First Snow!

It started snowing last night and this is what it looked like this morning!

We put the christmas decorations up on the 1st.

It's here...

It's that time of year again. The leaves are just beautiful here.

Pumpkins

^Lizzie's pumpkin.

We carved pumpkins for family night on Monday.

Heidi's bats

Dad, Mom, and Jennifer carved this one.

Cameron's "Fatty Batty."

Nicole's 2-faced

Jennifer carved this one. It says Happy Halloween on the top. It's already shriveling up after just a couple of days.

Baptism

Here are some big things that happened around here lately: Elizabeth got baptized and confirmed on October 11th. Jennifer got her driver's licence and earned her young women medallion. Cameron was ordained an Elder on October 12th and got accepted to BYU-Idaho.

Wildlife Refuge

We went to the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge on Friday. It was a school fieldtrip.
Everything was just beautiful.

Elizabeth making a wish.

Airport

Judith left on August 17. We all had a great time with her this summer. This is at Sea-tac right before she left.

Dance Festival

I finally rounded up some pictures from dance festival. It was July 24-26 at the Tacoma Dome. Sister Elaine Dalton, Brad Wilcox, and Kenneth Cope were the speakers. It was a great experience for everyone that was involved.
^Cameron w/his partner. (Green shoes)
Dave and Steven. He and Annette were both chaperones during the festival. This is just a group of kids from our stake waiting outside the dome.
Swing girls waiting for their cue onto the floor. You can see Jen's nervous face on the far left.
Heidi in her Cheer Costume! (Only one that we have of her.)
Jen w/her partner.
Jen in the death drop.
Cameron w/his partner.
^Nicole. All the outside dancing pictures are during the rehearsals.

Nicole, Judith, and Jen before the last (3rd) performance.

Labor Day

We spent Labor day making applesauce and made around 85 quarts of it. The next day we started school. Cameron and Jennifer have been working at the fair almost everyday. They both start school at Pierce College on the 24th. Other than that, we've just been getting back into our regular schedule.

The rest of the Idaho pictures

Jen, Saige, and Lizzie by the water slide.

Heidi and Cassie at the Old Faithful lodge on an old fashioned writing desk.
Shawna, Annette, and Melanie sang "A you're adorable" at the talent show. They used to sing it together when they were younger. We all thought it was pretty funny.

Hair!

Clay's aunt, Lisa, colored Annette and Judith's hair. She also cut Jen's, Cassie's, and Annette's.

Sunset

Idaho Falls temple. While we were in Idaho, some of us went to see the Rexburg temple and took a tour of BYU-Idaho. Both temples are beautiful. The sunsets down there are, as you can see, just gorgeous.