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Halloween 2010

Our little flower and bee. Oma made Anna's costume again. She is amazing and Anna looked so cute and so did Claire!






Since Halloween was on Sunday, we just did trick or treating at our ward's trunk or treat. Only having to say trick or treat and get candy for it was no problem for Anna. She was loving it!

Paul's Graduation from Basic Training

When my brother, Paul, joined the Utah National Guard, it was exciting to find out that he would be coming to Georgia for basic training. Though we wouldn't be able to see him during training, we were able to go to his graduation. My mom was able to fly out to be here for it too.

The day before the graduation they had a family day with a short ceremony. We made it right before the ceremony was over as we were delayed by some red and blue flashing lights. These are their dress up blues, the army's new dress uniform. Paul's class was the first to wear them.
We had the day to spend with Paul, but were in a small town without much to do. My mom was smart enough to get us a hotel room for the night instead of making the two hour drive each way for two days. After the ceremony and getting some lunch, we went back to the hotel where Paul slept for about four hours! Some much needed rest I am sure.

Here he is after the graduation ceremony the next day. Congratulations, Paul! We are so proud of you!

Nathan came with Braden and Ryan. After the ceremony we went to the National Infantry Museum which was really amazing. It has the history of Infantryman along with uniforms and weapons from the past to the present. Very cool museum.

We found out that Paul had permission to go to the Wild Animal Safari park that was about forty minutes from the base. It was well worth the trip. The animals would come right up to the car knowing that you had food for them. There were lots of deer, longhorns, giraffes, ostriches, lions, warthogs (who were all pregnant), and a rhinoceros.

This giraffe stuck his tongue out, used it like a finger and grabbed the piece of food right out of Anna's hand. She wasn't hurt or scared, more shocked than anything. After that we decided to roll the windows half way up. It was a lot of fun and glad we had the chance to do it.

Punkins!

We took a trip to a farm and pumpkin patch with our playgroup friends.

There were animals to pet and feed.

We got to see how cows are milked.

Then a hay ride to finish it all off and to see how the dog rounds up and gathers the cows. It was a fun day!

Blocks and Puzzles

Two of Anna's favorite things to do are building with blocks and doing puzzles. She also likes to sort and organize things by colors, as you can see in the picture above with the blocks. She also likes to do that with her socks and her magnetic letters on the fridge. She says she "organize" them.

Anna spread out all of the pieces to her puzzles on the table and lined them up.

She also lined up all the puzzle boards. She is able to put all of the puzzles back together by herself.

Summer Swimming

We did lots of this during the summer! The girls loved it every time and did not like having to get out. So lucky to have a pool in our neighborhood. We were also able to get together with the cousins at their cousins' house to swim too. I am so glad the girls are not afraid of the water. Hopefully next summer the girls will get some swimming lessons and be water safe.

Saying Goodbye! :(

With Dad's retirement, it meant that Mom and Dad would be moving to Indiana. We really didn't want to see this day come. We are excited for their new adventure, but we really wish they were still close by. We miss them so much! Anna keeps saying she is going to move with Oma and Opa.


We went to say goodbye one last time. Anna took a book for Oma to read to her, Love You Forever. It was hard for us to make it through it. It always is, but this time it was even more of a tear jerker since they were leaving.

Final picture. Anna and Claire love Oma and Opa. I think the road between Atlanta and Bloomington will get a lot of wear and tear from the Heinrichs going back and forth. Good luck and have fun, Mom and Dad (Oma and Opa). We will miss you!! We love you!