Best. Halloween Costume. Ever.

Love this boy!

It's a real Garden Gnome! We totally nailed it with the costume! 

Getting him to stand still in the garden was a challenge. 

Weird, he looks so old! 

He wasn't too thrilled by the whole process at first. 

Happy Halloweeeennn!

Happy Halloween everybody! It's a perfect blustery day for trick-or-treating. I'll post pictures later of my little Garden Gnome Griffin. We have a lot planned for the day, and we've been practicing "Trick or Treat!", so it should be a lot of fun. Oooo! I love Halloween! 

Beauty

I promised Pam that I'd post some pictures of the gorgeous view we have of the mountains. This is why we moved back to Utah! I missed the glorious scenery! I love that the best view is from the grocery store parking lot, but these were taken at the park. Plus, I thought I'd throw in a gratuitous Griff pick too. He was working so hard at climbing up the slide-thing, and right when I took the picture he looked up and said, "Cheese!" Gotta love that the boy knows how to pose! 

Long time gone...

Well, we finally have our internet connected, so I can proudly announce that we've made it safely to Utah. We turned our trip out here into a mini vacation, with fun visits with Johnny and Jen in Denver and Eva, Shawn, and Dean in Steamboat. We couldn't have picked a better time of the year to move, the drive was gorgeous (even through western Kansas!) and the weather was perfect. While we had a great time getting out here, we've had about a million problems since we got here. Fortunately, things seem to be settling down. I'm slowly chipping away at unpacking, one box at a time. I have had lot's of help from my mom and dad, who have been all too willing to take Griffin off my hands. Griff even had his first sleepover at Grandpa's! Sean has been trying to get caught up at work, in spite of having Pneumonia! Turns out he wasn't just trying to get out of helping with the move, he actually was really sick. He's getting better, although it's been hard to get him to stay home and rest. 

So, I trudge on with the unpacking. It's sorta like Christmas though, I open each box and unroll yards of paper, saying "Ohh! A (fill in the blank)! Yes!" and joyfully place it on a shelf, cabinet, or drawer. If anyone needs a box or packing paper, you know who to call! Sean thinks we should build a killer fort with all the boxes. We could have multiple levels! I think I'll take up box-sledding again.

PLEASE!!!! Someone save me from this paper! 

Goats are seriously creepy!

Has anyone looked into the eyes of a goat? Well, I'll warn you now, Don't do it!!! Goats are seriously the creepiest animals ever, even creepier than iguanas. They have rectangular pupils. Weird. Today, Griffin and I had the opportunity to see lots of goats. We went to Deanna Rose, a local farmstead, and spent the whole morning feeding creepy goats, chickens, sheep, geese, and ducks. We looked at pigs and lot's of cows, a bison and a longhorn steer, turkeys, bunnies, and many more. It was so funny watching Griffin run from one thing to the next, and feeding the animals. (He was a little creeped out by the big goats too, but he loved the babies.) There was an awesome playground, a place to dig in the dirt, and tractors to climb on. He was too little for the pony ride, or the fishing pond, but he didn't seem to miss it. The best for him was feeding the baby goats (kids). We bought little bottles and got to feed them. He got a little overwhelmed by the pushy goats, but in true Griffin style he wouldn't let that get him down. After a little break from the goats, we went back and Griff proceeded to pet every goat. There were about 30 of them.  The best part, this whole thing is free! I forgot my camera, but I'm kicking myself, because there were so many great photo opportunities. Everyone could have seen Griffin at his happiest, which is a truly delightful thing to see. Like, watching him chase the geese, saying, "hey! duck!" and trying out every bouncy thing at the playground (be in awe of my powers of description). As we were leaving Griff kept saying, "Bye Bye" and something that could have been "I love you" (it's still hard to tell what he's saying most of the time) and blowing kisses. If anything suggests the fun we had, he went down for a nap at 1:00. It's 4:30 and he's still sleeping soundly, almost snoring. I hope he's not having nightmares about evil goats!