Fall Break

The Colors of Autumn

The weather was beautiful for our fall break this past week!
We went for a drive on the Nebo Loop, it is one of America's Scenic Byways. It was a nice drive and the fall colors were breathtaking! We stopped along the way and had a scenic view of Utah Valley. We took a small hike to see "Hell's Kitchen" We had know idea that there were rock formations in this area. This was probably the prettiest Autumn drive we have taken since living in Utah! We went and had lunch and a nice visit with Carly. We saw even more reds, oranges and green trees on the mountains about 10 minutes from our house.

Gardner'sVillage

We spent a couple of hours walking around this fun shopping area looking for witches.

We found witches hula hooping, riding bicycles, fishing, playing ball, dancing and many other things. It was fun looking for the different witches. The pumpkins, fall decorations, and nice weather made for an enjoyable afternoon. When we first got there Morgan asked a few times if the witches were real. She was relieved to know that each one wasn't real. Mick survived the afternoon with us. He thought he saw maybe 2 other men among the many children and women there. We were glad he came and it was a nice fall activity to do with the family.

More Canyon Birthday Party Pictures

We had lots of yummy food and it was fun visiting with everyone.

Jackson loved playing ball with Cameron.

Mick, Jackson and Morgan having fun with the bubbles.

Mick and Dad enjoying some time around the fire.

Happy Birthday Grandpa and Brittany!

We went up the canyon Saturday for a picnic with my family.
Almost everyone in the family was able to be there.
We celebrated my Dad's 70th Birthday.
I have been blessed with a wonderful kind Dad. He would do
any thing for me and my family!
He is honest and true in all things. He is a humble and sincere man.
Happy Birthday Dad....I love you!!!

Brittany was born on my Dad's birthday.
It has made a special connection for them.
I am thankful for Brittany. She is a great daughter and
has brought a lot of spunk and laughter to our family.
Happy Birthday Brittany...I love you!!!

Rachelle and Cameron....say cheese!

It was a beautiful day in the canyon.
It was a little cool but the roasted hot dogs and marshmallows
were awesome.

Carson, Brittany and Steven roasting hot dogs.

Grandma brought bubbles and big wands to play with.
I'm not sure who had more fun the kids or the adults!

It was a nice relaxing afternoon.
We hope to make this an annual Fall tradition!

October General Conference

I love conference weekend!! I feel uplifted and encouraged by each of the messages that I heard. I felt the spirit through the spoken word and the beautiful music! I felt excitement as the 5 new temples were announced. Our Daughter-in-Law, Rachelle, is from Brigham City so we are thrilled for this temple.

I loved Elder Perry's talk about the Manti Temple. Because we had just gone there and had been to Sanpete county it seemed so personal. Elder Sitati spoke to the missionaries when Cameron was serving in Zimbabwe. I love hearing the leaders from other countries share their testimonies of the truthfulness of the gospel. The growth that is happening in the church world wide is exciting. I am grateful for Brianna's sacrifice and serving a mission at this time. She is doing a great job in helping this work go forth. I love our church leaders and feel so very blessed to be able to hear the words of a living prophet and Apostles.

I think the greatest message I got from conference was to become more Christ-like through love, service and virtue.

Here are a few other things I learned and need to do to improve my life.

*I feel a great need to be of more service to those around me because of President Monson's talk.

*I felt the spirit and strength of Elder Holland's testimony as he bore witness of the Book of Mormon. I have a desire to read and study this great book better and apply it's teachings in my life.

*My testimony of Joseph Smith was also strengthen though the Conference messages.

*I have a desire to learn to recognize the promptings of the Holy Ghost more in my life. Elder Scott and Sister Matsumori taught great principles about recognizing the spirit and letting it guide our lives.

*I learned the importance of being consistent from Elder Bednar. I need to be more diligent and have perseverance in living the gospel.

*I feel a great need to hang on to the rod through the mists of darkness as Sister Dibbs shared in her message.

* I also feel the need to be more temperate and patient in my life.


The 2 days went too quickly!! I am looking forward to reading the conference talks again next month in the Ensign. I feel so blessed to live in a time that we receive revelation and guidance from our loving Heavenly Father.

Grandparents Day

Morgan and I in front of the class tree.

I went to my first Grandparents day.
It was fun seeing Morgan with her kindergarten class.

I don't feel old enough to be a Grandparent of a kindergartner!

Each day their teacher has a question on the board.
They put their paper doll under their answer. It also lets
the teacher know that they are in class for the day.

According to Morgan I am 80 years old!
I thought I looked young compared to some
of the other grandparents in the room.

Morgan also filled out a paper about me.
One question was what is your Grandma's job?
Morgan said that I did Laundry.
I thought that was pretty funny.

The two kindergarten classes did a little play for us.
Morgan played the part of CoCo.
A little girl that couldn't wait to visit her Grandma.

She was so cute and did a great job.
She even had a line which she did perfectly!

I'm her Grandma...I can say that!!

After they sang some songs for us we had our snacks together.

It was a fun day and I hope to be able to go to more
Grandparent days in the future!

Manti Temple

Carly had Fall break this week. We picked her up on
Wednesday and went to the Manti Temple.

I love this temple. It is so beautiful. It has always
been one of my favorites.

The Manti Temple is up on a hill.
We drove Carly back to school on Labor Day.
It was about 9:30 at night and we could see the temple
20 miles away. It was an awesome sight
seeing the temple all lit up on the hill.

Carly and Kaylie posing halfway up the hill to the temple.

Our self portrait.

After trying 5 times we were finally able to get Mick and I in the picture with the Temple!