Uncle Scaredy Cat and Family!

Years ago the boys nick-named their Uncle Adam "Uncle Scaredy Cat" because they thought they could scare him ever so badly.  He would jump, shriek, or whatever when they were playing with him.  Rough housing with 4 boys is practically a sport in the Wright Family.  Well, now Adam is a Daddy too and he has a darling little family of his own and they came to visit us from Joplin. 

Little Miss Olivia (with mom sitting there behind her) got down and dirty at the Carriage Hill Farm school house.  I think she was trying out the  veggies in the kitchen.

 
 
 


















I love this picture of Jeremy and Gracie, they built that wooden fort together even though Grace was just not feeling to hot.  She really had a fun time one on one with her big cousin.

 After the trip to the "Farm" it was time for pumpkin carving and a treats for us all.  Ethan  was thinking long and hard about which design to choose, really long and hard.

 

 

Now, our daddy has many skills and has a great many he is working on, pumpkin carving is a serious business.  The past few years we have had some doozies, this one right here though, turned out really great in the end.

 
 
 

But really its because we totally cheat and put the paper on the dang thing first!  Free styling carving is not our strong suit and I don't think we are alone in this.

 

My goodness that is one cute kid!

 You are probably thinking the same thing as I am about this picture....what the heck is on your back door????  Pre-school stuff of course.  Jeremy here though looks a bit unsettled don't you think?

So, let's get to the treat part of the evening, JUMBO SMORE'S MARMALLOWS!!!  These babies were so fun and yummy.  Seriously the biggest marshmallows you have ever seen, look for them in the fall.  So what I did was dip them in melted chocolate, chilled them, dipped them in melted peanut butter flavored candy melts (from the candy making section at the craft store), rolled the bottoms in graham cracker crumbs, then chilled again.

 

These babies are beyond delicious.  They are "oh baby, get me some more of that" good.

notice there aren't any darling red-headed girls in these shots, the poor things were just too sick to join in. 

The most amazing part of this time with Uncle Scardey Cat and his family was the time they took to prepare and present a fireside for our ward about the terrible tornado they survived in Joplin the previous May.  We were so blessed to be able to hear the incredible testimonies of Adam and Tiffany.  They are wonderful, faithful awesome people and we are so  thankful to have them in our family.