AUTUMN'S FIRST SNOW FALL

 OCTOBER 6TH

WE GOT OUR FIRST SNOW AFTER A WARM AUTUMN

The weather is suppose to change back warm, so it was fun while it lasted

TAYLER LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT!

 DON'T THROW THAT SNOW BALL AT ME!

 

OUR DARLING LITTLE GRADY SLEPT RIGHT THROUGH ALL THE EXCITEMENT.

OCTOBER LDS CONFERENCE

Conference week end was full of work and play. Saturday, between sessions we were able to pour cement for the stairs on the south side of our house. On Sunday we decided to go for a ride and listen to conference on the car radio. We used to take our kids on rides and listen to conference, that way we had a captive audience.

We traveled up through Mirror Lake, enjoying the autumn leaves.

We stopped in Evanston, Wyoming, then continued on through Woodruff Utah (my dad's birth place) and over to Bear Lake. We were so surprised to see how high the water was this year. We missed our annual Bear Lake family reunion 2011 because of two new babies in the family. I have some pictures from 2010 to compare to what we saw on Sunday, October 2011.

North end of Bear Lake in Idaho

We had to drive up to the restrooms because they were so far away

2011

Easy walk to the road and restrooms

2010
Our cars were on the beach where now there is water.

2011
Where we parked in 2010

2011

2010

Our day continued on with stopping in Preston Idaho, back into Utah checking out Logan and then driving to Brigham City to see the new LDS temple that is almost complete.

It was a wonderful day full of great conference talks and a beautiful drive.

A DAY OF FISHING

SEPTEMBER 24th 2011

BRANDT, TAYLER AND PAPA JOHN WENT FISHING AT MILL HOLLOW

FUN RUN WITH THE RUDEL GRANDCHILDREN

SYDNEY INVITED ME TO HER SCHOOLS FUN RUN SPONSORED BY THE PTA

SYDNEY AND I JOGGED ABOUT ONE BLOCK AND WALKED THE REST
THANKS SYDNEY FOR LETTING YOUR GRANDMA WALK NOT RUN
IT WAS FUN SPENDING TIME JUST VISITING ONE ON ONE

SYDNEY'S FRIENDS

COLLIN AND FRIENDS

COLLIN WAS DETERMINED TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST TO GET BACK
AND HE WAS

THEIR SCHOOL'S MASCOT

WE MADE IT TO THE FINISH LINE!

CALIFORNIA TRIP PART TWO

SEPTEMBER 2011

STRONG FAMILY ENJOYING CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE AND DISNEYLAND
CALIFORNIA ADVENTURES
A LOT OF THE AREA WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THEY ARE GETTING READY FOR THE NEW RIDE "CARS"

GETTING TO SEE MICKEY IN CALIFORNIA ADVENTURES

NICOLE AND KIDS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE NEXT GREATEST TOY!

WE ATE LUNCH IN CALIFORNIA ADVENTURES

ON TO DISNEYLAND FOR THE REST OF THE DAY

DISNEYLAND

HOLD ON EVERYONE

WE HAD TO HAVE A PICTURE TAKEN BY "SMALL WORLD"

WE HAD FUN ON SOME RIDES THAT WERE MORE GEARED TO OUR LITTLE ONE. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN WATCHING HIM ENJOY HIMSELF.

SAVANNAH & COLE WERE A BIG HELP, THEY EXPLAINED EACH RIDE TO A TEA

LAST STOP A CLIMB UP TO THE TOP AND A WAVE TO NANA & PAPA

LEAVING THE MOST FUN PLACE ON EARTH, WE ENJOYED BEING WITH THE KIDS

ST GEORGE
STOPPING IN ST GEORGE TO VISIT JEAN AND VINCE

UP ON THE HILL WHERE THE OLD AIR PORT USED TO BE

EPHRAIM
LAST STOP WAS EPHRAIM, THE WEATHER TURNED FALL LIKE

GRANDMA ELLEN AND JOHN

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE GRANDMA AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE HER
BABYSITTING OUR LITTLE MAYA.

CALIFORNIA TRIP PART ONE

SEPTEMBER 2011

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE OUR LITTLE CALI FAMILY

WE ARRIVED SATURDAY NIGHT - MIKE AND I TOOK THE KIDS TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT AND WENT TO A GREAT PARK, NIKI HAD TO WORK AND JOHN SLEPT.

SAVANNAH & COLE SHOWING OFF THEIR NEW LOFT BETWEEN THEIR BEDROOMS

SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH WE WENT TO THE ARBORETUM BOTANIC GARDENS IN ARCADIA

A COUPLE WERE HAVING THEIR WEDDING PICTURES TAKEN IN THE GARDENS

THE TREE'S WERE FULL OF BEAUTIFUL BLOSSOMS

MANY OF THE FLOWERS AND TREE'S CAME FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD

AFTER SPENDING SOME TIME IN ARCADIA WE STOPPED FOR SOME FOOD, CREED LOVED THOSE NOODLES

MONDAY (MEMORIAL DAY) WE WENT OVER TO THE JANZZ SHOPPING CENTER TO GRAB SOME LUNCH AND LET THE KIDS PLAY IN THE FOUNTAIN.

MONDAY NIGHT WE WENT TO A CONCERT AT THE PARK UP THE STREET
ELTON JOHN'S MUSIC

WE LISTENED AND THE KIDS PLAYED
CREED TALKING TO HIS DAD, AND.........

HIS DAD TALKING BACK TO HIM

SAVANNAH IS A REAL DAREDEVIL SHE WAS CLIMBING EVERYWHERE, THAT'S SAVANNAH ON TOP READY TO JUMP OFF

COLE ON THE CLIMBING ROPES

THE CONCERT WAS GREAT!