Seven!

We had a fun birthday weekend for the girls!  We went to the movies and then had some rainbow cakes the day of their birthday.  Skittles!  The Jeppsons stopped by and shared it with us.

Happy 7th to you two!

Fall is here!

Cute little costumed faces!  We went to Lagoon with Jon, Heather, Dylan and Chandler at the beginning of October.  We had a blast and made some memories we won't forget - there were scary masked zombies and other things walking around and we had some pretty distraught girls a few times!

We went hiking up the canyon near our house - we were missing the NC outdoors, so it was fun to go explore a different kind of scenery!

A visit with Great Grandma Johnson at her house -she's happy to have us back in Utah!  Presley sang for us!

At the tale end of the mountain leaves changing, we made it up to Silver Lake one day.  Mom and Rick came along - so fun!

We got to attend Elise's book one harp recital - she is so talented!  Look at this group!

Who's that sitting next to Caleb??  Stuffed Halloween man that was part of some decor up at the base of the lift at Sundance.  We went as a big group of cousins to hike up to the falls.  Brian even came and he organized a game of football with everyone before we headed up.  He's the best uncle ever!  (We were missing other dads and Amberly...)

Hope this will become a tradition every fall!  On the way back down the canyon we stopped at Vivian park and sang Happy Birthday to Avery and Presley and shared some donuts.  I actually locked my keys in the car right as I was getting ready to grab the donuts...ahhhh!  So silly and such bad timing.  Everyone was really patient while we waited for someone to come and unlock the car.  

Kids in silly, fun hats they earned at Tolman because they participated in chocolate candy bar fund raiser...

We had fun raking leaves at the house - there were definitely enough to go around!  The kids helped me out quite a bit with gathering and bagging  - it was a beautiful day to do it!

Avery and Presley's classes went on a field trip to a pumpkin patch in Farmington.  Both Aaron and I followed the bus out there to be chaperones.  They went through a hay maze, listened to the farmer talk about all different kinds of pumpkins, ate lunch and got to pick out their own pumpkin to take home.  I was assigned to Avery's class, so that's why all the pictures are of her and her friends and class.  We all had a great morning!

Bountiful!

Not long after the school year started, we took a morning off and drove up to the newly renovated Ogden Temple.  It's gorgeous inside and out and was a memorable experience for the kids - first temple they've ever really gone through!

I explored the Bountiful hills close to our house a couple times while the kids were at school.  The late summer/hint of fall in the air weather was beautiful.  Some of the leaves were even starting to change...

Dad finally arrived for good with Jack and the moving truck - alive and well!  What an adventure he had driving across the country!

I happened to find a piano on Craigslist that had been purchased originally in Morrisville, NC!  The kind woman just lived down the street in Centerville and when we met and talked for a few minutes and discovered our connection, she gave it to me for free!  What a small world and what awesome people in it!  We made a perfect spot for it and arranged our table and couch in the front room of the house - definitely different than we were used to, but it worked!

The drive up the hill to the Bountiful Temple was only 5 minutes away from us - we went up at night for FHE to enjoy it's beauty!

And the Salt Lake Temple is only a hop, skip and a jump away from where we were too!

One of the best things about the Bountiful house is the big porch out front and I love this moment I captured of many like it during the 10 months we were there...