MJ and NM had their primary program today. They both did AWESOME! They sang the 3rd verse of "I lived in Heaven", NM gave a talk on prophets, MJ sang a baptism song with her class, they both had their speaking parts plus all the songs. They both did such a great job, but I think we're all glad it's done. I've been drilling them for weeks on parts and songs.

The MJ and NM loved the zipline. They both went down twice.

Our last adventure for fall break was the ward campout. It was beautiful with the leaves all changing colors and the nice cool weather. We had a fun time. The girls thought they needed walking sticks like dad, so they all had knives (scareeeeeyyyyy!!!) and worked on them for a while. Then they set the sticks down somewhere and couldn't find them again....

THANK YOU GRANDPA!

Grandpa had a terrific pumpkin patch for us this year. All the kids got to pick out their favorite pumpkin. Mine are having a hard time waiting to carve them.

One of the favorite things to do at Grandma and Grandpa's house is to walk to the creek and throw rocks. We had a big group this time. The boys won the race up the hill, while Aunt M barely made it and thought she was going to DIE!

All the cousins were on fall break at the same time, so everybody was abel to get together. The kids played and played and had a great time. The moms talked and talked and had a TERRIFIC time. It was so good to be all together.....

Wednesday we tried out a new park. It had a lot of toys (and people) but was covered which got us out of the sun. I can't believe it's still so warm. I told D we may have to turn on the air conditioning again this year.

Jade was so excited to try the rock climbing. She did really great (about kicked the helper guy in the stomach) but was not quite tall enough and couldn't reach the next steps very easily. She was ready to do it again though.

The free craft was to decorate a yo-yo. They started the project there, but it is still being worked on here at home.

MJ and NM were able to practice a little archery. They thought it was great. MJ was able to hit the wall they were aiming for but NM couldn't quite pull back far enough.

Next, we got to shoot at their laser arcade. Even Dad got in on that one.

We have been on Fall Break this week, so one of the fun things we got to do was to go to the Kid's Night at Bass Pro Shop (everything is free....plus popcorn!!!). The first thing we did was watch them feed the fish. YUM, YUM.

D had his birthday Sunday. We had Root Beer floats and cookies. He got the traditional pants and underwear for gifts. VERY exciting! Thanks to everybody for phone calls and gifts.

Poor Mindy needed a bath. She was pretty miserable the
whole time. D and the girls had fun though.

Grandma and Grandpa brought down the swingset this weekend. THANK YOU!! The girls were so excited to have it back. They have been playing on it since D got it set up.

NM lost her first top-front tooth last Sunday. She is going to be our Jack-o-latern for Halloween.

We went to #82's ballgame this morning. He was awsome! He scored two running touchdowns (although 1 was called back on a flag), kicked several great offside kicks, and made bunches of great tackels. Go #82!!!!!!!

Cloe is surviving...She is getting breakfast and dinner all served to her in bed. She is not a big fan of Mindy, but so far they have pretty much left each other alone. She's probably going to gain 5 pounds before mom and dad get home due to children sneaking her snacks whenever mom's not looking.

It has finally started to cool down here in the evenings, so Friday night, Dave gave us all a golf lesson in the backyard. The girls are already better than me...not that that is hard to do. The putting practice took place in the hallway.