It's ANOTHER Girl!!

The girls got their Christmas present a month early. We SHOCKED them with a new puppy!

Sadie

She is a really good puppy. She doesn't chew much, is almost totally potty-trained, and sleeps in her crate all night! Good girl!

The girls are all having so much fun playing with her.

Halloween Parade

The annual school Halloween parade. Here is Jill as a cowgirl.
Here is Lily as a pink cowgirl.

Alison was a fairy.

Happy Birthday......to us!

The birthday girls. My sister & I share the same birthday, and my mom's is the week before. We all turned 29 again :)

BYU Homecoming

Dan, Alia, Jill & I attended BYU's homecoming this year who was honoring Dan's gggrandfather Eugene Roberts. Dan & I went to the BYU football game with his brother & sister-in-law against TCU. It was a lot of fun. The girls played with their cousins.

Saturday morning we drove the Alpine Loop with Dan's family to see the plaque for Eugen Roberts. Here Dan & I are in front of Robert's Horn. Why do we look so tired?

The plaque honoring EL Roberts. Friday night at the "Spectacular", the whole program was a reinactment of EL Roberts' life. It was pretty amazing. EL Roberts was the first sports director at BYU.

Apple Hill-Round 2

Early October we went to Apple Hill with Nana & Papa and the Frye's. Here Lily & Alia are at the pumpkin patch.

Lily, Dylan, Jill & Alison have fun on an old tractor.

Alison eating apples while we pick them!

Apple Hill-Round 1

Lily with her 2nd Grade Class

Feeding fish at the fish pond.

Lily with her good friend at High Hill.

I went on a field trip with Lily's class to High Hill Ranch today. We toured the orchards via a hayride, the apple-sorting machines, the cider barn, and the pie & caramel apples making areas. We ended the trip with a snack (cider & apples) at their picnic tables and a class photo. Then they got to take home a caramel apple. Yum! We are ready for fall!!!!

Fifth Grade Fun

I asked one of the students that was in my group to take a picture of Jill & me. A little too much floor. :)

Jill in front of Arnold Schwarzenegger's office.

Eating our snack in front of the Capitol building.

Inside the House chamber learning about our state goverment.

I decided to stick my name in the hat to help chaperone Jill's class field trip to our State Capitol building and the IMAX Theater. Initially I was not one of the 4 moms chosen and Jill was very sad. With the younger girls being at home, I had only been on one field trip with Jill before. But soon our fortune turned from bad to good. One mom had to drop out, and the teacher told me that she called me first because Jill showed SO MUCH concern over the new chaperone position...... When would they be chosen? When would she get to know who it was? etc. So, she just called me! We arrived at the Capitol and toured both the Senate and House chambers. Then we got to view Gov. Arnold's reception area to his office. No, he was not there! Then we walked to the IMAX Theater and watched Walking on the Moon. Very cool.

We then walked back to the ground of the Capitol and ate our lunches. Then rode the bus home. Thanks for inviting me Jill!

Tis' the Season

Anyone recognize these from last year? I couldn't believe it when we were working by the rabbit's pen, and Dan yelled at me and there it was... about 2 feet away. At least the snake fence prevented it from getting IN to the rabbit's pen.

Ahoy Matey!

Pirates invaded EDH, and Lily's class went to see them. I volunteered to walk with the class to the library where the events were being held. It was really HOT, but it was fun, as there were a lot of other moms that I knew to hang out with and watch the kids have fun.

Labor Day On the Lake

Some good friends of ours asked us to join them Monday on their boat. We had so much fun!!!!! Here Jill is taking a picture of Amy & Lily.

The whole family on the dock.
Dan and girls.

Jill, Lily, and Alison having a blast being towed behind the boat.

"The Captain"

Ready for more fun!!!