Charlie's fall break was fun and she had the best time with her buddies, J.T. and Julius, at Cornbelly's and the Scarecrow Festival. She's lucky to have such fun friends who like to include her in their fun.
We also had some fun with cute baby Harley and Beau, who dropped by a couple different times this past week.
Cute smiley Harley.
Window-sitting buddies.
So that's some fun stuff from this week and tomorrow we're headed down south to Bryce Canyon for the weekend so we'll post all that fun next week. Greg's looking forward to getting away for the first time in six months!
Charlie and McClane had a fall piano recital this past week. They both played their pieces really well and despite a nervous 'breakdown' for Charlie, she got it together and played her songs with only a few mistakes. It was her first piano recital so hopefully the nerves don't attack as hard next time.
Not the best photo but this was Charlie's first piano recital so it's for memory's sake.
For fall break we didn't plan anything super crazy but we decided to take the two younger boys to Nickel City and Olive Garden for dinner while Charlie went with a friend to Cornbelly's. I think everyone had a fun time.
McClane did great at this game.
So today marks the end of the P.I. water season so now maybe Greg can relax and take some, much needed, time off from work. We have a little weekend getaway planned for next weekend when he's not on-call, which should be fun. Now on to enjoying a few more days off from school and work!
Greg took Charlie and me up American Fork Canyon, fairly early, Sunday morning to avoid the worst of the crowds. The fall colors were amazing and, like always, photos don't do the views justice. We did run into more people going down then coming up but we enjoyed the adventure without too much hassle.
Charlie never tires of visiting neighbors and she always has a friend in-tow.
Why one shoe!?
Our General Conference weekend was great. My favorite talks were Clark G. Gilbert, Saturday morning and Brad Wilcox Saturday evening. So many great messages from the best church leaders. I can't wait to read over and study all the talks over the next several weeks and months!
Carter attended Lone Peaks homecoming last weekend and had a great time. He didn't know his date very well but he had fun and was happy to be part of a great group with several of his good buddies. I just got a couple photos before he left but thankfully the group had professional photos taken so here's a few Carter was able to get and share with me.
Just needs a tie.
Cole & Carter headed out.
Carter and his date Jade.
Nice looking group of kids.
I wanted to go for a motorcycle ride to check out the fall colors but Greg decided to take the three youngest and me after church in the car, which is fine, I guess.
These photos definitely don't do this view justice but you get the idea.
McClane turned 11 on the 30th and we had fun celebrating his special day. We kept it simple but he got what he wanted, chocolate cake, two wireless nintendo controllers and a new nintendo game.
McClane and his buddy, Jacob, who stopped by with a nice birthday gift.
So that's our week highlights. Now we're looking forward to General Conference weekend! I definitely need a spiritual feast!
I'm still a fan of doing Charlie's hair and she's almost always happy to allow me to choose the style. Here's a few of our latest hairdos. (And yes, this is the most exciting photos I had on my phone this week.)
Twists and criss-crosses.
Leaving it down, a rare treat for her and a nightmare of tangles for both of us later.
And todays up-do.
So this really was all I had for photos this week. It's been a simple week and no ones complaining.
I neglected to take even one photo this week so I decided to see what Greg had to offer and he had some fun ones. First, we will never forget 9/11/2001 and we learned, recently, that when you can't fly your flag half-staff you can use these black ribbons so that's what we did to honor all those lost on that dreadful day 20 years ago.
And Sunday evening, while enjoying our weekly ice cream gathering, a rescue was put in place for an injured hiker so Greg got out his scope to watch the rescue process happening on the mountains north of us. Beau was happy to be grandpa's scoping partner.
That 'light' on the mountain was where the rescue was taking place.
So there you have it, a week from Greg's perspective. I may start adding his weekly photos every once in awhile to give a bit broader view of our family fun.
Charlie's baptism was definitely the highlight of our past week. It was a great day and she couldn't have been more excited to finally start her journey on the Covenant Path back to her Heavenly Father.
Baptism Day, new scriptures and scripture bag, courtesy of mom, dad and Kayli.
She can't wait to get in that font.
So many came to show their love and support for Charlie and sadly we didn't get photos with everyone but here are the photos we do have.
Charlie with Grandma and Grandpa Kmetzsch
Charlie with her immediate family and nieces.
Grandma and Grandpa B. all the way from Oregon.
Sisters!
Such a great day and now we're DONE! (At least with baptism's for our kids.) We're so grateful for the gospel in our lives and only pray our children will all want to follow the teachings the gospel offers so we can be together forever.
