Nate appears to have mixed feelings.
Bennett: his feelings are pretty obvious. Apparently he doesn’t want a younger sibling. Unfortunately for him, at this point it’s inevitable. Hopefully he’ll change his mind before April 8th :)
Less than six months left to enjoy being the only child!
Last Thursday, I met some friends from the neighborhood up at Gardner Village. Unfortunately, it was UEA (basically all the kids in Utah are out of school for…something. Not sure what :) and there were TONS of people there. We ate lunch and walked around a little bit looking at all the witches and decorations. By the time we left, Bennett had learned the word for pumpkin (although people other than me probably wouldn’t recognize that’s what he’s saying – something like butta). The last few weeks when we’ve seen them they were balls, but he finally figured out they’re not. He pointed them all out and wanted to go hug them all. It was pretty cute. I attempted to get a picture with a witch but there was a line and apparently the witch was more interesting than I was :)
I’m obviously a little bit behind on blogging. Oh well. I usually go in phases :) A couple weeks ago, my parents came into town for General Conference. They flew in Friday morning and we visited my sister Camille’s school so they could see her classroom. Bennett liked playing in the “lion’s learning lair”, and willingly showed his muscles for the picture:
Saturday was mostly spent watching conference and hanging out. The men went up to Salt Lake for the Priesthood session while the rest of us went shopping. We had yummy banana splits afterwards.
Sunday morning, we all headed up to the Conference Center and were able to be there in person. It was a great session of conference. Mom and dad had to leave shortly after the afternoon session – it seemed like a quick trip but it was so fun to have them here! A couple pictures – of us all at the conference center, and Bennett playing with his grandma (he was too busy playing to look at the camera).
It took until this week for it to actually feel like fall here – the mid-80s and 90s temperatures made it still feel like summer, but the mountains decided it was time to change colors. Two weeks ago, we went up American Fork Canyon and on part of the Alpine loop to see the leaves. In several areas, it seemed like they weren’t quite to their prime yet, but we still got to see some really pretty views. I was a little disappointed I didn’t get to see more bright red, but I’m hoping if the overcast skies and fog ever clear up I can go back before they all turn brown. Here are some from our morning:
my last two attempts to get Nate and Bennett didn’t go very well – too dark, then Bennett had had enough. We were driving down the canyon around 12:30 and tried to get Bennett to stay awake by rolling down his window, giving him snacks, singing to him – fortunately we kept him somewhat coherent until we got home so he could take a good nap. It was a beautiful day, and we’re lucky to live so close to the mountains!
fortunately, I’m not referring to our hopes and dreams. A couple weeks ago, the landscapers were using a weed whacker in our backyard and Bennett always likes to watch them, so he went over by the back door. I heard a loud crack, and Bennett screamed and came running over to me. Apparently the weed whacker had flipped up a rock that hit the glass in the back door and shattered it. I was pretty worried until I called Nate and he reminded me that it was a double-paned window and I realized the shattered glass was only on the outside. I could hear it crackling and forming smaller and smaller pieces for about 20 minutes, then it just stayed in place for about a week. It looked pretty cool, almost like frosted glass, until it started falling down. Now it’s just a pain because I have to keep going out to sweep up the glass that falls. Hopefully they get it fixed soon – until then, here are a few pictures:
