PINK EYE!!!!!

Our poor baby woke up crying because he could no longer open his eyes!  Eli's eyeballs were glued shut by all the boogers and he was not very happy about it.  He is doing much better now though.  His poor eyes and cheeks were sore and red from all the wiping and cleaning of buggers.

First Snowfall of the Year

This is for mom and dad, who are cooking in their own juices.  We woke up this morning, after it was 72 degrees yesterday, to this beautiful vista.  I love this time of year.

Emma's Baptism

Spencer, Emma, Hannah and Tanner

On Saturday, October 20th, Emma was  baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  She was lucky enough to have 3 of her cousins all get baptized and confirmed at the same time.

Emma and Hannah

 The girls were so beautiful in their white dresses.

CHEEEEESE!

 Newly confirmed members of the Church with the Gift of the Holy Ghost...YAY!

Emma and her loving father.

Our beautiful daughter, Emma.

Emma was so calm and happy.  She was so excited to get baptized.  The font water was hot, like hot tub hot.  She went down and came back up, out of the water, and had the biggest cheeser you've ever seen.  She was the second of the four to get baptized and confirmed.  Seeing her in that white dress made Lana and me think of 11-12 years from now when she will be in a different white dress, kneeling at an altar, in the temple of the Lord, to make even more eternal covenants, only this time it will be with her husband and her Father.  CRAP!!! That makes me want to cry just thinking about it.  She is growing up too darn fast.

Parent Teacher Conferences

I just wanted to put a small note on here to say how proud I am of our children.  We went to parent teacher conferences yesterday and our children's teachers had nothing but great things to say.  Each of them is getting straight 4's, that's as high as you can get, and their citizenship marks are all fours as well.  Kanyon has qualified for the honor roll and is actively participating in class discussions.  His teacher, Mr. Broadbent, told us the only thing Kanyon needs to work on is working good in a group.  He told us that Kanyon is so smart that when it comes to working in a group he just does all the work himself.  We spoke to him about the importance of helping the others in his group to learn as well so everyone can succeed.  He is really wanting to run for class officer next year so he is working hard in everything.  He and Noah are both reading at College levels.  Noah's teacher, Mrs. Gross, just loves him.  she says he is a delight and is one of the happiest people in the class.  He too is getting great grades.  Emma's teacher, Mrs. Coombs, loves her.  Emma is reading and writing at a 9th grade level and her teacher said when it comes to doing work in class Emma always goes above and beyond.  The other kids will write threee or four sentences in class and Emma will write 6-8 pages.  She is pretty darn smart too.  I feel blessed that our children are wanting to succeed and do their best.  GOOO KIDS!!!

Beautiful Fall Leaves

These pictures are for the poor folks trapped on a tropical island!!  I love this time of year.  The best part is that we haven't had to use AC or heat for over a month now.  I hope we have this nice fall weather for about another month.  I hope the snow flies just in time for Thanksgiving and keeps on falling until the middle of February.  For now though, we are enjoying the beautiful fall leaves.

Emma's 8th Birthday

Emma had a great birthday.  Lana spent a lot of time on making it a great Monster High birthday.  She made her a monster high doll house and even monster high cupcakes and a monster high cake.  Lana is sure talented.  She is a very thoughtful mom. Emma loved the doll house and the cake.

Lana hand made this cake topper.

Emma was super excited that we did a monster high theme for her.  We gave her another doll and her friends gave her several more.  I think she has all of them now, or at least most of them.  We took 10 of her friends to Get Air for her party.  There were 8 girls, with Emma, and 3 boys.  Lana helped me take them out there and then I stayed and played with them.  It was fun.

Emma in the Dodgeball Section of Get Air

The girls were funny on the tramps.  There are four tramps that are attached to foam pits so you can try crazy tricks and have a fun safe time. Emma bounced off her backside and into the pit.

Emma sitting on top of the wall

We gave Emma her very own set of scriptures for her birthday.  It is the one gift all the kids know they are going to get on their eighth birthday. We gave her a cute polka dot case to go with it.

Emma buried in the foam pit and her friends trying to get her out

We had all the family over that evening for ice cream and cake.  It's nice to have family support and have everyone come.

Christy and Ryan gave Emma the brand new and one and only Monster High movie.  Thanks a lot guys!!! Now we have to suffer through the endless repetitions of life at Monster High.

Fly Emma!  Fly!

Kanyon's First Priesthood Conference

I was so excited to take my son to priesthood meeting with me.  I have been waiting for that moment for years.  We went to Grandpa Spencer's ward house, as the building on Jefferson is still being remodeled. Trevor came up and went with us too.  I was sad that my dad wasn't there with us to share in the moment; however, he and mom serving a mission is a much better example for our kids so I guess i'm ok with it. After the conference meeting we went up to my grandma and grandpa Spencer's for ice cream and a little chat and then Kanyon and I went to Wendy's for dinner.  Kanyon is funny.  I told him we could go wherever he wanted, within reason, for dinner and he chose Wendy's.  KIDS!  It was a great night.