Over the River and Through the Woods...

My perfect, loving, sweet and amazing grandma passed away on November 11th. We went down to Blanding this week to celebrate and remember her wonderful life. She was a righteous woman who didn't go a day in her life without finding someone who she could serve. She made each and every one of her 8 children, 38 grandchildren 39 great-grandchildren feel like we were her favorite. Her example of Christ-like service is one that I will surely try to follow.

This home is so full of memories for me. It was so hard to pull into town and drive up the hill and know that Grandma wasn't there. All of my aunts, uncles and cousins gathered to go through pictures and share memories of Grandma. Her funeral was a beautiful celebration of the wonderful life that she lived.

Blanding is in South-Eastern Utah. It is surrounded by absolutely beautiful country. We made a few pit stops on our way home to take it all in.

First stop was Newspaper Rock covered in petroglyphs that date back to 2,000 years ago. It's pretty awesome! Then we were off to The Needles overlook. It was really windy and cold so we bundled up and did a little exploring.

This darling boy just clapped and gabbed everywhere that we went!
Then we were off to Moab and Dead Horse Point where it was even COLDER and WINDIER than the last place. Griffin was double bundled and we pulled out the lamb jacket... look at these cute little ears just flappin in the wind.

The view was breathtaking!

And again, more clapping!
We enjoyed our little roadtrip and Griffin was a little angel for the whole trip.
I am so grateful that my Grandma and mom lived in such a beautiful part of the state so that I have had the opportunity to visit it. I am sad that my sweet Grandma isn't here anymore but I am so happy that she lived a long, happy life and that she is back with her sweetheart after 14 years. What a sweet reunion!

Our Latest

We headed down to Mona last Sunday for some dinner with the Marbles. While we were there we decided to see if we could help Griffin get over his fear of Horses.

No such luck. He still doesn't like them.
He is wearing the very most adorable custom hoodie though! Cort made this for him when he was born and it finally fits!

SOUTH PRIDE!

In other news, we have taught Griffin to start pulling his weight around here by doing the laundry...

And Marc and Griffin have been busy playing with the dump trucks that we gave him for his birthday.

Oh I LOVE that face!

Now all I need is a perm...

and it would be the eighth grade all over again!

Halloween Happenings

This was the scariest part of our Halloween. Marc tried to put Griffin on a pony at Thanksgiving Point's Barnyard Boo and it was he was TERRIFIED! Our friends Scott and Kari invited us to go with them to the Barnyard Boo and it was really cute. I'm excited to take Griffin back and try the ponies when he's a little older.

After we got calmed down we went for a wagon ride (Griffin would NOT look at the horses) and then went into the diner to warm up with some hot chocolate.
It was really fun and the perfect opportunity to get more than one nights wear out of his cute little lion costume.


I went to Witches Night Out at Gardner Village, including Witch-a-Palooza with my mom and sisters. Always a good time!

We went to annual Wengel Halloween Bash dressed as the Mad Hatter, Queen of Hearts and Griffin as the Lion. Had I thought about dressing up earlier then I would have incorporated Griffin into the theme.

My sister Steph had these costumes and was kind enough to let us borrow them! She's the best! Special thanks to a couple pairs of Marc's socks to help me in the fill the bust of this lovely dress.

Ruka HATES Halloween (and me) not only because the doorbell rings and she barks everytime, but also because I dress her up in these adorable little costumes and bows.

My darling sister and her handsome Gladiator boys came to visit. She and her boys always have the best costumes! We were honored to have them visit us on such a busy night!

We had a great Halloween as usual and are excited for the rest of the holidays to get here!