Park City

We have a family tradition that we try to go to Park City on Labor Day to hang out and eat and just have fun. This year we went up and John took Morgan down the Alpine Slide. The wait was about 2 hours, but Morgan said it was well worth it!

Here is a self portrait of John and Morgan on the chair lift up the mountain.

Morgan preparing for the big ride.

Here is the crew waiting again to get into Baja Cantina to enjoy some delicious Mexican food.

And here is a completely unrelated picture of Jude in a hat. Doesn't he look so cute!!

Piano recital

Morgan had her first piano recital last week and she did amazing. She was the first player and she remembered her song perfectly. Lots of her family came to see her play. Grandpa and Grandma Burton, Grandpa Nelson, Ra Ra, Jessie, John, Jude and me.

Then we continued on with our tradition of Maggie Moos ice cream to celebrate a recital. She enjoyed the all the attention and also the ice cream.


She did a lot better than I did at my first piano recital. I faked a stomach ache so I wouldn't have to play...

Morgan's turn

We have been watching kids go back to school for two weeks now and today was Morgan's turn. It was her first day of Kindergarten and she was so excited. She has been waiting for Kindergarten for about a year now, she was ready! I did get a little teary-eyed watching her walk into the school, but she was so confident and excited that I felt much better.



And here is Jude wondering who is going to play with him while mommy works and Morgan is at school.

Last bit of summer fun

With Morgan starting school this week I decided we needed one day of fun. I woke her up in the morning and told her to get dressed and come help me make some lunches because I had a surprise day for her. She was so excited! I took her and Jude to the zoo and it was such a great day. Not too hot, not too crowded. It was awesome.

Here are Morgan and Jude in front of the penguins. These were Morgan's favorite animal of the day.

Here we are at the bird show. Jude was bored until the doves flew over. He liked that part but then quickly went back to being bored.

And last, here are Morgan and Jude in front of the elephants. Jude was more interested in the people next to us than the animals.

She can now start school and I can have some peace in the mornings!

Jude's favorite things

I thought I would do a post dedicated to Jude because he is learning something new everyday and growing so much!

1. He loves his ExerSaucer. He gets in and spins until he has played with all of the toys, then he starts all over again. But it is hard to take a picture of him in it because he never holds still!

2. He loves to eat. Here is a picture of him sucking on a peach. He just kept smacking his lips and saying "Mmmmm"

Here he is with a piece of licorice. OK, I know that 5 month old babies should not have that. But he is just so dang cute that I gave him one to suck on for a few minutes. I am a sucker for my little boy!

3. He loves to roll all over. He is so pleased with himself after he rolls over that I had to take a picture of him.

4. We love to look out the window and watch the cars drive by. I prop him up on my leg and a pillow and he plays with the blinds and follows the cars as they drive by.


5, And last, he LOVES Morgan. She plays with him all day and can make him laugh more than anyone else. He smiles the moment he sees her in the morning. She is a great big sister!

Congrats (?) to me

Yes, congratulations are in order, or condolences... I am not sure which. I am now the Primary President of our ward. And for those of you keeping tabs, John is still the Young Men's President.

So, for those of you that are in Primary or have been, feel free to leave a bit of advice for me. I am a novice, especially after teaching Relief Society for two years. This will be quite a change for me....

Help!

24th of July

Morgan got to do something really fun for the 24th of July this year. Her grandma and grandpa invited her to ride on the Wells Fargo stage coach in the Bountiful parade. She was so excited! This is a picture of Morgan and grandma Hatch and great grandma and grandpa Hatch too. Grandpa Hatch was helping to drive the team of horses.


And Jude found something fun to entertain him during the parade...his foot. This picture makes me laugh every time I look at it.