Conference Weekend

Conference weekend was pretty fun because Ashley got to attend the Sat. Morning session in the Conference Center when the new apostle, Elder Cook was named. The Bishop had given her new YW presidency tickets so they could go and bond. The rest of the sessions we attempted to watch on tv. A joint photo effort. Luckily, we are going to have professional picture taken this week in the Canyon so we can have a nice family picture.

Dave made a special conference weekend dinner for us Friday night. He made clam chowder from scratch-- using the recipe from Market Street Grill. It was great.

Dave's Mom's Birthday

On Sunday, Sept. 30th, we got together at Dave's parent's house to celebrate his mom's birthday. Of course, she did all of the cooking for her own party (which was kind of a shame), but it was fun to hang out with everyone.Nathan loved the ice cream cone!

Sherry, Bryan and their twins (now about a year and a half)

Big Events

This week Daniel started preschool !!!! He was so excited (as was Ashley). He told Ashley to wait in the car the first day and said that he wanted to go in by himself!Nathan got to sit in a REAL tractor at Mimi's ward social. He is VERY into tractors these days so it was a big deal!

Frogs

On labor day Ashley took the boys to an exhibit at the Natural History Museum. It was all about frogs !

Barrett's Pirate Birthday Party

Daniel had a great time at Barrett's 4th Birthday!

Austin loved the balloons

The birthday boy Barrett

Bean Museum

This Summer Ashley and the boys discovered the Bean Museum at BYU. It became one of their favorite outings. The boys just loved running from animal to animal and pressing all of the "info" buttons.

Nathan thought all of the animals were real

Trip to San Diego

For Ashley's 31st birthday, we all took a trip to La Jolla, CA to visit the beach. Ashley's friend Emily, offered us her townhouse for 5 days, so we went and had a great time.

The first day we got the to beach, Ashley brought a beach umbrella, beach chair and toys and realized that she never even sat down once! The boys just wanted to run up and down the beach and explore!

Daniel just loved to play in then water and jump over the waves

Since the boys wake up so early (usually 5:30 or 6 AM) we went to the beach early, before it got too hot or crowded, and it became Ashley's favorite time to go.