Autumn in Zion

What an amazing experience! This last Friday was recognized as Nevada Day, so our family was able to enjoy a three day weekend. We decided that it might be fun to take a quick trip up to Zion National Park to enjoy the season in the mountains. So, we packed up the van early this morning and, along with Grandma and Grandpa Hall, we headed on up to Zion!

It was perfect in every way! It was wonderful to be able to picnic with family while we ewwwed and awwwed over the scenery. The leaves were every color in the rainbow and the temperature was just right. The kids played hard while collecting leaves, playing with stick swords, and watching the wild deer that were all over the place!

As we were all driving home we decided that this was going to have to be an annual tradition. Today, was truly an unforgetable memory :o)

Reagan is 2 Years Old!

WOW! Can you believe that our "little munch" is 2 years old?! As happy as I am, it breaks my heart, she is getting so BIG! She is even showing-off her "oh-so-big" piggy's :o) She is pretty darn cute.

We held her birthday at the park, but the sun decided to go to bed sooner than I had expected, so we sang her birthday song in the dark. Whoops! However, the picture still came out pretty good. Crazy enough, we ran into some folks from a family that we had known in Houston at the park; Christy and Walter Scott's kids. First, their youngest daughter arrived and then their oldest son joined in. Emmett and his wife have 4 children and Amy and her husband have 1.5! It was fun being able to share the festivities with old friends.

Reagan, of course, invited her very best friends, Grandpa and Grandma. Her favorite sentence to say is, "Grandpa, come here!" She takes his pinky and runs him everywhere! Although, I have figured out that Reagan may take her grandpa by his pinky, I'm pretty sure that it's dad who is wrapped around her tiny little finger! She's pretty lucky . . . I should know :o)

Grandma and Grandpa Flinders were not too far away with surprising her with a Weeble Wobble Castle! Needless to say, Reagan looooveeees the Weebles! Thank you grandparent's! You make all of their special day's perfect!

Happy Birthday Sweet Reagan! We love you tons and tons and tons and tons . . . xxxxx's and ooooo's!!!

Kindergarten Field Trip . . . Tree's!

Abbey's Kindergarten class took a field trip down the street to one of Henderson's most beautiful parks. Her class has been learning about different types of trees. So, last Friday, October 20, 2006, she got to spend an entire day with "hands-on" experience. She had a blast! She also got to be in the same group as her two best buddies, Emma and Mallory. The Three Musketets! It was a great day :o) Abbey, keep up the hard work! We sure are proud of you . . .

It Snowed in Vegas . . In October?!

I had to take pictures to believe it myself! It actually hailed and snowed on October 14, 2006 in . . . LAS VEGAS?! It was incredible, not to mention, cold. Thank goodness when this stuff came to Vegas, it fortunately, did NOT stay inVegas :0)

Happy Birthday Chase!

Can you believe that another year has already gone by?! Our "Chaserman" is officially 9 whop'n years old! We are so proud :o) Here are just a few photos of spending an evening with Chuckee Cheese, family, and Chase's best friend, Matthew Kuan. We are so blessed. WE LOVE YOU CHASER!!!!!

A Quick Trip to Utah

Well, here is a first entry to October! What a fun month we have planned. It will be fun to keep you all posted.

This weekend we took a quick trip to Utah! Scott and his brother, Craig, had tickets to go to the BYU vs. San Diego game. It was a bit rainy and cold (remember, we start to get cold at around 70 degrees and it was a whopping 49!) They also went out to the shooting range and shot-off some hand guns. It's always fun to watch Scott with his brothers :) Needless to say, they were in "man-made" heaven!

The kids and I ran up into the mountains to enjoy the smells and colors of Fall! It was amazing :) We then went to Thanksgiving Point and went to the Dinosaur Museum. After the museum we went right next door to the Utah Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch (unfortunately, it had been raining for several days prior to our visit and the fields were all flooded). It was fun to see the Fall vegetables in their natural domain and we got a few good "farming" photos.

After we left the fields I promised to warm the kids up by taking them to the Lion House Restaurant to get some hot cocoa and banana cream pie! We took a brief detour to Temple Square and even met a horse that was pulling a carriage that wore his very own cowboy hat. Reagan really enjoyed meeting Mr. Ed :)

To top-off the trip, after we got the kids all snug into their beds, Scott and Craig stayed home to watch a movie while I ran-off with one of my dearest friends who just happend to be in Salt Lake that very same weekend. Jenny Moore and I met with her little sister Jessica in Bountiful for three hours of none-stop laughter! It was the best! Sweet friends truly are some of life's greatest gifts!

Well, that was our super-quick weekend that will have lasting memories! Thanks Andrea and Craig for being so hospitable. It was a fantastic visit :)