Albino Turtles

Ok, these pictures loaded backwards, so we'll just have to go with the flow.

Ken teaches on Wednesday nights and so I thought it would be fun to do something with the kids so we wouldn't miss him. I read about the Hot Springs up Spanish Fork Canyon and decided that could be a lot of fun. But to make a long story short, I wasn't quite ready to go when the kids got home from school and so instead of hiking to the hot springs we decided to drive up and make sure we knew where it was and look around.

Unfortunately us for the trail was WAY farther away than I had thought. To make up for the long drive the kids got out and threw rocks into the river and I took a few pictures on the fence built around the parking lot. We may try this hike sometime, but I think we'll wait for Ken to go with us. Mark was being a baboon and beating his chest for this picture.

I got to go take pictures of my friend's baby. It was so much fun and he was so cute. Near the end of the visit the kids had a leaf fight that lasted over 20 minutes. It was great to be outside and be running around, too bad it was time to go home and fix dinner. Later that evening my friend came over and we put together an announcement for her little guy. I can't believe that we stayed up until 11 working on it, but it sure was fun.

I really wanted my family to focus on how blessed we are so for FHE I made a thankful tree. (I'm in charge of sharing time this month and so our primary got one too.) At each meal the kids have been adding something they are thankful for on that day. I'm really encouraging them to be specific and it's been a lot of fun to do together. The kids also think that standing on the table to tape their leaf up is pretty fun too.

I just can't get over how beautiful fall is. Here is our pear tree in the backyard. I just love that is leaves are green, yellow, red and purple. It makes me happy each time I look out the window.

This is a great story. Jessie was helping Spencer out of the bath, but he really wanted his dad. Instead of getting frustrated (which is something I'm really working on with Spencer) she thought up a fun thing for him to do. She got down a white towel and told him he could be a rare albino turtle. He thought that was just a cool idea and let her wrap him up. Of course, then Abbie also wanted to be an albino turtle. I told them I'd take a picture and so Jessie joined in the fun. I never knew albino turtles were so cute. The only down side was that it was so much fun being an albino turtle that the next thing we had to convince Spencer of was getting dressed.