Did your Monday start with Maggots too?

I just want to lay out my "Disclaimer"
My home is usually a clean home.  Really, it is.  My messiest day is hopefully cleaner than a lot of others normal day.  And with that said, read on...
I was cleaning the kitchen and saw 2 tin lunch boxes, Elle's and Ansons.  So Elle's goes to the top of the stairs and Anson's I start carrying to his room.  It feels heavier than I would assume so I open it and..... AHHHHHHHH!  MAGGOTTTTTSSSSS!  Tis the season right?  Oh my,
Thoughts in my head...
1.  Who the heck would do this?  This is thought with my teeth clenched.
2.  This is absolutely disgusting I am moving out
3.  How long has this been in here?
4.  Oh, my gosh, they are moving, THEY ARE MOVING!!!
Thoughts currently in your head...
1.  What kind of mother and house keeper is she
2.  I am never going into her house again
3.  Glad I didn't marry her
4.  Julia, Julia, Julia......(shaking your head while saying this out load in front of your computer)
5.  Why would she share this.  Publicly.  Seriously.  Julia, Julia, Julia....

Look how innocent Anson's lunch box is...

 Yeah, not so innocent Elmo....

Well,  through my blogging year, I have loved the inspiration that others can give and their more than awesome projects.  However since I am human I have envied and cried that I am not as awesome as "so and so"  and I can't beleive all she has done, and has, and looks like and how skinny so and so is.   Now don't get me wrong, I have a great self esteem but some days with 5 kids I am not getting as much "me" time with energy as I wish I had.  This is normal, I assure you.  No medication needed, this is just normal.  And I love all of those I follow and read about, and I love your blogs.  They inspire me 99% of the time!  I love seeing everyone doing great.  However, I am human.  Really I am.  And so the message that I want to share with everyone is that I am doing great too.  I am!  Yesterday I laughed at maggots, and now you can too!  No secrets here!  It really is funny, that the apple or pear, I just can't tell had children of its own.    Here are some fun pictures of our fall.  Happy Fall Everyone!

Our Beautiful Friend and Baby Sitter in the Peach Days Pageant

 Terry making salsa, on of our favorite treats!

 Elle brought me a flower from my neglected flower beds :)

 Terry grilling fish that the kids caught

 Way too much fun!

 Roasting Marshmallows by our fire pit

Aiden doing some kung foo thing.  The big trough in the back holds our firewood.  I saw it out in a farmers field and found out who the farmer was and asked him if I could buy it from him.  He gave me a weird look and asked what I was going to use it for, it was rusted out.  He gave it to me!  Awesome huh?  I need to put some type of decoration on it, either a vinyl Y for BYU  or in red "Andersen est 1999".  What do you think?  And the grape vine on the right is actually a start from my parents house!  How cool is that?!

 Painting Gourds. 

 Anson had to be "confined" when handling paint!

 Notice there are only 3 instead of 4 gourds?  That is because Anson ended up throwing his from the high chair and it broke open and all the innards came out. 

 Ansons first experience with the water dispenser.  There is a big puddle on the floor.  He was laughing so hard til I came... ha ha ha

 Willard Bay Pirate festival.  My new boyfriend!

 Minute to Win it for FHE.  You have to get the Oreo from your forehead to your mouth without touching it.

 I have the cutest kids in the world!  Look at those muscles!

 Lawson in the back of the golf cart.

 BYU Game

 Cookie Dough!!!!!!  Straight to his thighs I tell ya!

 Notice how happy he is here?  He is here 90% of the time I am cooking in the kitchen.  And yes, he probably pees in the sink.  Welcome to my life.

 Not so happy here.  Ya know those toy things they make for kids?  HE HATES THEM!  Hate is a mild word for this situation.   "MOM SAVE ME"

 Terry with the boys at a BYU game.

 Aidens awesome Lego creations.  They are all over my house.

 Grandma DeBry cut the kids squares for quilts so we made them during conference.  Their first sewing project ever!

 I just want to brag about my melons.  lol.  no really at the top is my basil, which grows great every year, but the watermelon and cantaloupe?  It takes real skill to grow a "single serving" melon!  I happen to have those awesome skills.  Although, you should see my grasshoppers!  They are bigger than these!  They could eat you!

 Really they are so cute, and some are actually good!

 More sewing during conference

 Elle's quilt

 Elle on picture day.  She is so beautiful

 Look at those rolls!  He is soooooooo cute!

 Elle and I made an apple pie on Sunday.  Don't let this picture fool you, I was out of patience and my kitchen a mess by the end of this.  Notice the lunch boxes in the background?  The middle one is "the one"  or "the Elmo lunchbox"  This is the night before their death.

 Tis the season right????