Fall Break at the Smithfield cabin

Toby was so happy I came home from my sisters trip! He kept saying, " Mommy! You came home!"

Our front porch. Toby loves saying hi to Fred McFee when we come and go.

Glow in the dark pajamas from Malones.

Limited edition Conde & Malone Family Dentistry shirts.

I did initiatories at the Bountiful temple.

Danny painted a globe pumpkin.

Alice practicing her viola. They are still on plucking.

Danny with Bobby Bobcat, the school mascot.

Cozy on the couch.

Ogden Bay Waterfowl Management Area.

Pelicans!

Freddy's Steakburgers for lunch.

Fall colors on the way to Smithfield.

Everyone's favorite seat in the cabin.

Outdoor time. The cabin has its own private forest and creek, with trails and 2 bridges.

Playing Dos. Lots of games were played on that table while we were there.

From the loft. Some of us were working on a jigsaw puzzle. Paul and Danny played lots of Egyptian War.

Grace read a lot.

Traditional broccoli cheddar soup in bread bowls, like every year.

Back outside.

Favorite spot in the creek, where it's dammed up to form a clear deep pool.

The guitar at the cabin was so popular we had to make a list of whose turn it was. Alice and Grace are both good at it, and Paul too (but he tried not to take many turns). It was fun to hear it in the background all the time!

Hanging out on our bed for family scripture time.

Wild turkeys!

The cabin.

Time for a fire and smores!

Breakfast buddies.

More wild turkeys. This time, one of them acted as crossing guard while the others crossed the driveway!

Singing and guitar playing. Come Thou Fount was a favorite, and If You Could Hie to Kolob.

Cache Valley Giant Pumpkins grows their pumpkins in cool molds!

Smithfield Tabernacle.

So old.

More guitar time.

Dominoes and popcorn.

Awake from his nap.

Time for the projector movie party!

Toby loved the little toy room.

Our last morning there.

Grace finally got Toby to sit on the swing!

Playground in the backyard.

Fun time!

Paul and I had a date to Javier's Authentic Mexican.

Then a drive in Farmington Bay. Such cool clouds!

Don't get Little Caesar's fancy-roni pizza. So gross!

Toby loves playdoh, but needs lots of support. Mostly he just wants you to keep clearing off his marks and cutouts so he can make new stuff.

Sweet guy finally napping.

Happy Halloween?

Paul bought me flowers when I got home from my trip last week.

Christmas came early for me!

Grace's pics. She had to edit this so it would actually look like it did in real life.

If Alice had bangs.

Paul's pics. Playing frisbee in the field at the cabin with Danny.

Reading.

Playing Trouble. Danny tried to find someone to play a game with him at every spare second.

Bread bowls.

Swingset with Grace.

Trail walk with Toby.

Making smores with Alice. I love that Paul takes pictures sometimes so I can be in them too!

Hanging out on the bed with the girls, in the style of Charlie Bucket's grandparents:)

Breakfast.

Ticket to Ride.

Broken milano cookies from the Pepperidge Farm factory outlet. 

Cozy couple.

Coloring party listening to the new youth music for 2023.

Charlie carried this branch behind him as his peacock tail!

Floating bark boats in the creek.

Looking at the stars in the super dark sky. We saw the Milky Way, and lots of satellites!

The girls read to the boys every night in the cabin.

Bark boats.

Tamales with Paul.

Girls.

Paul took the girls to the temple this morning.

Kinda surly.

Pelicans overhead!

Paul's horror photo of the little playhouse outside the cabin.

Paul's cool creek pictures.