finding a miniature golf course in Lehi. It wasn't the most exciting course, but Samantha loved it!

She would get the ball in every time. She set up and swung her putter.

It never went far so she would pick up the ball when it was close to the hole and....

SCORE!!! The ball conveniently got right into the hole! It was a little hard for Michael and I to keep our scores with her help.

Afterward we saw a sign for a farmers market at Thanksgiving Point. I wanted peaches, so we stopped. It was fun to walk around and see what was there. The ice cream shop had cheap ice cream cones so we decided to stop. Samantha loved her first ice cream cone!!! Needless to say, she was quite the mess for the ride home.

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Later that day we went exploring in the mountains just a few blocks from our house. We discovered a lot of trails and camping spots. There were trees everywhere so it was nice and shady. Next time any of you come to visit we now have a fun, free place to go!!!! It was beautiful!!!!

You probably noticed that we have music on our blog again. This is for Samantha. She LOVES dancing. Her nursery leaders even commented on how she dances all the time. All the music on our blog is kids music for her to dance to. I hope you enjoy it as well!

Back Online

We finally decided that we didn't like life without Internet; so, we are now connected!!! Of course a ton has happened since we moved. Michael loves his job. He went to Huntsville, Alabama last week. While he was gone I went to Idaho! A house is much creepier to be in alone than an apartment is! We have found that it is nice to live close enough to family to go see them on the weekends. Hopefully we don't wear out our welcome. Samantha is getting to know who some her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins are, which is really fun! Oh, she is also walking now! Has been, on her own, for about a month; it's about time!!!

We love having a yard and a play room! It's amazing how much cleaner the living room is!

Although Samantha has an irrational fear of men, Grandpa has been able to win her over. I think the four-wheeling experience really helped! She did NOT want to get off!
For some reason, Uncle Lawrence seems to be a great threat to Samantha; although, when a swing is involved she will let just about anyone near her. Aunt Eliza is lots of fun. She also possesses a name that is easy for Samantha to say.

Samantha LOVES Aunt Theresa's swing and and is working on being a cousin. Hopefully she will get over her fear of Rett soon!!! He just loves her!

No Internet

It's been a while since I have posted anything. We have moved to Tooele and love our house!!! We haven't had any internet hooked up yet though. It's been fun to be in a house and have a place for everything. Our ward and our neighborhood are both very friendly. We feel young because most of the families have at least three kids. We are working on catching up though. We just found out that baby number two, due November 14, is a boy. The next step is coming up with a name. We like traditional names, but don't want something that is extremely common. Any suggestions? We've decided boys names are hard to come up with!!! Michael is enjoying his job. It's hard to be up and leaving by 5:30 every morning, but the three day weekends are sure nice!!! We love being close enough to some of our family to visit for a weekend. That's about the extent of our lives right now. I hope to get internet soon and post pictures!