Utah trip

We had the pleasure of visiting Utah this past weekend for my new nephew's baby blessing.  While there, we managed to fit in a few fun excursions.  The highlight for me was visiting my 92 year old grandma.  I was so surprised at how sweet and loving David was towards her.  They hit it off immediately.  Later, David asked me, "mommy, do we get old things on our hands and our face?".  It took me a minute to figure out what he was asking about, and then I realized that he had probably never seen a very old person before.

While we were driving around Murray, I noticed Wheeler farm and remembered going there as a child.  The next day, we went over there for a couple hours.  Here's David on an awesome climbing tree at the farm.  I wish I had one of those in my back yard!

Our visit couldn't be complete without a trip to temple square.  If you have never taken a tour of the church conference center, I highly recommend it.  Here we are enjoying the view from the roof.

David "touching" the temple.

...and, of course, our visit couldn't be complete without a trip to Provo.  Here's David at bridalveil falls.

This picture would've been much cuter with a better backdrop.  We had to take it in a hurry because Joseph was running off to meet my brother-in- law at the football game.  It's too bad that they lost.  Joseph still had fun!

Thanks Jessica and Brent for the fun trip!

David

"Daddy, did Ammon fight with his sword or his light saber?"

preschool

today was David's first day of preschool.  I have to admit that I feel apprehensive about having him gone again during the day.  It sure feels lonely without this little face around.

Halloween Preview

Here's our little monster! .. and believe me, sometimes he can be a little monster.  He screams and shakes his little fists when he doesn't get his way, which happens quite a bit.  Do the terrible 2's really start at 10 months?  

Update

Wow.  I feel like life has taken off again.  Gone are the uneventful summer days.  Here are some random things from the past month.

For our anniversary this year, we decided to fix up our bedroom.  The bedding was going to be my "summer project".  It hasn't happened yet, but hopefully in the next few weeks...  :)  The bedspread is finished, now I just need to make a bedskirt, pillow covers, and some curtains.

 We came home from vacation and found this monster Zucchini.  The pictures don't do it justice... it really was HUGE. 

I made two loaves of Zucchini bread and still had this much left over.

Joseph is happy these days because football season is around the corner.  David is happy because preschool starts in a week.  I'm happy because dance starts back up again soon.  I am also sad to have a schedule again.  Time seems to fly by, and my kids are growing up way too fast!