Thanksgiving Tractor/Trailer Rides!!!

So Leisha has been severely lacking in the blog department, so I decided to post (yet again) in her place. I have been wanting to do this activity for a few years now and it just never happened. So I was determined to make it happen this year! I remember my uncle Ken taking us all on a tractor/trailer ride way back when I was a kid, so I decided this weekend was a perfect time for a test run. So I hooked up a trailer to a tractor, and filled it with bins and chairs and told everyone to hop on. Here is the whole gang leaving the station! Emma in her new marshmallow coat.

The driver...

Emma loves her uncle Bryan!

We had a real good time and look forward to the return of the tractor/trailer ride this Christmas!

Twinkle Twinkle

I decided that we needed another post and took it upon myself to do so (this is Richard). Anyway, I have been involved in harvest for the last 2 weeks and come home each day to find Emma like this on the couch.

Don't misunderstand, Leisha is a great mother and usually doesn't let Emma "veg" in front of the TV all day, just at the exact moment I come in from work. It makes me laugh every time.

We also noticed that Emma has started to use the small stairs that lead to the bedrooms as her own little stage. I caught this performance the other day of "twinkle twinkle little star". Notice the slight slip on her "stage" that would have stopped any newbie in their tracks. Emma, the hardened performer that she is, pushes through it like a champ.

And here is a picture of Leisha being herself in the Sacred Grove about a month ago. I am posting it because she is not here to stop me...she is very cute though...

Halloween!!!

So Halloween is over and done and here is what we did today.

I went to my Mom's in Moses Lake to a Witch Party (if you want to know more go to my Mom's blog at this link GraMimi) that started at 1. Richard was so kind as to watch Emma and they even had a little photo shoot out in the orchard.

This is Emma swinging a stick feeling bad that she almost hit Daddy.

Emma apparently wanted to sit on this tree stump.

After I got back from the Witch party we went back to go Trunk or Treating at the Moses Lake stake center.

My Mom and sisters dressed up like witches I'm the plain Jane sitting in the middle.

Emma and her cousin Winston enjoying a bowl of candy all to themselves.

I think Emma was enjoying it a little to much...

If you couldn't tell Emma was a Pirate for Halloween.

Emma and Macey my Mom's dog. Emma loves Macey. She even makes up songs about her.

Emma and her GraMimi. We thought Emma might freak out seeing my Mom but she just smiled at her. I think we have a little witch in the making.

Blast From The Past...

Being here at the Adams Emma was able to play dress up with some old Halloween costumes.

Richard as a cute cat for Halloween.

Emma trying to be like Daddy.

This is for Auntie Kirsten...Rainbow Brite!!!

Adirondacks

Roger and Nadine flew in to visit us on the 6th of October. We decided to take a short drive up to the Adirondack Mountains in the NE section of New York. We stayed the night in Lake Placid and then headed to Vermont the next day. Here are some pics of the fall colors.

We took the gondola up whiteface mountain near Lake Placid. The colors were amazing. We have way too many pictures so here is a nice wide shot of the mountains. Emma and "Nani"

Vermont and the Joseph Smith birth site memorial

On day 2 of our little trip we took the ferry across Lake Champlain and drove down through Vermont. The main highlight was the Joseph Smith birth-site memorial in Sharon Vermont. It was really out in the middle of nowhere. However, the visitor's center was amazing.

Here is a picture of Emma standing on the original door step of the Smith home. As always, she was very reverent... This is the monument that was carved from a nearby quarry. It is the largest, seemless obelisk in the world! A little ways from the visitor center are old highways through the forest. This was an old stone bridge that you can see the wagon wheel lines in.

New York, New York

On the 12th, we left Emma with Roger and Nadine while we headed to New York City! We had saved up enough points for 3 nights at the Marriott Marquis on Times Square. Our main purpose for the visit...the musicals of course! We saw Phantom, Wicked, Lion King and Wicked again...

We took a tour through the city on the double decker buses. Just watch out for the low hanging signs and tree branches! This is looking south at Times Square. This is a view out of our room. We had a gorgeous view of Times Square just eye level with the ball that drops on New Years! We tried to get on TV at the Today Show, unfortunately the only thing that made it on was my hand. Rockefellar Plaza. Home of NBC studios.

We even got to drive by the Manhattan Temple.

Hey dumb dumb, you bring me gum gum?

The American Museum of Natural History

A veiw of the skyscrapers from Central Park. We walked across the park after the museum.

Another must see in NYC...the FAO Swartz toy store! Complete with life-size lego sculptures of Harry Potter and the gang!

And of course, Lady Liberty.

After we saw Wicked we walked down Broadway and went up to the top of the Empire State Building. It was amazing to see the city all lit up.

Thanks Roger and Nadine for coming to Geneva so we could spend Emma's birthday in NYC...without Emma...

Emma Turned Two!!!

This is what happened at Geneva while we were in NYC. Roger and Nadine took Emma out to get pumpkins on her birthday (Oct. 13).

I think they almost got lost in this maze... Grandpa and Emma touching the range maggots. Emma picked out her own pumpkin, which was too heavy and she quickly fell over. See any resemblance?

Emma staring at her new friends outside the window.

Better Late Then Never...

When Richard and I got back on Thursday we had a little birthday party for Emma. Nadine was awesome and made dinner and a cake! Thanks Roger and Nadine for all that you did! We love you!

mmm...cake....

The R & L BBLDT

Roger and Nadine left on Friday and then we picked up Bryan and Heather on Saturday! They were the next guests at the Richard and Leisha Bed, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Tour! (although we didn't actually cook breakfast, lunch or dinner...) We had a great weekend showing them around Palmyra, down to Ithaca, and having them come to church with us.

This is at the Hill Cumorah.

This is at the Sacred Grove, Emma was of course reverent. Emma didn't want to be with us and prefered to hold Heather and Bryan's hands. We had a great weekend with them. They picked the best weekend of the year! We hope you had fun!