Lisa and I took Caroline and Emily to Provo to hear
Stephanie Nielsen speak. Lisa and I have heard the whole story because we follow
her blog but the girls haven't and they enjoyed being there and having a night out together and with their moms.
It was about loving who you are. Here is a great video to watch....
My New Life
Katie's name is Katie Elleah. Her middle name is after both her grandma's...Ella and Leah. My mom's first name is Leah but she goes by her middle name. Katie thinks Leah's name is Elleah and we humor her and call her that when Katie is around. So this is grandma and the two girls named after her.
Pack meeting was held at the fire station. We learned fire safety, went on a tour of the station, and everyone got to put out a 'fire'. It was fun. I like doing things like this with the neighbors.
Emily picked up a dragonfly and it just sat on her finger for awhile. Until it was ready to fly away.
Leah and Thomas at the Salt Flats.
Grandpa and Leah in conversation at the Salt Flats.
Always happy. Always smiling.
Last couple of days she's been going from front to back but I laid her on the floor on a blanket and she is way off the blanket. 5 months old yesterday. Here we go.....
One of the boys kept taking pictures of Leah in the car. At night. In the dark.
This was the result.
I decided NOT to sit around and let fall break pass us by. So we went out and had some fun.
The kids and I started at the Zoo on Thursday. We took our time, saw lots of animals, played at the discovery center and had a great time. On our way downtown, a $3.49 cheeseburger at Sonic was 75 cents so we stopped, called John to meet us there and bought 7 burgers and lucky for us it was happy hour so we each got a small slushy for half price.
From there, we went to Temple Square and made it just in time to watch "Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration" at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. We walked around the temple grounds after.
We had a great day together.
FAMILIES CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER
Friday, John went in to work super early so he could come home early and we went to Kennecott Coppermine. We watched the documetary and enjoyed the sights.
Saturday morning we woke up nice and early and drove almost 2 hours with several from the H family for family pictures. IT WAS GORGEOUS out there. Some of the men drove 100+ miles an hour on the flats and all of the kids got a turn to drive a vehicle.
On the way home we stopped at In N Out. It just opened down the road from us and the kids have been DYING to go so we stopped on the way home. It is now the favorite restaurant among all the boys. Emily still votes for Joy luck.
That night John and I went to the adult session of stake conference. Little John stayed home with the 3 little boys and Emily went to the Opera, La Boheme, with Grandma, Grandpa, and Caroline. Thanks to OC Tanner.
I have two of them now!
I took all of this in just a few seconds. He refused to stand still and smile. So Thomas.
I had to take several pictures of John to get him to just smile. He just wanted to pull faces. See my arm on him in the last picture. He needed help just standing still and smiling. Cute kid.
Same thing happened in all the family pics and kids together pics. There were several takes because he kept talking and pulling faces and looking around.
2 year old vs. 12 year old. Not much difference. :)
The kids in pink supporting Grandma.
Ryan and Laura made Ryan's shirt
I bought this hat when I was pregnant with Samuel....assuming he was going to be a she.
Go cougars!!
And I call her dress 'the Leah dress' because it has her name written all over it.
"Knowledge speaks and wisdom listens"
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"Feelings are everywhere. Be gentle."
