One small step for Kali Mann!

The middle of October Kali decided she was ready to start venturing ahead. She's pretty proud of herself, and we're excited for her too!

You go, Girl!!!

We are SO proud of Miranda. She decided she wanted to run a race. So, when the 5K ribbon run came up we decided to start training. She set her alarm each morning for 6:40 and would run a little more each week. October 13th was the race. It was a little rainy and it started slightly uphill, but she never complained. She ran the entire thing, never stopping once, just keeping a perfect pace. She finished it in just over 33 minutes! As we were reaching the finish line she asked me if I minded that she sprint to the end. Of course, I told her no. Her words to me were, "Mom, please TRY to keep up". (I finished in 34 minutes :)) She already has her eyes set on the next race. Way to go, Miranda!

Our Family is Forever Day

On September 22nd Rory and I celebrated our 12th anniversary. We also decided to celebrate the beginning of our eternal family. We told the kids that it was our "Family is Forever Day". We dressed up and went to the temple grounds. There we talked about eternal families and marriage and took pictures. Then we went out to eat and the kids bought a little present of their own choosing at the store. The rest of the day was spent playing games and watching movies together. It turned out to be a VERY memorable day and something we'll definitely do again.

(By the way, Rory and I still got to celebrate our anniversary. Thanks to Grandma Carol we were able to get away the first weekend in October. We attended the first session of Saturday conference and spent a well needed weekend at the Homestead Resort in Midway.)

We're already crazy!!

Sometimes the kids will ask, "Where are we going?" and we'll tell them, "We're going crazy." Their answer is usually, "We're already crazy".
Here is just a little example of that...

PLAYING CATCH-UP

I'm almost 2 months behind. But figured I'd catch us up... Labor day weekend we spent with the Farr family at Bear Lake. We had a blast in the cabin. We played volleyball, swam, and even spent a couple of hours at the beach (it was really windy). But mostly we just had fun hanging out together. The kids look grouchy in these pictures because they were taken just as we were leaving and they weren't ready. My dad and brother took the other pictures that I'm still hoping to get (hint, hint ).