They all came to CARVE...

Twas October 27, 2012

Katlin decided to have a lunch and a pumpkin carving event
(no official contest)

So we gathered together with pumpkins in hand
and began to create the most unique faces on our jack-o-lanterns.

This strange couple appeared from the EAST...
(dad & Juana in their headdresses from Egypt)

Dallas & JT with Mr Skeleton head

Blake was very out there with his "Heisenberg"
(Breaking Bad) 

the "swede" brought out his hammer and dremel

 his was voted the BEST

Ariel with "poo emoticon.

....don't ask....

My niece Brianne said that this was her

first pumpkin she has ever carved....

she went all out and carved a moustache!

:)

I think these two really won with their "old fashion" face
 and of course the funny photo they took with pumkin head!

The end results..
Nightime Madness!!

Spooky House

Spooky family lives here

International Day of the Girl Child

Why we need an International Day of the Girl Child

Read more: here

A very sad example of how some countries treat

 their children or want to kill their children is this story. 

(Reuters) - A 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner shot

 by the Taliban had defied threats for years, believing

 the good work she was doing for

 her community was her best protection.

Read more here

The United Nations is hosting events this day and include:

The theme for the first-ever observance of
 the Day will be "Ending Child Marriage," chosen because child marriage
 is a phenomenon that violates millions of girls' rights, disrupts their
 education, jeopardizes their health, and denies them their childhood,
 limiting their opportunities and impacting all aspects of a girl's life.

I believe that we all can become more proactive and support others

 in their challenge to make a better life for themselves.

Cheers to all the children of the World!

Front foyer welcome

This is what you will see when you enter the 

Haunted Swenson Home.

Just feeling the "spirit" early this year!

I think I might watch "The Birds"

Happy anniversay

Celebrate with us as we celebrate our 20th year anniversary.

The "swede" and I spent the Saturday and Sunday up at Deer Valley, UT 

at the

 St Regis Hotel

Our daughters were the gift givers and we couldn't have 

asked for a more magnificent playground.

 We drove up from Provo Canyon into Midway, then up

 the Empire Pass road and down to Deer Valley.

 Here we are at the cross roads.

Sunday afternoon we drove up hwy 150 into the Wasatch National Forest,

 then into the Uinta National Forest to see where the Provo River starts.

(a long way from the Provo river we tubed down this summer.)

Here we are at the Provo Falls.

What an 

Amazing, Awesome, Astonishing

20 years

with 

the 

Swede!

Baking on Saturday

Really,
.. can't tell you why I have this impulse...
to bake on Saturday mornings..

I have done this for some time now...years and years...

I think it is my purpose

to feed

my

confidence

and my family.

One of the pleasure I take when baking is using the veggies, fruits from my garden.
add chopped pistachios

Voila...apple zucchini nut bread!!

Close up: can you see the zucchini meat and the green pistachio nuts?

 I couldn't help myself by making a autumnal lieu to celebrate the season!

HAPPY AUTUMN!

The hike that busted me

As previously mention in yesterdays post, the "swede" and 

I hiked up the Timpangos Mountain trail.

We got a late start  at 9:30 am. 

We had our Geigerrig Hydration Packs and our hiker attire. 

This was the goal-top of the trail leading to emerald lake.

-the sky has been extremely smoky.

Backside of (me) and the mountain. 

The trail was a mixture of material, soft powdery dirt, large boulders, 

asphalt, dirt, mud, creek beds, logs, it was a very difficult trail to climb.

You will approach two falls on this hike, nice place to rest in 

the shade and cool your beet red face from heat exhaustion.

This view is looking towards Alpine Lodge and the

 mountains by Deer Creek Reservoir.

We used Nike's elevation/mileage app and when the "swede"

 calculated our miles and altitude climb.

 We had gone over 2000 miles in elevation and round trip 8 miles.

It took 6-7 hours to reach the top. 

I was busted and did not have 

anything left, so the "swede" reached the goal by himself.

This hike for me was the longest and most challenging I have done in years. 

 In the end I cried, and just wanted 

to get back to the base. 

At home

Both of us were wasted...spent and could barely move the 

rest of the night as we lumbered on the couch 

popping ibuprofen and complaining of our aces and pains.

I don't regret it, but I will probably not climb it again.

The end.