Zion's Subway

Chad, my Mom, my Uncle and I got to hike the Zion's Subway recently. It was a beautiful day! It was good and hot so the water was not horrible to get into. We had a great time and hope to do it again soon. 

Residency Graduation

Another chapter in our lives has come to a close. Chad Graduated from his Family Medicine residency the last weekend in June. It was a very nice graduation and we had a great time. And we were so happy that we had our parents and Chad's grandmother to join us. 

 These are the others that graduated with him.

 This is Chad's nurse at the residency, she was the best!
We are now in Utah where Chad has started his one year fellowship in Sports Medicine with BYU and UVU.

Chad's Birthday

Chad was post-call today, we picked him up from the hospital first thing this morning and then the kids had to show him his birthday cake, then let him take off his jacket. 

 Then they insisted on him having to do a treasure hunt to find his gifts, he found them.

 Later in the day we went for a much needed break from inside and we went for a little stroll. We had a great time.

 "What would you do with two little mischiefs like Twinkle and Boo."

 Autumn was so excited we walked on the road for a little and she thought that all the white rocks were fossils and needed to pick them all up and take them home. She had to leave all but one, which she was ok with.

 We finished our day with some Yoda cake. Chad says the force will be with him tomorrow at work. :)

Projects

 I have done a lot of baking in the last little while. They have been for RS activity and for a wedding reception. I have had fun.

 We also went to the City of Rocks last week. It was really cold, but we got out and hiked around different rocks and we all had fun.

 Someone (Chad) changed the setting on my camera and I did not notice, so I have quite a few blue pictures. But they are still so cute.

Green Eggs

I was fixing Autumn's hair one day this week and got a bit carried away, I realized I was late for a visiting teaching appointment so she ended up with the three piggies at the end, I was going to braid them and then loop them up or something. 

That night one of the stories was green eggs and ham and Russell was adamant that he needed Green Eggs for breakfast the next morning. So I make him green scrambled eggs. He took a couple of bites and said that it was so good then he  put his fork down and said that they tasted really different and he was not going to eat green eggs any more. Autumn only tasted a an ant portion. And then Chad has been wanting to get a picture of all of us in our BYU shirts. He is just in his tie, for now. We are excited!

Russell is 5

We had a wild birthday party for Russell last week. We did a space party! Now we have a 5 and a 3 year old. We made this rocket out of a big box and the kids all had a blast in it. 

 These are the "panels" that were in the rocket.

Here is the "space station" the kids loved crawling through it. They all had a glow stick around their neck .

We shot aliens with marshmallow shooters. 

Autumn is 3

Sunday Autumn turned 3! She really wanted an Arial Birthday cake. She had her complaints about it. But there it is. We went to church came home had lunch and had one family come over and they had cake and ice cream with us. When they left we had her open presents and she made a haul. We played some games together and had a nice Sunday birthday for her.