September Beginnings

The new arrangement above the piano- no more pictures to dust or knock over on the piano!

DUE DATE FUN!!! So, Baby Baxter #7 was due on September 1st. As those who know are family already know, our babies are not born before their due dates, nor anywhere near their due dates! We figured this kiddo would be the same, so the kids and the mama packed up for a day of fun in the sun. First stop, though, was the Kokapelli Produce Stand along I-70 in the DeBeque Canyon to purchase some amazingly delicious fried peach pies. Oh yes, folks, these are one of the most AMAZING use of calories that I can think of! Yum, yum!!!

The kids always have fun playing in the corn bin out front.

Our last hurrah at Island Acres State Park. Here's a view across the Colorado River at the state park turn off.

The motley crew...

... and the very pregnant mama. D-day!!!
(No, that is not an inflated beach ball under her top!)

We had five roses on one stem that weekend. They were so beautiful!

The sweet ladies at the chapel gave a mommy shower. There were all sorts of amazing, delicious goodies to eat, including a chocolate fondue fountain!

Foot scrubs and soaks and pretty pedicures were the order of the day.

Each lady enjoyed a gourmet foot scrub and lotion just for the day.

Our sweet girls enjoyed their pampering as well!

Here's another baby at the shower- totally in awe at his own photo.

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That week Amelie found a cricket who had apparently gorged herself on something inside the chell of a dead snail (perhaps the dead snail itself?). She got stuck trying to exit through a small hole on the side. This reminds me of sin- very inticing, until we get stuck trying to escape after partaking. Amelie thought she could just pull the cricket through. When I pointed out that would completely kill the cricket, she opted to smash the snail shell instead. She loves snails and snail shells as well, but the live cricket had her heart this time.

ART NIGHT!