Fall afternoon with friends

Saturday was a gorgeous fall day, and we invited a few friends over for the afternoon. 

Apples and cream cheese caramel dip

I thought it might be fun to paint pumpkins.....getting into the season and all. 

My friend Lisa has just moved back to te area, so she came with her girls. The kids all had lots of fun being together after so long apart!

Pippy and Ella in the hot tub. 

Our new friend June Lee with her parents Nick and Victoria!

Several moose wandered around in the chokecherry bushes while we relaxed on the deck. They are never very photogenic. 

Making applesauce

Grinding applesauce 

Mixing up some apple butter

Sorting applrs

Chokecherry Jelly

This year we have lots of chokecherries at the cabin. I'm not sure why, but the previous 2 summers the chokecherry bushes didn't produce any fruit. Pippy helped pick tons of them with me. 

Brynn helped by mixing the berries. (A very important job.)

Brynn...still mixing. I told you it was important!

Washing and picking off the streams- which takes forever!

Pippy has been wearing these funky pink glasses lately. 

Cooked and put into containers. 

Marshmallow Roasting With Dad

Christmas with Murphey's

Linken Reann and Penleope

With Rorke - The Murphey's drove a LONG ways to come spend some time with us at the cabin!

Sisters in the morning

Ready for the snow - Reann has a supercool hat with pigtails

Snow piles!

Such a sweet face!

Snowy days at the cabin

Daddy and Brynn

Tiny Sledder

Pulling Sister

Sledding with Philip

With Philip, Auntie Joanna and Grammie

My talented husband

Fall

Looking at Dad

Hammock Fun

Rupert the moose!

Rupert and the new big moose: Festus

Festus

A day with friends

Last weekend we spent some time with my womderdul friends Lisa and Terra and their families. Coincidentally, Lisa's family owns a cabin about 30 miles from our cabin in Utah! (We all live in the Elko area.) These pictures are from their cabin, where there is a cute little 'swimming hole'. We had tons of fun together!

Walking to the water.

The mommies with the 3 little girls.

Wayne took the 3 big girls on the canoe.

Pippy Audree and Ella. And their snake.