A month in photos

{He walked too fast to get a good photo!}

{Proof that Nerf wars can be dangerous!}

{Trick-or-treating with the Sloan's}

{No more 'playdates' for Ryan...now they have jam sessions.}

{Our volleyball team ~ missing two}

{Gorgeous skies out in the country}

{Listening to Randy read "The Cremation of Sam McGee" on his phone}

{Sharing her 'Student of the Week' poster}

{Ryan's Veteran's Day music concert}

{Fun with Trevor}

{Emma's class is entering their reindeer wreath in the Festival of Trees}

{Ryan's rough draft for a school project}

{Emma made her own Christmas countdown}

{Emma learned how to knit at Pilgrim Days at school}

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I apologize for the silence here on the blog.  I've been working hard on items for the  upcoming Holiday Bazaar (Dec 3rd).  I'll be back regularing again after that. 

Magic Valley ~ Part Two

Twin Falls has a lovely downtown.  The streets are quiet and lined with fun shops.

Mom ~ don't get mad, but I think this picture is a keeper!  :)
This is her "can we just go in the quilt store and stop taking pictures" look.

Stitchin' Time was our first stop.  It's a fairly small store, but they had some
pretty awesome fabrics and made-up quilts.

As we came out of the store, we happened to look next door.  I wouldn't call
"Girlfriends" just a scrapbook store.  The decor is awesome, there are tons of examples made up,and the selection is amazing.  If you scrapbook and are ever in Twin Falls, you MUST make time for this store!

This is their front counter.  There's also a door on top, with a layer of glass covering it.  Wouldn't this be fabulous as a crafting counter with a high stool?

We kinda accidently spent a couple of hours here.  We realized it had been quite a while
when our stomachs started growling.  :)

The next day, we headed to Rupert to visit "The Gathering Place." 
They had the largest selection of quality fabric I've ever seen.  Mom and I decided that this would be our annual Fall trip, and we're going to start saving for our next visit to this store now.

On the way out of town, we stopped at a place called "Spinners."  It's in an older Dairy Queen building and doesn't look that exciting on the outside.  The inside is decorated with all kinds of bike stuff, and the food?  Oh my!

I had a philly with freshly made sweet potatoe chips, and Mom had a turkey/cranberry sandwich on dark rye bread with the same chips.  The fry sauce was amazing...it either had liquid smoke or BBQ sauce in it.  We were so stuffed from our lunch that we didn't have to eat the rest of the day!

On the way out of Twin Falls, we stopped at the Perrine Bridge lookout.  This is the bridge that you drive over to get into and out of Twin Falls. 

The view was incredible.

These three little birds were keeping an eye on us as we took pictures.

I'm not a golfer, but can you imagine a cooler place to hit a few?

Mom and I had a great trip.  We thoroughly enjoyed each other's company, and we're blessed to be able to do this a couple of times a year.  It was so nice to come home to my little family...it's nice for them to miss me every so often.  :)

Happy Halloween

from our family to yours
{that's me up on top...pretending I'm on a nice warm beach somewhere}
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I'll continue with our Magic Valley trip once all of the trick-or-treating
photos are posted...just in case you were wondering about Part 2.

Magic Valley ~ Part One

Last weekend, Mom and I took a short overnight trip to the Twin Falls area.
While we were there, I wanted to stop off at Shoshone Falls and take some pictures for Bob and the kids.  Assuming that there would be but a trickle going over, I thought it might help them
really appreciate what we saw when we visited the falls in May.

Above photo taken May 2011

Above photo taken October 2011
While there wasn't as much water going over as in May, I was very surprised by
the volume of water to be found in October.  Add that to the beautiful Fall colors, the empty parking lot and the rainbow starting in in the canyon and ending in the falls, it was
simply amazing!
Here are some of my favorite photos from this trip for your
viewing pleasure:

I wish I could have captured the entire rainbow on the camera.
The best I could do, however, is the beginning and the end.

{My favorite}