D.I. Fashion Sense

 One of my all-time favorite YW activities.  Fashion show at the D.I!  The Logan Deseret Industries allowed us to come and compete with each other for who could find the best formal wear, best 80's outfit, etc.  It was so much fun.  Love these crazy YW.  And then A&W afterwards.  Yum!

Beaver Mountain Music Festival, September 2012

 What a great day for live music in the hills... And a couple of random carnival-style rides.

Here's Bennett's good friend, Sequoia, playing drums for his Dad's band.  He was awesome!

And suddenly we transition into autumn...

 Pumpkins...

Tomato sauce...  Harvest time is here.

Summer Checklist 2012

 We did a pretty darn good job of checking off all the items on our to-do list.  Actually, we didn't mark them all off, but I think we did it all except for Cherry Hill and Crystal Hot Springs. So now we have something to look forward to for next year!  Oh, and the Hiawatha Trail... Someday we will do that!

Cleaning the Sink with the MiaMaids

 Liz Turner, Luci Jeppsen, and Maren Anderson.

If ever there was a good way to bond with your Young Women, it would be by eating masses of junk food at Angie's, right?  Yep.

Family Dinner- Old Main Hill, September 2012

 Litte monkeys in the tree...

 Fun with cousins... Jack, Owen, Bennett, Brookes

 Jason's giant Rice Krispy treat from Cami for Jason's birthday.

 Gathered 'round the table for cake and ice cream to celebrate September birthdays...

 Playing football.

 Chug-a-lugging.

 This family of mine who I love so much:

 Just missing Mom and Dad, and Uncle Andy, who was still in Afghanistan at the time, and the Lawrences.

And enjoying the last days with Lee in town.  Sigh.  Good times.

Finn's turn to meet Steven

We were able to visit with Steven once more before his return to Kenya. Aunt Maureen, Cami, Jaime, Brookes, Sheri (Cami's friends from work) and her 2 kids were there too. Finn had been crying daily about the fact that he hadn't been able to meet Steven when the big boys went. He was overjoyed when I took him down with me to finally meet him!  When we got there, Finn was adorable as usual, and Steven just loved him. The feeling was mutual!

We spent some time looking through photo albums of the orphanage.  

As we were leaving, Steven got a phone call from his wife in Nairobi!  She was ready for him to come home.  :)

I love to see the temple...

What an amazing experience with my kids at the Brigham City Temple. They were all so good and reverent inside, even Harper! They talked about this tour for weeks and months afterwards. Happy, happy day. The only thing missing: Jason, who was gone on business, sadly.

 Out to eat at the Idle Isle afterwards...