Septembers Top Ten

1. Dean discovers the JOY of a muddy puddle.



2. I get my first L (Luxury) Lens.

Ordered my first L lens. It is a Telephoto lens. Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 USM to be specific. Cant wait for it to get here!!!!

3. Homemade Apple Cider



4. Homemade Apple Sauce




5. Shoot Out



6. GO PRO Run/Walk



7. Fall is officially here

September 22nd was the official day of FALL.

8. Ground Breaking on the new church building



9. Relief Society General Broadcast

10. Leaving room for another great adventure. To be updated when September ends.

I REFUSE TO NAP

So, the other day I put Dean down for a nap, he fought me for like an hour so I just put him in his crib and said "too bad, you need to sleep". About 10 min later I hear a loud "THUMP" but didnt think much of it, thought he probably banged his head on the side of the crib.

A bit later I hear some of his toys go off, and hear some music. I start to think "thats weird I dont remember putting toys in his crib". I walk into his room and he is sitting there on the floor playing with his toys.

He obviously did not want to sleep and nobody was going to make him, so he JUMPED OUT OF HIS CRIB to play.

We Own a WHAT?

You would never have guessed it, we actually own a shotgun. Tim is becoming a hick and purchased his first ever shotgun. He is now taking his hunting safety course and is convinced we will be eating dear all winter long.

I was interested in taking the course myself. I took one shot the day we purchased it and my ears where ringing all day. That was the end of my enthusiasm.

GO PRO RUN

GO PRO's first advertisement event. We did the annual 5k walk/run at Letchworth park together with some friends. We all wore GO PRO tshirts.

The men went ahead of us and actually ran all the day, the women had to push the strollers. We finished proudly 52 min and 3 secs later.

Dean's Favorites

Movie: Torn between Blue’s Clues and Bear in the Big Blue House

Toy: Legos, legos, legos

Food:
• Anything on Mommy’s plate
• Cereal
• Bread
Come to think of it, those are usually the things on Mommy’s plate. NO WONDER!

Pastimes:
• going for walks
• reorganizing the kitchen pantry
• putting things into other things and taking them back out
• reorganizing the cabinets
• brushing his teeth
• reorganizing the drawers
• putting anything (cans, legos, cars) in the microwave
• reorganizing the DVD’s
• getting stuck in unusual places
• reorganizing the refrigerator
• pulling the tail on the neighbor’s cat
• reorganizing the pots and pans

Apparently Dean does not like the way I organize things.

Words: bababadadamadabaduabaadubauamadobu (paraphrasing a little)

Picture of Dean...well....reorganizing.

The BEAUTY That is NY

I will let the pictures speak for themselves.


Letchworth State Park


Niagara Falls


Sacred Grove


Stonybrook State Park

BUNCO

How do I explain Bunco? Let’s see…the girls, no-kids, no-husbands, cards, dice, food, laughs, fun, more food, more laughs, more fun and repeat. Usually ends with me winning the prize for the most loses. Ironic huh? It’s about time I get rewarded for sucking at games.

My New Love

How do you win your way into a girl’s heart? You buy her a new 24 inch iMac. Intel Core 2 Duo processors, 320GB, 3.06GHz., built in iSight camera, anodized aluminum keyboard, OH MY!

A New Member To The Family

Hehehe, I thought that title would grab your attention.

We have opened up a new division of our company. GO PRO Web Solutions is now the new member of our TIO family. Our office has been newly renovated (by paint and furniture) and our staff is now at 6 with 2 more on the way.

To Grow or Not To Grow

Who would’ve thunket! After many, many, many failed attempts at trying to keep ANYTHING alive in AZ, I was seriously starting to worry for my son, if I can’t keep an immovable, boring little plant alive longer than a couple of days, how I am supposed to keep a squirmy, curious, adventurous little boy safe.

After a little hesitation, not knowing if I could take the heartache of losing an entire garden we planted our first garden this summer, and YES, months later it is still alive (and so is Dean). Not only is it alive but it has produced enough for us to eat, can and freeze. Which brings me to my next topic, this canning stuff….WAY COOL!

WE DID IT

We did it! After a year of arguing over our move to NY we finally did it. May 29th became the official date in which we became New Yorkers. I must admit Tim was right, I love it here. For a while we have been trying to find a place we could call home, and I think we have arrived.