Time To Do The CORN!

Many hand make light work! What a blessing family is! We made quick work of that field of corn! Lots of yummy corn to put in the freezer for winter! Thanks Matt, Angie, Jen and Nate and all the kids! You are the best!

Shuckin the corn

Everyone is helping!

You can do it Presto!

Come on Oaks...

Ready to blanch!

Cutting it off the cob!

Angie is so good....

Loading the bags!

Butter it UP! It's delicious!


Trey...

Oaks

Thanks for all the help kids! It will be yummy this winter!

Harvest Time!

What a beautiful Harvest! We love our garden! Thanks to all the kids for helping get it planted!

Happy Labor Day!

Labor Day started out really cold and stormy! We had hail and wind and rain! It was so stormy I was sure we would be homebound all day! It made me sad realizing that summer is almost over!(Snow up on Timp) Lizzy and Dallas came up for the weekend and everyone else was off on some other adventures...so we opened up Grandma's kitchen and fixed a yummy French toast breakfast and invited Jen and Nate and the boys over. Then they invited us to go the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. We haven't been before and it was so much fun! Hal was in heaven with all of those creatures! I wasn't sure we were going to get him out of there. He had to check out every exhibit and he really loved it! I think he should have been a palentologist or at least an archeologist! Here are some pictures of the day!

Run Guys Run!

Preston ~ Oakley ~ Mason and Trey

Playing in the Sand

Mason would have crawled right in...and stayed there!

Lizzy and Trey. ..building a sand oasis with a river and volcano!!

Run kids Run!

Run Hal!

LOOK OUT! It's a Velociraptor!

Run Millers!

Nate and Trey and Hal

Future Dinosaur Hunters!

Baby Dino in his nest!
Labor Day weekend is always a fun time! Friday Jenny, Angie, Teresa McClellan and I headed up to Swiss Day's in Midway! The crowds were unbelievable! You would never know that the economy is bad with the way people were shopping up there! It is always fun to see the "newest creations". We met Amy and her friend Lish up there and we shopped til we dropped! We had a yummy lunch and made it home before the kids got home from school. It was a fun day! Then on Saturday Lizzy and Dal came up and we grabbed Angie and Matt and Sadie and went up again! The crowds were a bit smaller and parking was much easier. The food was still delicious and we found a few "must haves". We came home and watched the first BYU game at Matt and Angies! It was a fun day too!

Why Buy TOYS?

We were watching the BYU game at Matt's and I went out to check on the kids.... Look what I found? I said "What are you guys doing?" They said they "decided to rip up newspaper because we don't need it!" They had the time of their lives! They crack me up! Much to their credit...it was all cleaned up slick as a whistle... I am buying newpaper for Christmas!

Look at this mess...

Way too much fun!

Oh... I'm so glad I don't have to pick it up!

Back To School?

These kids love to shop! Abby said "Granny...can we go to all the stores I want to?" (Becca is in trouble)! Fun kids!

Oaks~Presto and Treyman

Abby and Sadie

Where did Preston go?

Sadie and Abby...

BYU FANS!

Nate and Jenny took the boys down to BYU for the Football Preview! They called me at work to come over and see them at the Creamery! Look what they got! Posters of the team and their hats signed by Max Hall! You've never seen kids so excited!

Preston and Oakley

Trey

Mason

Check out these autographed hats!

A Fun Day at Thanksgiving Point!

We thought we would check out the "Two Dollar Tuesday's" at Thanksgiving Point...and when we got there we found a line for the Dinosaur Museum that wrapped around the building...probably a couple of hundred people ahead of us...so we opted for the Farm. It was a lot of fun and the kids loved the animals! The baby goats were a hit and Abby almost took the cow home... Macie loved the water spigot... the kids loved the jail! We finished up with lunch at Subway with bags of dinosaurs for all! It was a fun afternoon.

Millie Anne Marchbanks is on her way!

Here is the latest ultrasound on Ryan and Heather's new baby girl due in Dec. Such a beautiful little face... (of course I am the grandma) We live in an amazing time... Ryan was the first baby I was able to have an ultrasound on and it didn't look anything like this....they thought they could tell he was a boy... but they weren't positive! Now 30 years later look what amazing technology we have! We can't wait for her arrival...but stay safe in mommy Millie until you are baked really well!

Thanks Uncle Ryan!

What a fun afternoon we spent on the shores of Tibble Fork Reservoir! It was such a beautiful day and the breeze was so welcome! Thanks to Ryan for bringing all his "secret bait" and helping the kids have a day they won't soon forget! Every single one of them (with help from their dad and mom too) caught at least one fish! They would cast that pole out...and reel them in! It was so much fun to see the expressions on their faces! It is a memory I will always cherish!

This is my favorite! Look at Nate... He is as excited as Preston!

Look at that fish! Great job Presto!

This is one of about 3 Oakley caught!

Hold on Trey! It's coming!

Trey caught the biggest fish of the DAY!

Abby caught this one on her Princess Pole... she can cast that thing like a pro!

Good job Levi...and Abby! You are a great team!

Give it a smooch Abby!

Audrey just wanted to take it home all by herself!

These two adorable kids just toddled all over the beach and had the time of their lives!

We are planting Grandma's Magic Donut Seeds!

When you are camping a fun thing to do...is to grow donuts! No one believed it could be done but they were willing to give it a try!
For donuts to grow... you have to plant the magic seeds (Honey Nut Cheerios) and then put a stick in the ground for the donut to grow on. You must put the stick in the ground by the seeds.
Here are the kids painting their own sticks.....

Abby and Preston

Oaks

Sadie and Trey

Now we need to plant the seeds and the stick... you may notice if you are a plant lover or hater that the only soft spot of ground we could find was next to a lovely patch of stinging nettle. Actually I have heard that is the best place to grow them! It makes the donuts much sweeter!

(A few stings were had... but nothing to serious!)

Here is grandpa helping get the sticks to stand up in the ground.

Here are all of the seeds and the sticks planted! Good job kids!

Now lets watch and see what happens! Actually it takes a few hours or even a day for them to grow.... keep watching! It usually takes a few hours... but it is completely magic!

Oh My Gosh! Look at that ... the donuts GREW! I can't believe it! How did that happen?

These are the yummiest donuts ever! You have to try this... It is amazing!

There is one in this group that looks a bit suspicious of his Grandma!