Todd's Business Trip to California

Normally, Todd does not have to travel for work.  But we were all excited when he came and said he had to go to California.  It was a quick trip, just one night, yet I told him to take lots of pictures for me.

 Todd's business meeting was in the morning at the hotel.

Then he headed to the beach for the afternoon.

 

 After playing at the beach, he took a jog along the coast and walked down the pier. 

Then it was time to come home.  What a beautiful day in California!

Halloween Party

October 1st, we started the month off right with the Fisher Halloween party.  We enjoyed our hay ride out to the pumpkin patch.  Todd and Adam did their parts well as they jumped out to try and scare us. 

Madelyn picked out our pumpkin.

 

The kids did donuts on a string as well as played Don't Eat Pete.

 

Our Maddie Jane's favorite part of the party was being passed around by everyone that wanted to hold her and play with her.  She loved her snuggle time with Papa.

Gardening and Canning

 This year we tried to learn more and work harder on our garden as well as canning foods.  In May, we prepped the soil and planted the garden.

 Then we enjoyed the vegetables of our labor.  We had tomatoes, summer squash, zucchini, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers.  The peach trees grew bigger this year, but was not quite ready for producing.  Also, we planted blackberries and strawberries.

Madelyn was a great helper---she enjoyed the eating part mostly, whether it was tomatoes, zucchini, or dirt from the garden.

 Then the next phrase started.  We started canning and freezing.  We bottled tomato juice and spaghetti sauce. We froze salsa, squash, zucchini, corn, peaches, jalapeno peppers and stuffed bell peppers.

 Then we canned peaches, pears, and grape juice.  It was really nice to have Todd be enthusiastic about doing all this, and he was always willing to help.  Also, we were so blessed to have family and friends share with us peaches, pears, grapes, tomatoes, and corn. Thank you!

To Grandmother's House We Go

 Rebecca and Debbie wanted to make sure they visited with Grams while they were out here. So we enjoyed seeing Grams and Gordon several times during the weekend.

 Uncle Gordon was sweet to take us out to lunch.

 Madelyn loves to play with the big stuffed dog at Grams' house.

We loved having Aunt Deb and Becca come see us! Thanks for coming!

Stewart Falls Hike

On Saturday, we took Rebecca and Debbie to see the Fall leaves while hiking Stewart Falls in Provo Canyon.  Todd was a great daddy to carry Madelyn. 

 

 We had a lovely day and found some red and yellow leaves.

 The waterfall had a nice mist to cool us off and was very beautiful.

Sisters Weekend

At the beginning of September, I was so lucky to have two sisters come for a visit! Debbie and Rebecca flew in for a long weekend. 

  

 On Friday, we stopped to see the update on the temple's construction.

 Then, while doing a driving tour of BYU, we decided we need to stop and get mint brownies.  What a treat!

By the late afternoon, Debbie and Rebecca went to spend the evening with Grandma Fuller.  Madelyn had such a fun time with her aunts that she fell asleep eating dinner.

A Day at Snowbird

 While Jon and Meghan's family was staying at Snowbird with the Millards, they were so kind to invited us up for the day.  Since David was back from his study aboard, he joined Maddie and me for our day trip.  We enjoyed a nice nature walk.  All the kids loved getting rides from David.

 We enjoyed just having time to get to know Fuller, Olivia, Logan, Will, and Daphne better as well as their cousins.

 We made it to the observation deck!

I was amazed as just how far you could see from this point.  I could see the Kennecott Cooper Mine in the far background.

After our hike, we ate yummy sandwiches and were able to visit with just Jon for a while.  Then we all went swimming together.  I enjoyed hearing the miraculous stories Jon shares from his life.  He has some good ones!  

Jon and Meghan's Family Comes for a Visit

Back in August, we were so excited to be invited to Olivia's baptism.  Jon and Meghan's family was coming to Utah for vacation and decided to do the baptism out here.  

Madelyn loved meeting her cousins, especially Daphne for the first time!

The next day, the family came for Sunday dinner. We were thrilled to visit and play with the kids.

We stopped by the Provo City Center Temple construction site as well as did a driving tour of BYU campus.