Fast Sunday Funny

Today was fast Sunday in our ward since next week we have Stake Conference.  During the sharing of testimonies, one young lady became emotional, and Ty became concerned about her.  He said, "She's sad!"  I told him she was okay, and he asked, " Is she not feeling good?"  I whispered to him that she was fine and that she was just crying because she loves Heavenly Father so much.  He continued to watch her with concern and then asked, "Did Heavenly Father die?"

You've got to love three-year-olds!

Camping with Gramps

If how long your three-year-old prays expressing gratitude for a recent camping trip and asking to do it again indicates how successful your camping trip was, then our recent camping trip with Gramps was a huge success!  Ty continues to talk about it in every prayer every day.

 We spent our UEA break camping with Gramps in Canyonlands National Park and having a wonderful time.  Actually, to be honest, we only camped in Canyonlands for about 45 minutes because immediately after we got our camp all set up we realized that the campsite-- the last empty one in the campground-- was already taken.  Oops.  But after the warm-up at campsite 1, our set-up time at campsite 2 (just outside the park on BLM land) had to be some kind of record.

 We had a fantastic time all around!  The boys loved climbing the rocks, chasing lizards, and throwing balls around the campground.  Gramps was the perfect tour guide, enthralling us all with stories from southern Utah history. (Benjamin once stated in awe, "Wow.  Gramps has infinite stories!")

 

 

  We went on some really fun little hikes as well as a killer 10 mile hike through sand to see Paul Bunyan's Potty and some cool Indian ruins.  The boys enjoyed finding animal tracks which Gramps collected for "deer track soup".

 Ty and Benjamin became junior rangers, and Ty took his duties very seriously-- pointing out every cactus plant on the trail and telling us gravely every time, "Watch out! Be careful! Doooooooon't touch it!"

 After enjoying two days and nights of sleeping in tents, eating tinfoil dinners, chili, and s'mores, hearing Gramps' crazy stories, hiking and enjoying the natural beauty of Canyonlands, it was time to go home.  On the way, Gramps took us to see the dinosaur footprints just outside of Moab.  Ty got very excited and said, "Okay, let's follow them!  Let's go find them!"  Despite our best efforts, he refused to believe that dinosaurs are extinct when there was such undeniable proof of their existence right in front of his eyes.  He kept begging to go find the dinosaurs and cried when we dragged him back to Gramps' truck and for a good while afterwards. 

Thank you to Gramps for going with us and making our trip more fun and an even bigger thank you to Grandma for watching Jacob so that we could do it!  It was a wonderful trip!

Moving On

Umm... yeah... it's been a long time.  We've moved!  We now live in Draper in a home, yard, and neighborhood that make us very happy.  We definitely feel like we made the right choice.

I was nervous that Jacob would struggle with the move, but other than some trouble adjusting to his new primary class, Jacob has really made himself right at home here in our new pad.  He LOVES the trampoline and jumps for a long time every day.  He's also been proactive about meeting the neighbors. 

Yesterday Brigham and Benjamin had quite the sports-fest planned between an Orioles baseball game and BYU football game.  Brigham, being the sweet and sensitive husband that he is, suggested that I take a little time before all the testosterone started flowing to lay down and read my book for awhile.  I took him up on his offer, but about a half an hour later I heard someone calling my name into our house.  Surprised and a little confused, I came out to find our front door standing wide open and our next-door neighbor and Jacob on the porch.  She told me that she found him in her basement.  *Cringe*  She told me that she was in her basement and heard noises upstairs but assumed that it was just one of her kids.  It wasn't until awhile later when Jacob came wandering downstairs that she realized that actually it was one of OUR kids.  Apparently he checked out all of their DVDs to see if they had any good ones we could borrow.  She said that the strangest thing and the reason why she assumed it was one of her kids upstairs when she knew that they'd gone out was because her dog didn't bark at him at all.  She said that he barks at EVERYONE-- even people passing by outside, but he just sat there and hung out with Jacob while he checked out their house.

Jacob Dax-- dog whisperer.

It was apparent to me that we needed to have the "YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE DOORS LOCKED AT ALL TIMES!!!" talk with Benjamin again.  And that the neighbors need a new watchdog.