So Much Fun In October!

A couple of weekends ago, Julia took us on the adventure hike I had been wanting to go on for a long  time! This was the hot springs hike up the Spanish Fork Canyon - 5th Water Hike!

The view was beautiful and the weather was perfect since we were in the middle of October!

Waterfalls and the changing leaves, and being with people that we love...

We even discovered a fun little campsite by the river clos to where the hot springs were!

Kambriella on the rope swing.

The hot pools were amazing!!! The water got progressively hotter as you went further up the mountain...

It was a 5 mile round trip hike, and we spent a good amount of time relaxing in the warm water.

The waterfalls themselves were freezing, but a great way to cool down if you got too hot!

I heard people say while we were there that the water temperature varied between 90 and 120 degrees!

I'm so glad that Dallin and Julia wanted to take us with them on this hike!

It was a blast!

After spending ALL morning on the hike, we got home just in time to prepare for our ward Trunk or Treat!

We whipped together a competition pot of chili and one amazing trailer full of skeletons passing out doughnuts, along with some cool lights and fun Halloween tunes!

Carew, Kara, and Rodney were the Incredibles!

Kambriella and Kesslyn were a wizard and a cheerleader.

Clint was my date and I was a witch!

(Anything to not have to do my hair! ;)

My friend Laura was Patrick Star

I love her so much!

We didn't even know that Kesslyn's friend Kate was going to be a cheerleader too! :)

Clint and I also attended the musical play Little Women with our friend Rhett Butler as the star!

Sweet Kesslyn also gave a beautiful talk in primary about loving to learn the gospel and growing from Come Follow Me and messages from conference.

Clint and I went to the temple again this week! YAY!!!

And I even squished in ONE MORE hike at Mueller Park!

I went with my sister for an jour, and we both decided that we would take what we can get!

I'm not sure how much longer this beautiful weather will hang around, but I figured we will just enjoy it as long as we can!

I LOVE October!!!

 

General Conference Weekend

This October has seemed more like summer than fall with how amazing the weather has been! 70's and 80's everyday, and ice-cream for an afterschool treat!

We celebrated Colby's birthday by going out to dinner at the Mandarin in Bountiful.

Kesslyn and I took a short hike together up the Rocky Mouth Waterfall trail to see the beautiful fall colors...

The waterfall was running small, but I guess that is to be expected by the time we get to October, right?

Kesslyn and I had s fun time on our hike...

...she is my little buddy everywhere I go. :)

Kesslyn, you are so so cute!!!

Clint and I love attending the temple each week, and especially in preparation for general conference!

It's my favorite place to be where heaven and earth connect.

I love the house of the Lord.

We were so excited to go and spend the conference weekend up at the cabin where everything is so still and peaceful.

I brought the "conference cash" and set up shop for everyone to participate in the fun of being present and engaging in conference!

It's a silly little tradition, but everyone LOVES it! I hand out fake money when I see people listening, taking notes, and singing, and then when the session is over, I "open" the store and let people "buy" their prizes.

They are just simple little treasures, but still enough to bring lots of smiles. :)

On Saturday and in between sessions the kids also had fun riding the 4 wheeler around the property.

Dallin and Julia loved it, and Eddy loved it too!

Kambriella, Kesslyn, and the neighbor friend Mary loved it too!

I LOVE these Note Posters that the kids "drew" their notes on while listening to the leaders and their messages. I don't care HOW they listen, I just LOVE that they listen, engage, learn, and feel the spirit while they do this!

Not only are they hearing the messages and feeling the Spirit, but they are seeing their stories and retaining them too. I LOVE general conference and the fact that we can also take the messages with us to study every single day until the next conference comes around too!

President Nelson announced 17 new temples taking the total number of temples that are either open, announced, or under construction to a total of 367 temples!!!

The Lord is truly hastening His work, and it is a privilege to be a part of gathering Israel on both sides of the veil!

President Nelson also said to help the world to prepare for the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. These are exciting times to be living in, and to be a part of the Lord's great work!

The Process Has Begun!

At long last, I am finally able to post these beautiful pictures of what Clint and I have been waiting for for almost two years now!

This is our new lot in Bountiful where we are building a new home, and last week, they finally started moving dirt!

This is a beautiful 2 acre property, and we FINALLY have a hole! :)

It's hard to see the scale of things from a simple picture, so having Clint standing down in the hole made it easier for me to envision the dream.

It may sound crazy, but I love everything about this process...the mountain, the dirt, the air, the sky, the tractors...

The thought of where life has taken me with my best friend by my side, and just where it will continue to take us in the future.

There is still no one else I would rather be enjoying this mortal journey with than my sweetheart and very best friend.

We are having a celestial experience being a covenant couple in a covenant marriage, striving daily to help each other to become the best that we can become.

It was also fun to take the girls up to the lot and let them see the progress! They were both so excited to see it! I also told them that we would probably take weekly field trips to this lot to watch the process until everything is complete.

What a fun journey we are on!

(Here is Kesslyn showing the size of the tractor. ;)

We also saw a few deer on the drive back home, and this one stopped and looked at us for a long time!

And look at the horns too!

We also went to the Mandarin Chinese restaurant for Colby's 55th birthday on Tuesday!

Happy Birthday Colby!

For part of the early celebration, we also made homemade pizzas on Sunday and had birthday cake and ice cream too!

Xaxton was the mastermind behind the homemade pizza dough, and it was delicious!

We started calling him "Uncle Tino!"  ;)

YUM!!!

 

Doorbell Surprises

This is the cute poster that Kambriella made to ask a friend to the Halloween dance...

She (and all of my kiddos) are so talented with their artistic abilities!

Then, my doorbell rang and no one was there, so I thought Kambriella's friend was answering her to the dance!

But I was wrong, and it was flowers for ME from Julia!

She left a sweet note thanking me for all of the things I have been able to help her with, and I thought it was SO SWEET!

A little later, Kambriella's friend did end up answering her for the Halloween Girl's Pref dance. ;)

Let the fun begin!

 

A Fun Weekend With Cousins

These two cute cousins got to enjoy an adventurous weekend together!

I dropped Kambriella off at Brier's nail school in Kaysville where they rode up to Wyoming together to go to Homecoming with their cousin Blaze and his friends.

They ate Chik fil A on the drive, then went to a volleyball game, then dinner and the dance, then a movie night!

Then the next day they went to a corn maze, and then a haunted corn maze later in the evening!

They had SO much fun, and they looked beautiful!

Lucky little Kesslyn got to go and have a sleepover with her cousin Eila while Kambriella was gone too.

They had a blast like they always do, and lucky for them, Aunt Laura and Aunt Tammy took them to the fall festival and corn maze up in Morgan too!

Brooks, Colten, Eila, and Kesslyn

Went through the corn maze, and went down the giant slide...

They even got McDonald's after! What more could a little kid want with a weekend with their cousins!?