Camille is engaged!!

This is a blurry picture of Camille and Rob, but it gives you an idea of what a cute couple they are! Of course we will be taking lots more pictures of them and will post a better one when we get it! They got engaged on October 11th in a very romantic setting (so we hear!!) They are planning a January 2, 2009 wedding date, so it looks like the Holiday Season will be extra busy this year! We are excited for them and know that they will make a happily married couple because they already are a happy couple!





Now, this next picture has nothing to do with the last one!! Just want to make that clear!! Elise and Natalie went out to light the barbeque on Sat. and I heard Nat scream and then Weston say "Go get the camera!" I didn't know why, but if Nat screamed, then it HAD to be about something dramatic!! When they opened the BBQ, they found a very fat black widow spider who had evidently sucked all the juices out of a very dead and dry grasshopper that was still wound up in it's web down on the grill! I took a picture and then we pushed the grasshopper through the grill bars and the spider decided to high-tail it out of there before we lit the grill!!
See all the exciting things that happen at the Jones house!!!

Happy Fall

A tree that looks like a poodle (actually 3 trees) A serene pastoral scene in St. David.

This is our windmill and scenes from our backyard. This is a scene from Fernan Lake in No. Idaho from our August visit,

Fall is my favorite season and time of the year! I have to force myself not to decorate the house until the official start of the autumnal equinox--this year was Sept. 22nd! October is my favorite month of fall and not for the obvious reason. I like it because the air is finally cooler here in AZ and we can open our windows at night and let the cool breezes blow through the house. I like it because the colors are changing and we do have trees here that change colors brilliantly. I like to have my camera in the car with me during fall so if I see a pretty scene, I can pull off the road and take a picture. I like fall because I love the scents of the season--apples, peaches, pumpkin pie, cinnamon and "harvest smells"! I burn lots of scented candles this time of year to add to the natural scents around our little village. I like fall because I like to dress up at Halloween with my preschool class--it gives us adults license to act like kids again!! Anyway, above are a couple of my favorite fall photos that I've taken the past couple of years

Here is Elise and Cami when they did their hair in "spouts"--and I don't think it was even Halloween!! This is a silly picture of Weston and a rubber band! He stole the camera again and was taking self-portraits of his lovely mug! He took several, and this is the "best" one, I think. When do boys actually grow up???