General conference

I always look forward to general conference, however I don't look forward to entertaining the girls and trying to keep them quite so we can actually learn something. So we put up a tent for the girls to sit in and listen like the people did for King Benjamin's talk. They were both really excited. Audrey was a little too excited about the "camping". Hailey got the idea a little better. I printed off the church's conference booklet for her to color. I also gave her cheerios and a bingo game. She did pretty good. I've seen a big a difference in Hailey just in the last 6 months since the last conference.

I really enjoyed this conference, especially Elder Bednar's talk about family.

What do you want for Christmas?

Audrey is really interested in Santa lately. At the end of summer I went to pull out the girls fall clothes and I found a swimming suite that I thought Audrey could have worn this summer. I let her try it on and she danced around the house like a ballerina. (it had a little ruffle) Then she said "Santa gave this to me for my birthday." A few weeks later we were sitting on the back porch of Mark's parent's house watching the dogs and Audrey said, "Mom, Wucy (Lucy) doesn't have any eyes. Santa will bring her some for Christmas." The innocence of a child is so sweet. Now when I ask her what she wants for Christmas she said ,"Eyes for Lucy"

Nightmare

Early this morning I woke up to Audrey crying "mama!". When I got to her room she was thrashing around in her bed (still asleep) saying, "I want to brush my teeth!, I want to brush my teeth!"

Audrey's prayer

Last night when Audrey was saying her prayers before bed she said her normal, "bless Mom, Dad, Hailey and Audrey." and then she said, "bless the scarecrow and the apple that we can take a bite of it." The girls and I had decorated the bulletin board in their room with fall die-cuts and since Audrey doesn't close her eyes when she prays sometime she looks around the room to get idea about what to pray for.

Apple Picking

We went up the mountain to Angle's Orchard to pick apple again. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed walking down the path through the apple trees. We picked a lot of apples, half were for eating and the other half were for making apple pie filing. The girls just loved eating the apples right there in the orchard.

Finally Fall

Fall is my favorite time of year!! I love the cool mornings and beautiful days. We have finally made it through the hot summer and now we can enjoy the great outdoors. The girls and I have been going to the park 2-3 days a week. Every year on the first day of fall the girls and I make fall leaf cookies. It's just a fun way to kick off the new season.

Temple

This morning Mark called me from work to tell me he had heard that they were going to put Angle Moroni on top of the temple in Central. We were right in the middle of making cookies. I told him we would try to get down there. About 20 -30 minutes later we arrived in Central. Before we ever go tot he temple I could see the line of . We found the first open spot along the rode and parked our car. We could see angle Moroni dangling from the crane. After a few minutes and a lot of pictures we decided to try to get closer. We were able to find a better spot. As we got out they were just about to put Angle Moroni on the top of the spire. I was so glad we were able to see it. As an old man said to us as we were walking back to our car, "This is a once in a life time opportunity." What a blessing it will be to have a temple so near.