Well, still catching up, here's an explosion of things that happened during September. Nate turned 34! And really what's not to love, here? We had Jenna here for a few weeks while she got ready for BYU-I. We did all kinds of stuff and it was really fun to have her! Bri and Mason were here for about a week too at the same time. We hiked up at Snow Basin. Painted our front door. It used to be just plain white. (I LOVE it!) And made beautiful artwork for our wall. Also we made a billion freezer meals for Jenna, and canned salsa. Jenna and I drove up to Rexburg to get her all settled into her apartment. In a crazy turn of events, she lives in the very apartment, the very room, and the very bed that Megan had when she went there! What are the odds!? I'm so excited for this college journey for her! We've had a couple really fun preschools. One day I got brave and took the little guys hiking mys...

The weekend before last we up and went to Idaho to see some kinfolk. It's nice to have some spontaneity in the house every once in awhile. We drove up Friday night, had a blast in the hotel, and spent all day Saturday at Megan and Sam's house with them, Natalie and Jenna. It was a lot of fun. A lot of cold, snowy fun. Nate and Sam went and played some football with the Elder's Quorum, and the rest of us just hung out and filled the house with a nice dose of chaos for the day. Anytime, Meg and Sam, anytime. We ate some mean chili and soup (and paid for it later), and just enjoyed being together.  Headed to the hotel pool.  Asa made a friend in the mirror at the hotel. That night Nate ran to the store to get a few things we needed for the soup we were going to make the next day, including frozen chicken and frozen peas. He just left them in the car all night and they were still frozen solid the next morning, along with one of our sliding doors on the van....