Fall Break Week 2

We kicked off week two of fall break with a trip to the park. Ryan's friend met us there, and with the weather cooling off a bit, it turned out to be the perfect day for the park, and about 5 families from our ward showed up while we were there, too. Megan's friends Emily and Abigail were there and they had lots of fun together.

 Tuesday Megan's friend from preschool, Cora, came over to play. They had lots of fun together and dressed up like princesses.

 Annie's friend, Laura was able to come play, too, making for a super fun time for everyone.

 Ryan had fun chasing the girls around and when I had him stop, they came looking for him after a little while so he could keep tormenting and scaring them. Apparently the screams I had been hearing were all happy screams.

Friday we joined some friends to go to Patagonia Lake for the day.

We were happy to go with the Reimanns and Allens and Parkers. Jacob had to work, but luckily Dan and Jason had their off Friday that day and came along and were put to work manning the oars for the rafts we had brought along.

 The kids had fun in the cold, cold water, and playing in the sand and finding lots of little shells.

When it was time to go home I was glad to have made the trip, but also glad to not be camping there that night. By next spring I'll be ready to attempt camping with the kids again.

Saturday and Sunday were General Conference. We were excited to hear the announcement about going to 2 hour church and more responsibility for teaching the gospel in the home. It is exciting to be a part of the Church as we see more evidence every conference of the hastening of the work of salvation.

We did our traditional bike ride between Saturday sessions of conference. Because my parents live so close now, my mom joined us for the ride, too.

We got back just in time for the afternoon session to start.

The kids were excited to get a conference packet to color. Ryan and Megan made their Child of God crowns.

 Sunday we had lunch at Grandma and Grandpa's between sessions, then headed to our house for the afternoon session, since there was more space for the kids to go if they got too antsy and couldn't sit quietly for the whole session.

 They made it about half way through the session before the fun of playing with cousins won out (though they did come back to listen to the Prophet when he spoke at the end of conference).