Friday, September 25, 2009

Family, Fall, Fun

I continue to love being able to spend time with family, not to mention the wide open spaces and so many great things to do here.  But with the feeling and smell, yes smell, of fall in the air, I find myself missing NYC. I love fall out east, and sometimes I kind of miss having a home too. We miss our friends who we'd go to the park with or pumpkin patches on blistery cold days, we miss our friends upstate who'd let us com any time to get away from the city, we miss our downstairs neighbors, we miss our ward family, we miss a lot (for the record I definitely don't miss the traffic or doing laundry).   Ok so no need to get too sentimental but I just wanted to give a shout out to our friends who we love so dearly.

And now here's some pics from some of the fun we've had recently.  Laura, Lilly, and Jensen stayed after the wedding to hang out with us and support us in the marathon. We loved spending time with them. Lilly was the perfect playmate for my girls. And having baby Jensen around convinced Leah that it's time for mommy to get another baby. Great.  

My mom lives close to a cute place called Gardner Village, I just love it. They decorate so cute for the holidays. We went over to enjoy the (busty) witches. Laura let me have some fun with her nice camera, I would love to have a nice camera some day.


This witch was playing "peek-a-boo" with the girls. They loved it.



Rather busty indeed. All the witches were like this, kind of funny.
A perfect Paige face when she's throwing a fit, had to catch it.
Lilly is so sweet, she kept kissing the pumpkins.
Cute cousins. 11 days apart. 

Grammie took us to This is the Place Heritage Village on Labor Day. I was so proud of how well Leah did with the animals (she's terrified of most things that move). Grammie even took her on a pony ride. And she loved it!


9 comments:

Leslie said...

I love Utah in the fall! i am so jealous! I want to be there! It's still HOT here!! :( Cute cute cute pictures~ your girls are DOLLS! :)

Natalie said...

So fun. Utah is so gorgeous in the fall...those mountains! Up here we just have rolling hills. Your girls are so adoreable

Kristie Larsen said...

Oh we miss you too!!! Hoping to get in our first pumpkin excursion this monday. Wish you could be here, although you look like you are having enough fun without us. The girls are looking too big! Get them back here so we can play!
love you
k

The Crane Family said...

Wow Amber and Doug--such fun pictures!! We are loving the smell of fall too--the trees are starting to change--it is so fun. Gardner Village is way fun!-especially in the fall. I'm so jealous! By the way--CONGRATS on the Marathon! We are so proud of you guys! Hallelujah it's over! You guys are amazing! Cute pictures of the wedding too--you all look dazzling! Happy heading off to CA--We miss you guys!

Spencer, Erin, Parker and Ben said...

hey guys. It's the Clegg's. Congrats on the marathon! That was Spencer and my first (and only) marathon. We loved it. I can't convince Spencer to do another though. :) So if you're in Utah we'd love to see you. I'm sure you are busy but if you feel like getting together we'd do whatever- we live right by the zoo. So bring the girls up and we'll go there or we could meet for dinner or someting. My email address is erinclegg@gmail.com and my phone number is 801-687-1559. Spencer's: 801-604-4569

Cardon + Kelly Webb said...

holy long hair batman!

Amy said...

I love Gardner Village's witches and yes they are well endowed up top! Love the pics of the 3 girls on the fence. So cute.

Sarah Branca said...

Your girls are SO cute. its so fun to have you here and to be able to see you more!

William and Marianne said...

great memories!!!!