Ah, the colors!

Although Fall means that Winter is next and I'm still trying to find love for the blasted cold days, I love this season!! Love the football games, Halloween, cooler weather, but still so nice, and hunting for the deer-blaster Bruce.
We took a nice drive Sunday up to Heber and the canyon was amazing! Fall is so beautiful! I wish it would stay like this through February and skip the long, dark, cold, miserable, snowy days.

Kin

Isn't this picture sweet? When Bruce lived with Russ and Christie they were just like his little brothers. They still adore Bruce and how could you not love them?

YUM

The best thing about this time of year? The fruits and veggies!! We have been LOVING the garden harvest! I just read The Animal, Vegetable Miracle where a family lives off their own fruits, veggies, cheese, meat, etc for a year. (Well, either theirs or their neighbor's farms.) We tried some of the recipes from the book and had some great homemade pizza, fresh salsa and still want to try more recipes. I think we've eaten tomato sandwiches at least twice a day. But, since I've started school again my extra time has pretty much disappeared for cooking. What am I doing blogging? I should be studying!

So anyone want some fresh veggies? My parents have tons (p.s.- that's where we get all ours and I must give them credit- theirs are the best!)

You know the aunt to niece/nephew relationship is spread a little too thin when just on Sunday we heard, "Daddy, Bruce's girlfriend is nice!"





We're missing 5 that I can count in this picture and since then there's been 2 more added, with 2 more on the way!

Lake Powell

Lake Powell has forever been my favorite place. I think I went there while I was still in my mother's womb and have returned nearly every summer since.
It's the perfect vacation spot- hot sun, nice sandy beaches, waterskiing, boating, hiking, cliff jumping, fishing and beautiful scenery!!
Plus- food always tastes especially good down there for some reason!


Here's some pics from our time there in July with my family.


Bruce's morning activities.

Slick making the long plunge.

and Bruce's nice catches of the day!

We tried to climb up these cool little steps up the cliff. Bruce made it and jumped off but I couldn't make it up more than four- it was super steep, I don't know how that mountain goat made it all the way up!

Our favorite hike: West Canyon. It's a slot canyon where you have to swim through little pools and wedge yourself up through the narrow walls. It's so pretty and the little pools are always freezing. There's lots of cute tiny frogs up this canyon that we caught.

The boys entertainment- chipping golf balls into the fishing net. I don't know if anyone ever hit it.

Ah, the best!!



Me and the Bruceski and Glen Canyon Dam

Cha-ching!!

What would you pay for this peacock blue beauty? It's made by Tulle clothing and retails for about $120.
So would you believe me that I got it for one dolla?!! You should, because it's the truth. I must give credit where credit is due: Bruce spotted it at our favorite undisclosed market.

Now that's shopping at it's best! I couldn't have been more proud. It gives me one thing to look forward to for the cooler weather- but it's pretty much the only reason, okay and maybe Halloween.

It is finished

"Objectivism holds that reality exists independent from consciousness; that individual persons are in contact with this reality through sensory perception; that human beings can gain objective knowledge from perception through the process of concept formation; that the proper moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness through acting in one's "rational self-interest"; that the only social system consistent with this morality is full respect for individual rights, embodied in pure, consensual laissez-faire capitalism; and that the role of art in human life is to transform man's widest metaphysical ideas, by selective reproduction of reality, into a physical form—a work of art—that one can comprehend and respond to."

Ayn Rand is mind behind this theory of objectivism and portrays it in The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. I just finished reading Atlas Shrugged and LOVED IT!! I love her and her novels- they are amazing! I feared I wouldn't love Atlas Shrugged as much as I loved The Fountainhead but I did, and I couldn't even decide which I love more. After reading such a lengthy book like that it feels weird when it just ends. I miss Hank.
Here's a link to a quote from it on Candice's new up and running blog. Rand also is all about capitalism, and so is Candice. That and Conan.