Witches at Gardner Village

I took the kids to see the witches at Gardner Village. We go every year. They were very disappointed that the petting zoo was gone. Not to worry, they had fun playing in the pond, trying to catch tadpoles (or something???).

Copper Mine

Tyler really wanted to go to the copper mine, so we went. Papa wanted to check it out as well, so he came along. It was fun. We even got to see them dynamite.

Halloween

HALLOWEEN 2011
Brian - Pirate, Misty and Sofie - Snow White, Tyler - Harry Potter, Grace - A Gypsy, Elsie - Cowgirl

We had fun all season. We attended several Halloween parties. I helped at Tyler's class party at school and there was a little sister of a classmate who almost had a heart attack when she saw me. She thought I was really Snow White. It was pretty funny.

SUMMER

Some of our fun summer.

For Grace's birthday, Grandma and Papa White gave her a butterfly and ladybug garden. She got the caterpillars and got to watch them cocoon and transform into butterflies. She also got ladybug larvae and got to watch them morph. It was pretty interesting, but I was happy to get them out of my house.





Elsie broke her leg on Uncle Dean's trampoline three weeks after Sofie was born. She was in a full-leg cast for about 6 weeks. She refused to walk on it until about a week before the cast came off. She had been so excited to start dance, so she still went and did everything from her tushie! It was pretty cute to watch. Boy was I glad when the cast finally came off. She got a nice warm bath, complete with a thorough scrubbing!!!

Tyler and Grace at the ward camp out. Brian took them and I stayed home with the newborn and the broken leg.

Elsie and Andrew

Ladd with Lizzie, Mandy and Bart




Scary stories by the campfire

GRACE TURNS 6

I made Grace a Tangled cake. It looked a lot cooler in the picture I tried to copy. Mine turned out to be more of a mangled Tangled, but she still loved it. I can't believe how big she is getting (I guess I should say "old she is getting" because she's still so small).

WHITE FAMILY REUNION

For the White family reunion we went to Grand Junction, Colorado. We all stayed at my sister, Megan's house. We hiked Hanging Lake one day. It was beautiful. Elsie had a broken leg, so Brian carried her all the way up (about a two hour hike) in a kid carrier back pack. Sofie was about 4 weeks old and I carried her up. We had a great time with family.


Brian and Elsie made it to the top. Brian was exhausted.



Mookie and Ladd with Jesse and Isabelle

Brian and Tyler




Tyler coming out of the water slide

And Brian rescuing Tyler after shooting into the water. He was confident in his swimming abilities, but he hadn't planned on the slide shooting down into the water, and needed a little assistance.

Seth

Too fun for Brian

And of course we had to go and visit Grandma Tee. The kids never got to meet my Grandma White, but they love hearing my stories about her.