Arizona

The beginning of this month, the kids and I got to accompany Tim to Arizona for a work convention. It was awesome! We got to stay in a huge fancy resort and eat yummy food and hang out with the great people that Tim works with.

Here we are at the airport. The kids did okay on the flight there, but the flight home was right at Samuel's nap time, and he screamed and writhed like a demon the last twenty minutes of the flight home, and then suddenly fell asleep. I felt so bad for all the people sitting around us.

The resort was gorgeous. Samuel especially loved all the fountains and water everywhere!

The entry cove to our section of the resort.

The fountain at the entrance to the resort.

The view from our balcony.

 The night view:

While Tim went to classes, the kids and I wandered the grounds.

 They especially loved the stairs. I think we went up and down at least a hundred thousand stairs while we were there.

 They loved that there was so much room to run.

One day we even ran into Tim and his boss, Mike. Sophia developed an almost immediate fondness for Mike on this trip. She loved to sit with him, and was always asking when we were going to see him.

Tim really works with some great people. Everyone was so willing to help out with the kids. (Ours were the only ones there.) I feel so blessed that Tim has such a great job.

We stayed an extra day and spent some time in the swimming pool. Samuel pretty much hated it. He cried anytime we went too deep. So, I sat with him on the stairs and Tim pulled Sophia around in the pool in the seat we took for Samuel.

This is right at the end, when Samuel let Tim take him out for a minute.

It was a great trip!

1 Nephi 22:24-25

And the time cometh speedily that the righteous must be led up as calves of the stall, and the Holy One of Israel must reign in dominion, and might, and power, and great glory.
And he gathereth his children from the four quarters of the earth; and he numbereth his sheep, and they know him; and there shall be one fold and one shepherd; and he shall feed his sheep, and in him they shall find pasture.

In case you can't understand her, she's saying: "We're gonna be baby cows, and Jesus is gonna help us and keep us safe ... because he loves us."

October

We celebrated Mama's birthday.

Samuel helped sweep.

Mama made winter hats. (I am selling them if you're interested.)

The kids hung out together.

We learned animal "sounds."

Bunny

Lizard

Sophia swallowed a penny. It passed fine eight days later.

And we were cute as always.

Halloween!

It was a great Halloween! It started off with pumpkin-shaped pancakes.

We colored our pumpkin instead of carving it. It was a time issue.

We had an adorable scuba dude.

We also had a beautiful butterfly.

By the end of the day, the kids were out.