September

Cookie got a Halloween costume:

Our friend from Sean's residency Sarah Scott came to Utah for a wedding and we were able to host a dessert night at our place. Sarah and her new baby Preston and her mom came as well as Jordan Roberts and his family. It was so fun to connect with dear friends and also hold a sweet baby! 

Oreo likes to eat eyes and noses off stuffed animals. He ate the nose of this beloved beanie boo and Sean embroidered it a new nose. It looks identical to Alana's that has its original nose. 

My parents are starting a long arm machine quilting company and did a show to advertise and sell at Thanksgiving Point's Garden of Quilts. We helped with signs. 

Oreo always comes to snuggle when we have popcorn. 

Sean and I went to his mission presidents 50th wedding anniversary party. It was held at the Springville Museum of Art and they had a special quilt display. This one was so intricate and reminded me of my Aunt Lucille. 

More of Baby Preston:

Brett did a report on Micheal Zaelit.

We got a new green frog to add to our Halloween decor this year. 

I love that my kids want to have sleepovers with each other. 

Winston came for a playdate on the day of Garden of Quilts so he wouldn't be alone all day. 

My parents had a great set up! 

Alana illustrated the cover for a new book:

Trying on costumes from the costume bin. 

Sparring at Martial Arts:

More costumes:

Brett went to a future missionary activity with the Young Men:

We had a wonderful Conference Weekend! Its always so wonderful to sit and hear words from the prophets. We had fun scratch art masks and coloring pages to help occupy our fingers. 

Love this picture Lizzie drew of her with Heavenly Father. 

Kiwi loves lettuce and attacks it just like he would a cricket.

We babysat Thea and Cora one evening. They are sweet girls and had fun eating spaghetti and chocolate cake with us. Mom and Dad Z came too that evening to celebrate Dad's retirement. 

We went to Mimi's for afternoon session on Sunday and Neil and Rebecca's family came too. The kids had some good cousin time! 

We have seen so many beautiful rainbows when leaving Papa and Mimi's house since Papa went to heaven. I like to think its him saying hi and thanks for visiting. 

Alana wanted to make a pillow for the reflections program. She drew a peace sign which we copied and printed on fusable paper. Then we ironed it on and she sewed and stuffed it.