Look what we woke up to this morning!! I know it's a little hard to tell, but that is really SNOW!! I know it's good for us, but I'm just not ready for winter to start when it's barely the first day of fall!! Let's hope this is not an indicator of the kind of winter we'll have this year.
Every summer and fall in Cache Valley, each smaller city has a clebration to remember and highlight its heritage. The celebrations range from trout and berry days, to sauerkraut days, to black and white days. Our town - River Heights - celebrates Apple Days because there is a big apple orchard on the east end that I'm sure is why River Heights exists.
One of the events of Apple Days is a SMALL parade through town - and I mean small! This year our primary invited all the kids to come ride their bikes in the parade. The kids felt so special to be part of the parade. But Emily wondered why we didn't bring any candy to throw to the people watching, and Josh kept saying that he wanted to ride on the sidewalk because he didn't want to get run over!
We got him mainly for spider control. Here in the west, we are so unlucky to be almost overrun by the lovely hobo spider. Our rock walls in the backyard seem to be a hobo haven, which makes me sooo nervous. I really don't want to deal with a child bitten by one of those things - it's pretty nasty. So, I was reading up on the spiders and discovered that cats will eat them. No one had to talk me into getting a cat after that. I was the one doing all the convincing and looking! Go get 'em Tiger!!
