Everyone needs a friend

Hawkeye has become one of the family.   He likes to cuddle which is nice for all of us.  It was intresting, when the kids were sick he would lay right by them and watch out for them.   We do have a few issues but the good outweighs the bad and we are glad we have him.   
         We have a neighbor with 2 labs.  The younger lab and hawkeye will stand on each side of the chainlink fence and play.  They are so funny to watch.  If I see the lab out there I tell Hawkeye his friend is out and wants to know if he can play. 
         Have any of you seen the movie UP.  It is so cute!!   Hawkeye is like the dogs on that movie.  If he sees a squirrel, his total attention is on the squirrel and trying to catch it.  Yesterday, he saw one climb down the tree and he was standing oh so still and then bang, off he went.  And he can run really really fast.  He ran after the squirrel and ran into a branch of a bush.  His front stopped but not his back.  It was funny.......   
          The squirrels loved our pumpkins.  We grew some in our garden.  We grew some tiny ones.  We stacked them and some big ones in the front yard in a nice display.  The little ones were disappearing.  Don thought maybe the squirrels.  I thought okay but those are kinda big for a squirrel.  Then I saw one through my kitchen window.  The squirrel grabbed one and took off.  I was so amazed.  I guess we have done our part in helping our squirrels survive the winter.  After the small ones were gone they started in on the big ones.  We ended up putting the eaten ones in the backyard.  Stephen put them by the bathroom window that doesnt have a screen.  Then he would leave the window part way open and watch the squirrels while he held hawkeye.  Then he would let hawkeye go so he could get the squirrel.  Hawkeye never got one thank goodness, but i guess came close.  It didnt take the squirrels very long to figure it out. 

Grandma Bear visits 10/09

                            These are from when Grandma Bear was visiting.  The big silver thing is called the Bean.  It is some modern art thingy that cost a whole heck of a lot of money.  At least we can get cool pictures by it.   I love the trees and the colors of the leaves. 

Hyrum's cross country meet 2009

Don said this is a meet that Hyrum did not do very well at.  I guess he was not feeling well.  I thought you would like to see the corn fields and etc.  He really does like to run. 
       Right now Hyrum is playing basketball.  He wants to get the 4 sport award.  So he did cross country, now he is doing basketball, then wrestling and then track.  He will do shot put and disc.   I am not sure if he really likes basketball.  He says he stinks and really doesnt want us to go and watch him.  I have decided he is just doing basketball to get the award at the end of the year.  He has never played basketball and they only practice twice a week.  So I know if he had more practices and exposure to it he might like it better.

Nauvoo oct 2009 w/Smiths

When went over to Nauvoo but it was so so cold.  We did go to the gunsmith which the boys really liked.  David and Dad would love it.  They had a lot of different guns on display.

clothespin dolls

I think I have the picture thing figured out now.  wow!!  The pictures are not the greatest.  There is a glare on them. 

I have been having fun making these dolls.  I tried to attach some other pictures but they didnt come up.  I will have to try again.  I dont understand what it is doing.  It is so frustrating!

our oct. 2009 trip to see the Smith's