In October...

...we went to Uncle John's Cider Mill and picked out a couple of pumpkins.

While we were there we rode a wagon, train and had the best apple cider ever! I've never been a big apple cider fan, but this was the best apple cider that I've ever have had.

Olivia riding a little apple car. This was probably the best part of the day for her. (for some odd reason she loves those quarter machine rides)

Of course we had to get a picture with the bus.

We carved our pumpkins with some friends.

And then the big day came Halloween!!! Olivia had been waiting weeks for this day to come.

She was a little purple fairy and dad and mom were boring and did not dress up this year.

She was so excited to get candy that she lost some of her manners and ran across the lawns!

Over all we had a great Halloween!

Fall Fun!

This last Saturday was such a beautiful day so our little family decided that it was the perfect day to go to the park and play and take some fun pictures. (Well maybe the whole picture idea was just mine).

Playing hopscotch.
Olivia is at such a fun age where she wants to learn how to play games and tries her very best to understand them.

We still aren't quite strong enough for the rings.

We love our daddy! He's so silly!!!

My two most favorite people. :)

And yes we like being just as silly as our daddy!

Don't you just love the fall and all the leaves!!!

Olivia is ready for the Halloween season to start, thanks to Granny!

Last week end Jared and I did a first. We were driving through our town after getting the oil changed in our car when we saw a yard sale and decided to stop and bought this little kitchen for Olivia for 5 dollars! She loves this little kitchen and has been playing with it everyday since we got it. We did have to buy the food and dishes at Toys R Us but we still think it was a steal all it needed was to be soaked in bleach :) to get all the icky germs off.

The best part was bringing it home! Jared was soo mad when he found out it wouldn't fit in the trunk. He told me to take it back to the lady and get our money back. But with lots of begging I finally convinced him that we could look like a bunch of wierdos and tie it to the top of the car. And so here is a picture of how silly we must have looked driving down the road. :)

Home

A few family members have asked to see pictures of the little place that we are now calling home. I've tried to post pone this post in hopes that they (you) would decide to just come all the way over and visit us. Two of them did, but the rest have failed to do so, so here is a peek into the place that we now call home. :) (I know we've only been gone for three months)

The top picture is the outside of our little apartment. I wish I could claim the wreath on the door, but I can't seeing that we live upstairs and that it's the neighbors door.

This is the entry into the apartment with a little Olivia waiting to greet you at the top of the stairs. (the door goes into the garage)

A view from the top of the stairs into our living room.

The top of the stairs takes you strait to the kitchen table.

Just in case you can't tell this is the kitchen. ;)

A closer view of our bare living room.

And one more view of the living room just for fun.


And last but not least







my most FAVORITE room in our





home...















Olivia's room!

This is the first home where Olivia has had her own room, I never got to decorate a nursery for her or anything so this has been a treat for me. (poo hoo, do you feel sorry for me:)

Our bedroom, is just a boring bedroom, so I failed to take a picture. And no our house is not always this picked up. It would be nice if it was but that's almost impossible with our two year old.

tOo MuCh fUn!!!

The other week our little family was blessed with a great surprise! POP AND GRANNY (Jared's parent's) came to visit!
We were soO happy when we heard that they were coming to visit us during Jared's little break between summer and fall semester. Jared has such great parents, so this truly was a blessing and treat. While they were here we did a few fun things around our area.

Granny and Olivia sitting on a butterfly seat at the Children Garden's at MSU.
What two cute girls!

This was a really weird but a cool plant sculpture man thing that they had.

Our little family

We went to the "beach" (Michigan Lake). It was a windy day, but we still had a lot of fun showing Pop and Granny our Michigan beach.

Its so hard to believe that this is a lake and not the ocean since you can't see the other side and it has waves.

Olivia loves the water and tells you that she's surfing. :) What a silly!

Jard and his dad with the huge waves.

We went to the Henry Ford Museum and had lots of fun looking at all the cool cars.

Olivia loves buses! Ever since she rode one for the Draper Temple open house she has not stopped talking about buses and how cool they are. Every time she sees one she will let you know that's a bus and how cool it is. So we had to take her picture in front of this little bus.

And then she got to ride one to the place where they build the F-150 trucks. I think that was the best part of the day for her.

Jared's parent's in front of the Detroit Temple.


We had so much fun with them and were so sad to see them go even though we have made so many new friends and everyone has been so kind and welcoming there is nothing like family. :)

What have U been up to this summer?

This year our summer has been pretty low key since Jared is taking his first medical school class, but here is a list some of the stuff that we have been up to.

We went to our first pro baseball game the Detroit Tigers.

Sitting behind all the drunks! :)

We are silly.

I (Melisa) got in a little car accident while being lost. :( My poor new car but thank goodness for insurance, its back to new.

Olivia's Granny had surgery so she has been blowing lots of get well kisses from Michigan to Utah.

This summer we have also been learning how to go potty like a big girl and have been very successful so far (thanks for all the advice). She loves to put on her on undies note the tucked in shirt. :)

Jared has found a job for Olivia, shining his shoes.

We did celebrate the fourth of July like most Americans by going to a parade and eating fruit snacks.

And lighted fireworks with our new friends.

I learned how to make bread with a great recipe from my second mom (Jeanne).

Our poor Olivia got Conjunctivitis, this was the first time she had ever had a prescription.

Olivia and I went to the zoo and she rode on a camel.

We play with our dolls daily.

Sometimes we get bored and take random pictures.

Olivia and I (Melisa) went to a dairy farm with some ladies in our branch and their kids.

I milked the cow. EWWW!

And Olivia got to sit on a tractor while we were there. (she's frowning because she just hit her cheek on the steering wheel and is holding the tears)

That pretty much sums up our summer so far.