Images of Autumn

I love fall. It is my favorite time of year (spring is a close second). I used to always wonder why spring and fall were the shortest seasons. I know, technically, that each season is 3 months long. But let's be realistic here, spring and fall usually get shortened because summer and winter are bullies! They steal time from spring and fall.

This is how it should be: winter=2 months, spring=4 months, summer=2 months, and fall=4 months. Now, wouldn't that be ideal?

This fall has been especially fun with Peter. So, I thought I would share a few pictures.

Above: Peter and Daddy enjoying the fountains at Memory Grove (in City Creek Park).

Above: Peter enjoying the canyons when we drove up to (very briefly) go to Oktoberfest at Snowbird.

Above: Going to the zoo on a September Saturday morning with my Nammy.

Above: Hanging out with Dad on the couch.

Above: "Watching" conference with my tent pitched towards the TV (just like the people of King Benjamin pitched their tents towards his tower so they could hear him).

Above: Taking advantage of one of the last days that was warm enough to play with the garden hose at Nammy's house.

Above: Roaring with a dinosaur at the Utah Museum of Natural History on one of our Monday family home evening nights.

Above: Digging up dinosaurs with Dad and loving every minute of it!

Above: "I know the way!" Showing Mommy and Daddy the way through the corn maze.

Above: Taking a real interest in corn with Mommy.

Above: Getting a bird's eye view of the corn maze.

Above: These cobs of corn are soooo cool!



Above: Chasing and playing "peek-a-boo" in the corn.

Above: Enjoying good times with my Mimi.

Above: Riding in the beloved cow train.

Above: Basking in the combination of crisp weather and sunshine that only come with fall!

Above: Helping Dad rake the leaves.


Above: Helping Daddy play in the leaves.

Above: Helping Dad put the leaves in the garbage can.

Above: Putting the rakes away.

Above: the super cute pirate costume that Mom bought me for Halloween.

Above: My reaction to the pirate costume each and every time I put it on (we tried three separate times and Peter was having none of it). Hmmm. Now who does that remind me of?

Above: Oh yeah. That would be me. I did NOT want to be a clown or a witch. So maybe Peter didn't want to be a pirate...but then again, he loves his pirate pajamas. Oh, I can't wait until he can clearly tell me what he does and does not want to be!

Above: Good thing that Mom bought me these cool pirate pajamas. I wore my PJ's for my Halloween costume and the candy that Nammy gave me dried up my tears right away.

Above: Pirate parents. Arrrr, matey!

Above: Taking it easy after running around non-stop like a wild thing at the ward Trunk-or-Treat.

Above: Care to join me in eating a few Halloween vittles?

I mean, seriously, how can you not love fall!? The leaves, the cool and crisp weather, the holidays... What's not to love?

Above: That's right. I HATE snow. But even when you have an autumn snowfall, how can you hate it when your little guy gets this excited and happy about it? I didn't even notice the cold when I was outside playing with Peter. Maybe this winter won't be so bad after all!