Fun Weekend!

My brother Charlie, and his very cool wife Candi and their adorable boys came down for a visit this weekend. Every year I buy boxes and boxes of fruit to can, and last year Candi bought some and I taught her how to can. It was a lot of fun to do it together so this year she said she wanted to do it again. John and Coleen (Jason's parents) take orders and go to Utah to pick up the best fruit around. So Saturday, Candi and her family came for a visit and to do our canning at my house since we had the awesome Utah fruit. We spent most of the day on Saturday canning Candi's peaches and instead of doing mine we headed into town to get manicures and pedicures. (believe me we earned it after a long day on our feet. Earlier in the day Jason and Charlie took the kids outside to ride the horses. Jason had Will on the horse with him while he was rounding up the steers. One of the steers took off and Jason went after it and got off the horse to scare the steer in the right direction. Well instead of scaring the steer, he ended up scaring the horse with Will on it! The horse took off running and bucking and poor little Will hung on for dear life. He started slipping and hanging off the side of the saddle, but still hung on tight to the saddle horn with one hand. He eventually fell off and luckily no serious damage was done, just a few scrapes and bruises on his face and arm. Seriously, what a tough kid!! Although I would never want my kids to saddle bronc in a rodeo, Will is well on his way to being the world champ. (at least for his age) Jason and Charlie also took some guy time and went golfing once things settled down. On Sunday before they headed home, we hit Mesa Falls. It is a beautiful water fall with a nice path for a very small hike to the falls. (perfect for the little kids) We normally take the kids to Mesa falls every year, but we usually wait another month for the leaves to change color. Sunday ended up being the perfect weather for an outdoor activity, and it was so much fun to be able to do this with them, so we didn't mind going a little early this year. The leaves have just started changing and it was so pretty. I was able to get a few really cute pics of the kids, Enjoy!