love orange

 just another reason to adore the color orange. 

i mean look at these two, could they be any more fantastic?! 

i'm not sure who is more excited,

gabe to be with dad and go on a "far far away fo-will-r ride" 

or

dad to be taking his little dude on his first hunting trip.

i think it may be a draw!

gabe really got into the spirt of being a true outdoorsman 

and decided eating the apple was not complete unless he also consumed the core.

*waste not want not*

if i don't watch closely he devours the WHOLE apple at home as well. 

i have to snatch the core before he ingests it. 

{i'm not sure why i care, maybe i subconsciously think he'll grow tiny trees in his intestines, either way it seems wrong} 

 and aside from the fact that i'm pretty sure gabe doesn't understand the whole, the deer is dead thing, since he announced to me that "papa shot a deer and there was lots of blood, but thats ok, when he gets better he can come to our house to play"

 I'm still glad gabe was able to spend time in the outdoors with dad, papa glenn and cousins kaden and hunter, doing something they all love.

besides, i think he may be the good luck charm because a 13 year dry spell came to an end and they shot themselves a deer. 

yep, i said 13 years without a deer!

*

i never said they were good at it, just that they loved it. 

packs punkin patch

I hate when you go to a place, much like this here packs punkin patch,

 that i swear is designed not for the purchase of .28cent/lb pumpkins 

but for perfect picture opportunities around every corner

and you FORGET your fetching camera, so you have to rely on your constant companion, the iPhone. 

{run-on sentence anyone}

what would we do without this technology?

the quality of the photos suffer but the subjects are still breathtaking! 

 thanks to grandma great whos been jonse'n to take the boys to the pumpkin patch since last year.

we got out on a monday night to enjoy this A . M . A . Z . I . N . G fall weather

and fight the other FHE'rs for the rights to a cart and the perfect pumpkin. 

luckily arron and gabe made it through the hay maze..twice! 

pumpkins were purchased 

and despite the HUGE oversight by this gal with the pregnant brain...

precious fall photos were captured, downloaded and now documented. 

 

so feel free to carry on fall, i've got things under control!

sorta.

check!

costumes made/purchased: check

pumkin patch visited: check

visit gardner village witches: check

Ready for the 3rd little "monster" to make his appearance: check, check, check

 why does the last 2-3 weeks of pregnancy have to feel like an eternity

its like the universe is testing your patience juuuuuust in case the kid thats on the way wont do it enough.

 or maybe its to make sure your really really really excited when that little "punkin" finally exits the "tomb" its been residing in. 

{i could do these little halloween puns all day}

 ** can we just have a side note here to adore that lip that is so cute i cant help but snap pictures instead of attending to his distress **

well i've got news for you UNIVERSE..

we here at the echols house are ready and we are excited!!

this duo needs to be a trio, pronto! 

how else are they going pull off the 3 amigos next halloween. 

because at this point i'm pretty sure i'll still be pregnant in a year from now with how long these past few days have felt. 

seasons end!

So.... summer is over! 

and although i do LOVE winter i wouldn't throat punch anyone for making 

the other 3 seasons a little longer. 

shortening the coldest season to maybe just two, three months tops.

but alas, we live in UTAH so i will continue to embrace winter with open arms.

it would help if i could dust off my good old snow skis,

 but since i've been a literal incubator or soul food source of tiny humans for the past four seasons 

thats not in the cards. 

 but loving winter doesn't mean i cant miss summer. right?

i'll miss bear lake, and the beach.

i'll miss morning walks in a tank top.

the pool and the park.

the dirty boys that will now be replaced by muddy cold snot nosed boys.

 i'll miss the smell of freshly mowed grass that has only been back in our lives for a short 3 months.

i'll miss flip flops (but lets be honest, ill probably still wear them)

and naked boys in undies and diapers running around with out a care in the world. 

picnics, BBQ's, shaved ice, sprinklers, parades, longer days, tan lines,

really anything that screams summa' .....

i dont know why but summer seems simpler somehow.

we will miss you summer.

rest up! next year you'll have 3 echols boys to entertain.