Fall Fun!! (Photo catch up time!)

Crazy Hair Day!









HALLOWEEN!!












Sunday Drive















Parker turns 9!!!









Grandma Rose throws a jewelry party for the girls!






Kindergarten Nursery Rhyme Festival!




Annual UEA Trip!





















These are just a few of our fun Fall happenings! Also, I had TWO girls' weekends in November!! I am kicking myself for not taking pictures, but I have to at least write down that it DID happen!! I went with my sis-in-law, Megan, to visit my sis Leslie down in St. George. We went to "Time Out for Women" and had such a good time together. I LOVE YOU LES AND MEGAN!! Two weeks later I flew ALL BY MYSELF to spend a weekend in Tennessee with my girlfriends! It was SO MUCH FUN and so good to see my amazing friends that I have missed so much. Once again, I am so wishing I had pictures to share, but photos or not, I will never forget my fun girl time-- thanks, sweet friends and THANK-YOU, Jeremy!!

Our most exciting Fall happening deserves a post of it's own, so check back soon! (:

Stressed out?

Parker: "Dad, are you stressed?"

Me: "No, why?"

Parker: "You're going to get stressed! There's gum in the carpet."

Am I that predictable? I told him, "Parker, I don't get stressed anymore." I calmly got down on the floor and examined the situation. Gum quite ingrained in the carpet. "Someone go get me the scissors," I calmly intoned. As I coolly cut as little as possible of the carpet out, I explained to the gaggle of kids surrounding me, "Never do this. Only mom or dad can cut something out of the carpet." As I was going through this stress-free exercise, Jesi reaches down and grabs the gum beween her thumb and forefinger. Me, (slightly less calmly), "Jesi, no." By this time she had squeezed the gum, so when she complied with my directive, the gum, which had been in a nice, cuttable ball, stretched out into one of those thin strings. It broke off, leaving some residue on Jesi's finger, which she quickly proceeded to wipe off-on the carpet:) I grit my teeth, forced a smile and said, "See, I don't get stressed anymore!"

Happy Sunday:)

Jeremy