Potpourri Post

I'm kinda liking these catch-all posts. Here's some shots from the last few weeks...

The ever-popular blow up slide at the Fall Festival:

Asinine Product of the Week:

Give me a break people. Is it really that hard to teach your kid to use the door knob? Protecting kids from every tiny little injury is doing them more harm than good. They'll be better served if you just teach them common sense and general caution. And if they're stubborn by nature, a pinched finger will surely get the message delivered. I'm thinking they'll survive - and a little wiser at that.

Ben has a genuine love of math, something he did not inherit from me, I assure you. But his enthusiasm is pretty contagious. We had fun learning about the cool pattern the number 9 makes as you multiply it:

My mom finally taught me how to make her famous apple pie.



Check out this old flour sifter that used to belong to her mother:

Ready to go in the oven:


Once again I forgot to take a picture of the finished product. I'll try to remember when I make this for Christmas.



Travis opening his mission call:

San Jose, California, English speaking. So cool! Travis is very excited. :)

And lastly, but never leastly, Aunt Brenda came to town for a visit. It always makes us happy to see Brenda. :)

Below is a rare Cook family photo, thanks to Aunt Brenda's nudging. :)

And just like that, I'm all caught up. Woo hoo!