Fall in Mount Pleasant

I LOVE FALL!!
The colors are so invigorating. Having spent most of my life in Carbon and Emery Countys it's a change to be in the lush green valley of Sanpete. We have spent some much needed time outdoors on the mountain this month just enjoying the foliage. Although the colors are so bold you can enjoy them from town. The whole mountainside is a range of red, yellow and orange with a touch of green from the pines. This weekend we also had the wonderful blessing of moisture. For 3 days strait I don't think it stopped drizzling. So out bright mountain is now snow capped!! Now don't get me wrong fall is beautiful in Emery as well, but with our beloved Desert taking up most of our scenery we don't get the bright colors of the oaks.


My cold family on a nature hike in the rain.
One shot of fall trees the cool red trees were on the top but my camera died.
Abby in the rain.
As much as I love this area I have come to find the down side of our moist fall climate. We are over run by bugs. Not just the cute little rolly polly bugs Abby loves or fun little baby slugs she enjoys holding, but HUGE GIGANTIC CREEPY SPIDERS. I have become accustomed to the mutant bread of Wolf Spider in our house so that's not the problem. Sam says "they are so big it like chasing a lizard instead of a spider"(he gets a kick out of it). He was very understanding of the first few frantic phone calls about spiders in our house and even ran home to rescue me once. I think he was a bit annoyed today when I call in a huff over spiders in our storage unit. I couldn't even enter because of the mass collection of spiderwebs. I opened the door prepared for the worst or so I thought(I had some warning from Sam). I had to work hard to compose myself when I opened the door to a million earwigs(I don't know that's just what I call them) running out. Abby on the other had was squealing with excitement at all the bugs to chase and step on. "Oh look mommy they run so fast" she squealed. Anyway back to the problem at hand the spiders. I hate them they are in all the boxes and I swear at least one of them is a Black Widow. If I could afford it I would just abandon it all right there no problem. But I need my maternity clothes(just ask Grandma Nina) and baby stuff. So I'm praying for a super freeze that will wipe them all out so I can move on with my life. Is it wrong to pray for the death of one of Gods creatures? I guess it dose sound a bit harsh but YUCK.

I feel a bit better now getting this all off my chest thanks for letting me rant. I hope everyone is has a blissfully spider free fall!!! Go out and enjoy a fresh picked apple for me :)

(at the request of many I won't creep you out with more spider pictures)