Halloween

 We've had some beautiful sunrises lately.

 A Ninja, Ninja Turtle, Maria, and Duchess visited our house recently.

 Some scary pumpkins made an appearance

 As well as some scary pumpkin carvers

The kids had a lot of fun raking leaves with our neighbor Stephen. He also threw them into the leaf pile and played tag.

Aladdin

 A few weeks ago Grandma Peggy came to visit so she could see Grace and Anne perform in Aladdin with the Missoulla Children's Theatre. They had a great time and we loved having Grandma come to visit. Jen was also the accompanist for the production. The boys got to have extra Grandma time while the girls were at practice.

We been having a great fall. John and Robert especially liked helping mom make applesauce.

Electric Car

Our neighbor Stephen helped me to wire in a new porch light. The boys had a fun time helping.

We stopped on the way home from Idaho recently and found this pretty little waterfall just off the highway in the Shoshone National Forest.

Our ward Elders quorum held a pinewood derby for anyone who wanted to make a car. Grace made a tube of lipstick car...

 while James opted for a more standard race car design.

Butler Family Reunion

We finally downloaded the pictures off our camera. We let Grace have the camera for a little while to take some pictures and found this gem of a video waiting for us.

10,000 feet in the Wind River Range 

We hiked to the fire lookout tower this summer as one of our family reunion activities.

So glad family comes to visit so we go out and enjoy our backyard a bit more.

Everyone enjoyed kayaking and fishing out on Louis Lake.

Even the little people enjoyed the lake.

All the kids had a turn sitting on the saddle at the lodge.  I'm so glad Grace stole the camera and took pictures of the things the cousins were busy doing while the parents were playing elsewhere.

Cousins in the Shepherds' wagon.  Aunt Maria, Josh, and Redd slept there for the weekend.

One way to spend Sunday morning before church with the cousins and uncles, shoot water bottle rockets onto the roof.

Or play another game.

Monday morning after the party, party.  Grandma played games with the kids while Edwin and Grandpa went fishing and Uncle David dated our babysitter.  We are interested to know how the story ends!

Five Days Away!

Edwin and I took some time away in Jackson, WY without the kids.  He had conferences every morning so we met for lunch and then off to play!  We hiked to Hidden Falls at Jenny Lake.

The ferry from Hidden Falls trail head.

We rode the tram up to the top of Rendezvous 10,450.  We watched three hang gliders jump off the mountain top and ate waffles.  

We took an evening to go fishing.  Sorry, no luck catching a cut throat.

We hiked to Phillips Lake and Edwin caught this fellow.  We also saw tons of wildflowers that we enjoyed identifying. 

The kids spent five days with the cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents.  Their adventures sound fun.  However, I would like to hear the story how John was lost at the zoo and he was found in the parking lot while everyone was at the monkey exhibit.  Yep, they snitched!

Edwin and Anne stopped on the way home to try their luck catching a cut throat trout.

Anne's working on her youth angler awards, and we just might catch the fishing fever as a family this next year.  Watch out Wyoming fish, we are going to take your picture!

All in all we had a great time.  It was good to be a couple for a few days, and we are happy to be home being parents once again.

Stay tuned....more adventures on forth coming.