FaLLinG into FALL

I LOVE this time of year! Sweater weather, school starting, leaves changing color, and Halloween! Who doesn't love a good holiday (Darren that's who). I've been a little behind in the blogging world, so here is a summary of what has been keeping the Hunsaker Family so BUSY! Remember I mentioned I LoVe JuLy, so I'll save the July Festivas post for later - Here's to August & September!

My niece Cassie (the gorgeous 16-year-old on the far left) moved in with us when school started. Darren is thrilled to have another female in the house; his total now = 5 fabulous females, lucky-lucky man. Cassie started life at her new school with a BaNG at the HoMEcoMinG DaNCe!

Checking out the CoWs, ChiCkEns, GoaTs, PiGS, RaBbiTs, & HoRSes at the Utah State Fair. We went with some of my HHS friends/students/teachers. It was the morning of 9/11, hence the red-white-blue outfits.

9/11 Flags with Friends.
Between Steph, Teresa and myself we had 10 children ages 7 and under.It is amazing to see over 3,000 flags representing those who died on 9/11. The whole sight gives me goosebumps (children & flags).

Darren spent a week in Lake Powell with "The Boys". We spent the week by: Tara starting teaching at a new high school, Cassie starting a new high school and moving in, Bethany starting 2nd Grade, Isabelle starting Kindergarten, MacKenna starting Preschool, and my back going OUT. I'm thinking Darren got the better part of the deal! Dad & Jill took pity on me and invited us to Kamas. Sidenote: If you ever want to see the SmaLLest, ShoRteSt, mOst CanDY parade, GO to Francis Frontier Days! Dad entertained the girls fishing for helium balloons. It is a very intense sport.

Our next adventure was driving up Mirror Lake Highway to some waterfalls and to get ice-cream. I think dad forgot the INTENSITY of small children, rocks, cliffs, waterfalls, water, AND confinement in a CAR. He quickly adapted, notice the tight grip on MacKenna's hand.

Isabelle and Tara/me at the waterfalls. Notice the appropriate hiking footware, Darren would be so proud (ok annoyed). It was great times watching Jill & Dad run after 3-small children. Very entertaining!

Cassie (she's in the chair) got an end-of-the-summer job at Raging Waters. So we tagged along one day and spent some time riding the tubes/slides. Great times!

We ventured off to the Heber C. Kimball Family Reunion in August. They have it at This is The Place Monument. The girls LOVE it. They can ride trains, work with leather, wash clothes in a tub, make candles, ride ponies, pet goats, and eat $10 ice-cream.

Some of my cousins' kids and my kids. We were told by the elders (that would be The Aunts & The Uncles) that this makes them Cousins-once-removed.
The Uncles & The Aunts
Richard, David (dad to me), Laura, Mary

We took the kids to Golden Spike National Monument, west of Brigham City- Where the railroad joined the Pacific & the Atlantic. Isabelle was mad it wasn't Thomas the Train, MacKenna was mad she couldn't ride the trains, & Bethany was just mad. I was ThRiLLeD I got another stamp in my National Parks/Monuments Passport :)