My Favorite...

My favorite day of the year is Primary Program Sunday!!!!! Which was just this past Sunday...I love seeing all those little kids in all of their cuteness get up and sing (some more loudly than others) all of the songs that they have been learning during the year. Zachary sat and listened / watched (for the most part) the kids doing their parts. I loved it! Just a few more years and Zachary will be doing the same thing. =)

Thankful Thursday

1. I'm thankful for great neighbors! I've said before how much I love our neighborhood but I really love our neighbors...some of who have become great great friends. It reminds me of my parents neighborhood. Everybody knows everybody. It just like an extended family. Whenever I make it back home I always want to stop and make sure that I see the neighbors too.

2. I'm thankful for the changing seasons here in Utah. The leaves are changing colors. It is beautiful! I can't wait to drive up one of the canyons and see all of the different colors.

3. I'm thankful for discovering new places here in Utah. We went with some neighbors (thankful for them!) up to Memory Grove Park. I had no idea this place exsisted and it is right downtown. I've lived here for 3 years and never knew about it. We are going to go back soon to explore more.

Nursery Time!

Zachary's first full day (well ok...2 hours) in Nursery at Church!

So far so good....

Thankful Thursday

This cartoon reminds me of Zachary. He used to fold his arms and bow his head whenever we said prayer but now he just squeezes his eyes really tight but after a few seconds is looking around everywhere with is eyes half open. But I guess I wouldn't know that unless my eyes were half open looking at him.

I am thankful for prayer. I KNOW that Heavenly Father hears and answers prayers because he has answered mine on more than one occasion. I KNOW that prayer not only brings my family closer to Him but closer to each other as well. I KNOW that Zachary is learning about prayer every day as we kneel together as a family. I KNOW that this is the perfect way to communicate my feelings of graditude and love to my Father in Heaven.

We recently had a Regional Conference at Church. This is where many many many congregations are given counsel from the leaders of our Church. Our Prophet and President Thomas S. Monson focused on a verse from the Doctrine and Convenants 88:119. It states, "Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of fasting, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God." I want that in my house. And I hope and pray that we are on our way to do all that is commanded in that verse. I am thankful to know that I can turn to Heavenly Father and ask for his assistance in making that happen. It is a work in progress but we are on our way....

Did I Make A Mistake?

Yesterday I took Zachary to get his haircut. I bought scissors about a month ago but Joe wouldn't help me. So I just decided to take him and get it done. His curls were out of control. He did really good. Of course he was distracted by the movie Cars so he didn't care what was going on. I wasn't sure about the haircut after we left but it is begining to grow on me. Then yesterday afternoon it was like the haircut gave him a new found confidence in being a little boy....he refused to have his shirt on. So he spent the rest of the afternoon in just his shorts. So what do you think of the haircut?

Fun at the Fair

We went to the Utah State Fair on Monday. We don't live very far from the fairgrounds and decided that it was a nice enough day to walk it. So we loaded Zachary in the wagon and off we went!

This was the typical position for him when checking out the animals.

Not too sure about the frozen lemonade.

Both Joe and I agree that the trip to the Fair was a total success just due to Zachary's reaction and facial expressions everytime he got close to an animal. I just wish I could have caught it on camera. And as you can see from my previous post he was pretty tuckered out by the time we left to walk home.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful for Zachary's Radio Flyer wagon. It would have been a VERY LONG (mile and a half) walk home from the Utah State Fair if he had to be carried.