Conference Weekend!!

So much for catching up. I am going to start blogging again from this point and try to catch up as I can!!
During conference weekend Joe surprised us with a weekend up at Sundance in a cozy little cottage.


It was such a magical place. We loved spending our time there. The outside was a beautiful area full of wonderful things. It has a birdhouse (an outdoor house),




a bridge,



a waterfall,


a hot tub,


and many other things that are indescribable. The signs of Autumn were all around us. There were beautiful leaves, a crisp chill in the air, and a cozy feeling in our cottage.





Our children were able to enjoy simple things like reading books, playing board games, going on walks, enjoying nature, sitting by the fire, listening to the water, and just doing nothing and relaxing. We were also able to watch conference. The feelings we had during conference were amazing.










I truly love spending time with my family. I could have stayed there forever. I think it was almost as close to Heaven as I can imagine. We were all snuggled together with nothing to do but spend time with each other. We laughed, we talked, we cooked, we listened to music, we read, we relaxed, we just got to to know each other a little better. I am so glad we had such a magical weekend!!








I love my family so much!!

New Moon

I just bought some tickets to New Moon. I am hoping to get the word out. I bought a few extra tickets so if you want one bring me your money!! We are going Friday Nov. 20th!!! It is going to be great!!!

Tulip Festival

For Family Home Evening we went with Jason, Katie and Reddek to Thanksgiving Point for the Tulip Festival!! I always miss it so this year we were determined to catch it at the right time and we did!! It was so beautiful. The kids always love our time there!!

We first had a picnic outside and it was even beautiful right outside the gardens too!! Then we went into the gardens!! The kids were so excited to go.


Avery loves her cousin Reddek. She always wants to hold his hand!!


The gardens were so amazing. I loved all the colors. Tulips are my favorite flower and they were everywhere!!



And these are my favorite tulips!!!!


We loved walking around the gardens and talking a million pictures. Joe goes a little crazy when I give him the camera. I decided to just keep it to one per girl.....






The girls also loved smelling the flowers. I guess the guys did too!!




There are always so many things to see at the garden. Our favorite spots are...

The fish ponds,


The big open grass areas for us to run on,


the waterfall,


the little streams,


and the hill so we can all roll down it!! We always end our time rolling until we are sick!!!! I don't know how they all do it.







It was a great night!! It was fun to be in such a beautiful place!! We really loved the Tulip Festival!!