October...best time of the year.

It has been a month since I have posted anything on here and my goal was to try to get something done every couple of weeks. I guess as the saying goes, better late than never. We have had another busy month. We are so glad that fall is finally here!

The leaves have been absolutely incredible.


Campbell had a birthday and gave us another reason to celebrate.


Sadie loves her Grandpa T.


Wilson received his mission call to Russia.


Cooper is hilarious.


and last but not least we have been catching some nice feesh.

Labor Day Festivities / Sadie Sue's Birthday

It has been a busy couple of weeks. We spent some time in Island Park, ID for Labor Day and Sadie's 3rd Birthday. We took the kiddos to Yellowstone and spent a lot of time down by the river below the cabin. The weather was phenomenal all weekend. It definitely felt like fall was here to stay. Mother nature apparently is having a hard time making up her mind because it has been near 90 all week in Utah. She may want to get her prescription checked as her hormone levels may be "off". ;-). We spent a little time chasing the trout around, but they proved to be pretty finicky. Spent one morning out on Henry's Lake with Grandpa P. He caught one fish, but Cade and I were left wanting as we did not touch one all morning. Sadie had a great Birthday and is at the most adorable stage. She is so thrilled and over dramatic about everything she received. Can't wait for more fall weather and college football.

We found a couple over on the Madison and Cade fooled this pudgy rainbow.


Pam and Bailee at Artist Point in Yellowstone. Pam was a nervous wreck with the height of some of the cliffs, but the girls thought it was great.


Sadie, Bailee, Halle, and Maggie. Obviously the cake was delicious.

Bailee Ann - 4 Years Old

Hard to believe that the kidlets are already 3 and 4. We have had a busy couple of weeks, but we are trying to keep summer going just a few more days. Bailee turned three in August and we celebrated with some Tinkerbell festivities. She had a few friends over and was absolutely thrilled with her cake. She is at an adorable age and is saying the funniest things lately.

Bailee after standing up in her chair while eating and subsequently spilling her drink all over:

Bailee's sayings as of late.

Bailee: "I love you mom and dad".
Me: "Love you too Bailee, now sit down"



Bailee: "It is hard to be a big sister sometimes"

Bath time before church

The kids have a love hate relationship with the bathtub at the present time. Bailee constantly bothers Sadie by kicking her and splashing. I know, heaven forbid someone gets wet in the tub! They usually will play well for about 4 seconds before the fighting begins, at which point we quickly wash and scrub and then get one of them out there. Bailee usually likes to be the first one out and then proceeds to tell me what a "nice" girl she is. This pic was snapped right after she said "I am such a good girl, huh daddy?" She is something else.

Summer days are getting shorter. We were playing out on the lawn relaxing and Sadie was being a little photogenic.






This is a classic picture of Sadie. She is so goofy and always has the strangest mood swings, must take after her mother.

Beautiful Sun Valley

Those are all of the Grand kids! I am not sure where Jake took the other pic..but it sure looks pretty! He has been practicing taking good pictures lately and is doing a really good job:)

Grandma and Grandpa Parson

Aren't they the cutest Grandparents? They are so sweet and we really love and appreciate all that they do for our family.