Fall Break Fun

The boys were out of school Thursday and Friday, so we went up to my parents house. Mel was there with Dessie and Andrew, so that made it extra fun. I did baby duty Thursday night so Mel could be home helping Jacob paint. It's been a long time since I've gotten up in the night with a baby. Dang that Andrew is a happy easy going kid. I just fed him his bottle and he fell right back to sleep. He is so cute!

Friday we went to Kennecott, which we had never visited before. They had an interesting visitor's center, but I was disappointed that they didn't have a truck you could walk up to and see. They are huge, so I thought that would be really cool. They did have a tire though, just so you can get an idea of how massive they are.

I took a picture of the kids in front of an old mine car. Dessie would only be in the picture if grandma was holding her, so grandma got to be a kid for the day. ;)

It was a fun weekend. Now we are back to piles of laundry, a messy house, and sick kids. Sigh.

Maybe he has a future in photography?

I got our adoption profile finished and e-mailed the pages in for them to preview last week. The adoption secretary recommended that we add more photos of Wes and I. Dang. We didn't really have any, because, well, when we're together we are usually alone. Most people think it's a little awkward if you invite them on your date so they can take pictures of you. Just sayin'.


Sooo, we had to stage some photos. We recruited Brandon to take some pictures of us. We took some in the yard and they would have been perfect except that the wind started blowing. Long hair+ wind= not so good photos.


So we tried again. More pictures in the yard and some up the canyon. Brandon was really a good sport. He took a few pictures that I really love. I think they are my favorite pictures I've ever had of me since we were married.

Seriously, I don't think I really look this good in real life. ;)

Thanks Brandon for making me look so good!

Too busy livin' to blog about it

So, what have we been up to lately?

Wes has been coaching Tyler's football team:
Tyler has been doing a lot of this:

And some of this:

Spencer has been doing a lot of this:

Brandon has been reffing soccer games. He also plays the piano for his seminary class, so he has been doing a lot of this:

Justin has been doing a lot of this:

We finally got the concrete pad poured in our front yard.

And me? I have been driving everyone to ball fields, cleaning the house, canning, running errands, decorating for fall, making hair bows to sell, trying to keep everyone fed, and working on our adoption profiles. We almost have all the paperwork done. I just need to get copies made, have everything bound, and mail it to Little Angels, the adoption agency in California.