a place called sutherland

never jump into a pile of leaves:

in the midst of all the work that paul has been doing,

we found some time to go to sutherland farms as a family.

it was great.

the kids had a wonderful time... i think.

{we took over 200 photos... so choosing just a few was hard to do.

here is just a smidgen of what we got.}

for some reason

this little scarecrow's nose was fun to squeeze.

bkayl loves animals

& i love the expression on his face looking at the chickens.

my little tiny is 3 feet small.

{about half my height}

loving the goats.

& feeding them corn illegally from the corn pit.

the corn pit.

nora could live in here.

she loved the slide.

& i loved watching her have an awesome time

playing in corn.

bkayl seemed to like it too...

he may have eaten a handful or two.

so yummy.

we went to pick out a couple of pumpkins for carving...

but my sweet nora wasn't interested.

she didn't want to get out of the yellow wagon,

in fear that bkayl might somehow take it over.

we managed to get a couple of shots at the pumpkin patch

but none as a family.

i love this time of year

when we get to celebrate holidays

that focus spending time together as a family.

i love my little mcphee family.

till next year sutherland farms!

with a wet sucker.{charlie brown's -Linus-}

cheers to blogging.

there are far better things ahead:

im really stinking it up these days in the blogging department.

i have a gazillion posts to do.

here is one photo of my baby boy.

{thanks to jessie}

i am biased.

i think he is the cutest boy.

i have been blessed tremendously with two

healthy, happy, beautiful children.

& a handsome husband.

hopefully i will start blogging

about them more regularly.

than any we leave behind.

more panties please

the more you dress up:

although it may appear that my little tiny

two & a half year old

wants to use the bathroom instead of a diaper,

its just a tease.

she throughly enjoys putting as many

pairs of panties on that she can squeeze over her diaper.

panties are cool, but potties are not.

the more fun you will have.

friday

friday, friday, friday is my:

its a quiet friday for me.

my mr. mcphee is on his way to lake powell

to photograph a wedding

&

bring home the bacon.

i really appreciate him.

&

the beautiful offspring

he helped me create.

my cup runneth over... with love.

favorite day.

bumpy

being crazy:

bkayl has been tugging on his ears the last few days.

so i made a dr. appointment to check for an ear infection.

{nora used to get ear infections when she was teething... & bkayl is TEETHING.}

as we were getting ready this morning

i noticed nora had a bumpy rash

all over her legs & arms & along her hairline.

our dr. appointment quickly went from one to both of my babes.

bkayl, of course has NO ear infection.

just pulls on his ears when he is tired...

just like his sister.

as for my sweet nora,

her bumpy rash seems to be

from either a new food {not likely} or

something from being outside,

like a pesticide from the park...

we will see.

she is on liquid zurtec for the next couple of days.

on our way home we stopped at the store to get some medicine,

a family size bag of skittles

{nora's choice}

& a bathtime barbie

with a nice pink tub crayon.

{lovely iphone photos}

i'm almost postive she was completely satisfied with our morning adventure.

isn't enough. {dr. seuss}

nine monther

you have brains in your head.

you have feet in your shoes:

what!?

baby kayl is nine months today.

how this is possible, i don't know.

he has two bottom teeth &

four that are trying to make their debut on the top.

he occasionaly will sleep through the night...

{i dont have the heart to let him cry it out yet.}

he doesn't like baby food,

so his diet consists of whatever we eat.

he is the master crawler

& isn't showing signs of being too interested in walking...

i'll take it!

{this list could go on forever, but i just dont have the time this morning to sit at my computer.}

he is the sweetest boy.

& possibly the most handsome little guy i know.

we love our baby kayl.

you can steer yourself

any direction your choose.

lets talk county fair

isn't it great, that i articulate?

isn't it grand? that you can understand

i don't snort, i don't eep, i don't even squeak or squawk:

mr. mcphee & i set out on a thursday evening

with our two little babes intow

to see the animals & wonderful folks

of the san juan county fair.

i put my germaphobia aside

&

had a wonderful time with my mcphees.

nora was an aboslute joy.

she was also in absolute heaven.

animals have been her "thing" lately

& the county fair did not dissapoint.

bkayl was the best little guy.

he just bejorned & soaked it all in.

{pre-game photos}

{bkayl had the chills... hence the funny looking hair}

{nora in pure amazment}

$5.00 pony rides.

just what my little tiny would love.

she was super excited while we waited in line.....

but

her nerves got the best of her

&

she opted to pass on the pony ride.

so bkayl happily took her place.

he seemed to love it.

{& obviously so did i, i couldn't stop smiling.}

innocence is bliss.

my little tiny not diggin the chickens.

thats my girl.

the three prize turkeys had just gobbled at her

right before this photo.

she about jumped out of her skin.

paul & i laughed.

onto the rabbits...

much more enjoyable than our feathered friends.

my guys admiring all the lights.

we didn't ride any of the carni rides.

nora wasn't too interested.

when she was done looking at the animals she would kindly say,

"bye chickens"

or

"bye sheep"

or

"bye pigs"

or

"bye rabbits"

& that was our que to move on.

the rides worked just the same.

"bye train", "bye slide"...

i'd say that our first mcphee

county fair experience was a success.

until next year.

when i wanna say something,

i open up and talk,

i can talk! {charlotte's web- wilbur the pig}