Pre-Thanksgiving party

This is our baby Cambry's giggle face. She sounds like a choo choo train and thinks she's so funny, which she is naturally.

Seriously! Why do kids love playing with garbage more than toys? Cambry was entertained with this crinkled paper strips in the bottom of a gift basket for a half hour (and if you know how busy she always is that's a LONG time!) Her favorite toys include cardboard boxes, ripped out pages of a magazine, and fluff balls she can pull out of the carpet.

Oh my gosh! Isn't she just the cutest!?! I can hardly stand it!

Last night we had early Thanksgiving dinner at my parents' house and afterward we kept the tradition alive and made gingerbread houses. Thanks the Beck and Greg for a great time!

Here are the finished products (sorry Jamey and Michelle- you left w/ your house before I took a pic of it!). Jamey and Michelle tried for several minutes to get 2 gingerbread men to perch on the roof, but the stubborn guys kept tipping over. Jess and Mert's is equipped with a satalite, chimney and a front porch. Good work w/ the cardboard creations Mertle. Marg's and Jordan's is fantasticly creative even with Jordan getting in the way ;) Mine and Devin's house is still standing and we feel pretty proud about that. Cambry tuckered out early after making us pay for missing her naps by "singing" at the top of her lungs much of the evening. Just another day in paradise.

Halloween and Fall Beauty

We made up to the mountains just in time to see the beautiful leaves before they all fell. The yellows were just stunning.

The greatest thing about this trip was that Cambry finally got to meet her great grandpa Wrathel (Devin's grandpa on his mother's side). It was great to see him.

Grandpa wrathel snapped this sweet family photo. As usual, Cambry is enjoying the great outdoors in her sleep.

The mountains in fall are just gorgeous.

For Halloween, Cambry was a cute little cow and Devin was her rancher.

Here is the whole Airhart clan in their Halloween get-up. Too bad, we never took a group photo with the Rappleyes. Note Joslyn's costume. We had to stick to our theme of making a big announcement with out Halloween costumes. We are headed to North Carolina where Devin will go to graduate school at North Carolina State University.

Moab Weekend Getaway

Here they come in rapid succession. Pace yourself.

In early October, we went down to Moab for a weekend getaway. We arrived at about sunset and had to hunt for a place in the dark. We were so tired that we set up camp at the first place that we could find. Turned out to be a parking lot for a Oil Rig company - "Energy Queen."

Cambry didn't seem to mind that we camped in a parking lot.

It was a fun, laid-back trip. We climbed on red rock....

... and played in the wash.

Moab was just gorgeous and the weather was perfect, nice and warm. Noelle and Cory (Devin's sister and brother-in-law) and their kids joined us for the trip. They were great company to have for the trip.

Here's Lily about ready to get muddy.

It was a nice break from school and the daily grind.

End of Summer

Well, we haven't blogged in a long time. This is our attempt at catch up. Joslyn moved back down to Provo at the beginning of August while Devin finished up his internship in Idaho. By the end of August we were both back in Provo. Just enough time to enjoy the last little bit of summer in Utah. We headed up to the mountains to see the beauty.

Cambry loves being outside. She also loves mom's hair.

Cambry also loves her dad.

On the way back down, we found this moose right in the middle of the trail. We were literally only 15 feet away from the moose. Joslyn got all mom bear and put arm out in front of Cambry and stared the moose down (as if that would stop this moose). We just back up slowly and waited. Eventually, the moose scampered off.