Preschool Taft

The day finally came for Taft. He has been dying to start school. It was a tad anti-climactic though because when I picked him up the first day, I asked with a lot of energy in my voice: 

"Did you have so much fun?!" 

"Kinda."

Well, ok. I think he does like it. So far all I've been able to get out of him is what he plays with and he has a friend named Henry. He has two teachers and they are both so sweet. It's not too academic, but for his first year at least I just want to make sure he's having fun and has a good first impression of school. 

Taft loves to do preschool workbooks at home, knows shapes, all his letters and their sounds (single sounds, not blends yet), colors, numbers (can count to 15, recognize up to number 10), and is starting to write letters on his own. It's so fun to watch the wheels turning in his head and see how he figures things out. 

And I'll end with a Taft-ism:

In sacrament meeting at church Taft said to Seth:

"You. Me. Let's get outta here.

Trip to the Beehive State

We just got home from a week long trip to visit family and friends in the great state of Utah. It was the SUCH a nice time of year to visit. I was reminded of how absolutely gorgeous Utah and the Wasatch mountains are. I wish we would have spent more time hiking around, but we were able to spend time there.

The biggest news of the trip came the night we rolled in to town. My sister got engaged! Yahoo! For the first few nights of our trip my parents rented a condo in Park City. We rolled up to the condo about 11:00 p.m. We walked in the door and there was my sis, flashing a diamond ring on her left hand. She's getting married in late December so the wedding planning began immediately. I was able to go wedding dress shopping (she found one!) with her, my other sis, and my mom. We even found the place she'll being having her wedding reception.

We were very, very busy all week. It's hard for me when we go to Utah because of course I want to see family but also have so many friends I want to catch up with. I did live there for nearly 26 years after all.

This post is going to be super longer. Here are the highlights:

1. Park City adventures: Alpine Slide, Alpine Coaster, Main Street, Canyons
2. Silver Lake, Bridal Veil Falls, Donut Falls
3. Lots of mountain biking for Seth- Wasatch Crest Trail, Millcreek, City Creek
4. BYU/Utah game with Herways and Colie (not really a "high"light but memorable)
5. Most of all....seeing family and friends!!

Silver Lake

Silver Lake

Bridal Veil Falls

Nature Tuke

Top of Guardsman Pass

Cousin BFFs

Got together will a group of girls from elementary school!! All of these girls but me grew up in the same ward. I hadn't seen some of them since high school.