Friends in Utah

Along with going to the wedding in Utah we were able to spend some time in Utah with friends.

These first few are from our BYU ward. The girls were all in the RS presidency, minus one, and the boys were in EQ or Bishopric. We had a blast seeing each other. We all had boys within 10 days of each other and so it was fun to see them all grown.

Then we stayed at a friend's house that night that Dan grew up with. Savannah had a blast dressing up with Camry and we had fun seeing everyone again.

The next day we stopped by BYU to revisit the olden days, and I was ready to leave soon after we got there when Dan said it made him want to go back to school again! It was beautiful though and it was nice to stock up on BYU gear again.

Oh, the memories in that library.

Look at the beautiful colors. We don't get that in FL.

Good old Rock Canyon:)

That night we were able to visit the friends that moved to Utah from FL. It was so great to see them and catch up on what they were doing.

Overall we had a great trip and loved seeing everyone.

The wedding

We had a great time in Idaho for Blake's wedding. It was sooo nice to see family and to spend time with everyone and get to know Stacia and her family.

Here are the kids with their cousins Ellie and Kate. Notice how Jack is about the same size as Ellie but at least a year younger:) Savannah could not wait to see her cousins. That's all she could talk about and loved her time with them.

Here's the happy couple the night before at dinner.

Everyone waiting outside the temple. It was pretty cold, but we all snuggled close together.

Family pics outside the temple.

Blake with the kids.

Grandpa and Grandma with their grandkids at the reception.

And last, but not least here they are cutting their cake, which we practically had to force them to do :)

It was a wonderful experience and a beautiful wedding. And we even got some comedy relief when someone took Dan's shoes out of the temple:) Yes, he still doesn't have them, but he gets a new pair of shoes out of the deal!

Time with Grandpa and some funny pics.

Dan's dad came out the beginning of October to spend time with us and help us paint the outside of our house. It was so great to have him here and we all had a great time with him. We don't have too many pictures oh him while he was here, we were a little preoccupied, but we do have some.

Here's a tunnel that Grandpa brought for the kids. There's also a tent, and let me tell you, they are both still up and used on a daily basis. What a treat:)

Here's Dad painting the trim on the house. Poor guy, we sure did put him to work:)

Jack and Grandpa

Grandpa with the kids

Jack in a monkey costume. Jack is going to be Abu from Aladdin and I got this for him and then I was going to alter it some to make it look more like Abu, but we tried it on him and this is what we got. It was too short and so he had to tilt his head and it was padded in the bum and tummy area. The poor little boy looked like a little Ewok. We were rolling on the floor laughing, but he loved it so much he didn't want to take it off.

This is the actual costume we are going to use for him. I'll add a hat and a vest and hope it works out:)

We have Halloween pics to post. Hopefully we will get them in before we head to Idaho.

Disneyworld!

We decided to take advantage of our season pass again now that the summer is supposed to be over. We went the last weekend in September thinking it would be a little cooler. Were we ever wrong. It was still in the 90s and so hot. Now we are so glad we didn't go all summer. We left Friday after lunch and went to Hollywood Studios first and did some of our favorites there, Tower of Terror, Stunt Show and American Idol. Then Saturday we hit Animal Kingdom to go on the Safari and the Rapids water ride, and it felt so good to get soaked! Here are some pictures of our adventures.

Here are the kids with Mickey. Jack was so excited to go and see him until we got to him and then a little hesitant. It was pretty funny.

Here is Jack waiting for Dad and Savannah at the Tower of Terror. Isn't he just so cute:)
(This picture kept deleting on me, so I'll try to remember to put it up tomorrow)

Dad and Savannah getting off Star Tours. She just loves that ride too.

Animal Kingdom, here we come! Thanks Grandpa and Grandma Jagoda for the cute matching Hawaii clothes. They looked great in them:)

Safari ride

It took Jack a little bit to get used to the goats, but bonded with them and loved to pet them.

Here are Jack & Dan getting ready for a ride!

Savannah, she doesn't really like these types of rides very much, but endures them for Jack's sake because he can't go on the "fun" ones yet:)

Savannah and Minnie

What happens on the way home from Disney World.

I took the kids again just this last Friday when Savannah had the day off school and have a few pictures from that too.

So the whole reason I really wanted to go was to see it decorated for Halloween, and here's what it looked like.

I know kind of disappointing, but oh well:)

Here is Savannah with Jasmine and Aladdin. This is the first time we have met them and she was very excited. Needless to say, Jack was not and did not want to get very close to them:)

Savannah got to drive the boat in the Jungle Cruise. She was so excited!

Thankfully they have a little splash park while we wait to see Ariel.

The kids right before we see her and after a long wait:)

And Jack really wanted to see Ariel. He loved the glitter on her top and was enthralled with her for some reason, must take after his dad:)

And here's the gang on Small World. One of Jack's favorites of the day.

Swimming around

This summer we have enjoyed, I should say LOVED, our pool. It was so nice to go when it was so warm here, or course that made our pool warm too, but who's going to complain about that:) Here are some pictures of us at our pool during the month of September. Jack now wears floaties and just jumps right in and starts kicking. He can get where he wants to go now and loves being more free. Savannah is an awesome swimmer and can do everything by herself now. Her favorite thing as of late is to dive down for the dive sticks, and she's really good at it!

I have a video I'm going to upload later when I get on our desktop, but for now this is it. It is a cute video though so check back later.

Savannah's first day of school

Savannah started preschool last week and she absolutely loves it. Here in Florida the state pays for every four year old to go to preschool and since Savannah has been dying to go to school for at least a year now we decided to try it out. She goes everyday for three hours. It's been a good experience all around.

Happenings as of late.

I know I haven't posted in a while, but it's summer and we're busy:) Dan was in Europe for a couple of weeks on business and so while he was out of the country the kids and I went to my parents house in Virginia. We had a blast and we were able to see everyone except Bob and Emily and we even got to meet Blake's new fiance, Stacia, who was wonderful. Savannah could not get enough of her and when we got home kept telling Dan how good she is at playing and building:) She'll fit in great though, very easy going and has a good sense of humor. Here are a few pictures from there, they are from my Dad because Dan had the camera with him, and then a few extra pictures of my adorable kids:)

This is Jack's favorite place to go, his little car:) He is such a boy.

My Dad bought a sprinkler thing that shot out balls, so of course Jack fell in love with it. It was so nice to cool off that way, and we played water whiffle ball with it too, it was fun.

And yes he found mud.

We also went to Jamestown and saw the sights there.

I also thought that I would update pictures of my garden, which has been growing so well. The funny thing is that I let Savannah plant some Marigold seeds because I had a few extra spaces and now they are overtaking the garden. They are on steroids or something. But she loves them and I have some room because summer is not the best growing season here.

Here is my tomatoes, corn,onions and chives. My corn I just planted a couple of weeks ago, but I see some hair coming out of one of the stalks! We'll see how it does.

Here is my watermelon and cantaloupe, which did well for awhile and then the heat got to them and they have dwindled fast.

Here is my broccoli, carrots and squash. The broccoli and squash are still growing, but we have picked some of the carrots and they are so sweet and good!

Here's Savannah's crazy marigolds:)

And here are our poor peppers getting squashed by the marigolds. We've had some good peppers too.

The fruits of our labors.

We'll have more posts to come:)