October Conference Weekend 2008

Ok, this is really embarrassing. I have not updated since October, but I'm going to be better. People tell me to just start from right now and don't worry about what I've missed because I'll get overwhelmed. Well, I am overwhelmed but I just can't seem to skip all those months. Anyways, I went to Enrichment tonight and they were talking about the importance of keeping some kind of journal, whether it's scrapbooks, blogs, written journals, etc. I haven't kept up on any of those. There are so many cute things my kids do and experiences we have and I never write them down. Soooo, I'm going to do better. But for the last months, it will be mostly pictures.

Bryson-2 months old

For several months, Bryson loved to stick out his tongue.

Aunt Julie makes a great horse. (Kade calls her Julie instead of Jewls or Julianne)

Carson and Kade love Uncle Jacob!

Sometimes Kade will start playing with my hair, which I think is cute...until he starts twisting it in his fingers and hands.

Carson and Kade jammin' out!

Kade wearing Aunt Janae's glasses.

Kade wanted to get himself dressed; shorts and shirt backwards and diaper hanging out. Too cute.

Kade loves grandma and grandpa's sandbox.

Yard cleaning project. Kelsey sweepin' away.

Jacob and Nelson

Carson and Kade are working so hard.

Julianne struttin' her stuff.

Dad and Glen "pondering" the conference talks.

Bryson trying on some of Jacob's Build-A-Bear outfits! Isn't he just the cutest with his belly shirt?

Trying on his Halloween costume.

Can't you tell he loves it?

Kade wanted to wear the helmet so bad.

We always like to hear Janae play her songs.
Kids dance party.

September Excursion- Fountain Hills

Glen and I have lived in Arizona our whole life and feel like we don't know enough about it and haven't seen or have forgotten a lot of places. So last September we decided that we were going to go to one new place or do one new thing every month. And of course, so far, we have always waited until the very last days of the month, and the past couple of months we have missed. So on September 30 we went to Fountain Hills off of highway 87 on your way to Payson. Now for some Arizonans that may sound kind of funny but we had only been there before for track or a football game. We had never been to the Fountain Park. I read on the internet that "Fountain Hills boasts the largest continuously flowing fountain in the world, which spurts water 560 feet into the air every hour on the hour. The fountain is located in the middle of a man-made lake." Whether or not it really is the largest, it is still extremely high and awesome to go see. I believe we got to see it three times: as soon as we got there, while on our walk around the lake, and right before we left. If we didn’t have our kids it could be a really romantic place to go in the evenings and take a nice walk around the lake, but it was fun to have the kids. We had a picnic, fed the ducks, watched the fountain, walked around the lake, and played on their fun playground. It was a great Monday night FHE for us.The fountain reaches 560 feet.We couldn't believe how close the ducks got to us.

Kade loves to climb!They had a nice little Veterans Memorial. Glen's trying to teach Kade.

This is a bad picture, but they light it up at night.