Triple Digits

Here's how we beat the 113 degree weather this past Friday. Of course, the heat beat me back with a sweet little burn. The sun fights dirty.


~Carson~Conner~


~Abby~Avery~


~Brynn~Jake~


~Reese~Preston~


~Raegan~Torri~

And because I just LOVE Brynn's thighs and Jakey's back fat...

I Miss Fall

It's my very favorite time of year. I love seeing school supplies at every store. I love the colors of FALL. I love the smells of FALL, apple cider, pumpkin pie and sharpened pencils. Everything is crisp and beautiful. It's such a sweet release from the hot and sticky summer. Anyone who knows me, knows I prefer being cold to hot. I could go into detailed examples of this (the snowed-in cabin trip), but I won't. If I'm not mistaken, it's FALL right now. I wouldn't know since it's 88 degrees today. Now, I'm not complaining (much), but FALL is something I really miss from Washington and Utah. I love freezing my tail off at a football game and love climbing into bed as fast as I can to warm up. San Jose was lovely and very predictable. I liked that it felt like FALL most of the year. Not here in the I.E. though! There is, however, an upside to this. I love FALL, but it seemed to not last very long in Utah. In fact, my beautiful sister Heather (I'm trying to suck up to her so she'll start her own blog-she's the only one I haven't broken yet) emailed me some unbelievable pics Saturday. It snowed there! Hard! In September! I felt guilty today because Preston didn't have any clean shorts, thus had to wear pants to school! But it snowed in Utah! I will say, I only minorly miss snow. I love the temp but hate the precipitation it brings. I've never had a garage until now, so that might play into it my hatred a little bit. I never liked having to scrape my windows, especially if I was in a hurry, which I more often than not, was. The first snow would catch me off guard and I'd end up scraping my windows with a cd case since the handy dandy scraper had been removed from the car during the summer and, since I was always late, didn't have time to search for in the house. If I could have chosen when it fell, (at night while I could watch it with a mug of hot chocolate, wrapped in a blanket, with the kids playing quietly with their wooden trains near the fireplace...what? It could happen.) and how long it lasted (a day, maybe two) I could really like the snow. However, it's too unpredictable and dangerous to drive in (I always worry about Holly driving to work). I recall the weird Octobers in Utah. It was always warmer than it should have been but always snowed before Halloween. How does that make any sense? I can't get over that it snowed in September. September! So, I'm torn. Would I rather be here sweating, or in Utah where it's already snowing? I'll pick here since FALL is bound to come sooner or later. But tell me, is there anywhere that holds on to FALL for more than two weeks? Have fun all you Utahans! I wish I could say I was jealous!

Heather's handsome Harrys.