Parade of Lights

This year we decided to go to the Parade of Lights that goes on in downtown Fort Worth the Friday after Thanksgiving. There were over 100 floats and thousands of people there. It is nice to be only a few blocks away so that we didn't have to worry about finding a place to park.

Law School with Dad

Brigham and I often go to the law school to visit Joe while he is studying to take him a little lunch. It is very nice for both of us to be able to see Joe during the day. I am so glad that we live closer to the law school so that we are able to see Joe more often.

Getting Ready to go to Utah!

We have been trying to find things for Brigham to be warm while we go to Utah. Crazy that it is difficult to find things here in Texas where it is 70 degrees today. We were able to find this hat which I personally think is very cute. We are very excited to visit Utah.

FLO

Brigham got his first pet a few weeks ago. He loves it. The only thing is we forgot that we were going to be going to Utah for Christmas. Hopefully someone will want to tend our little fish.

Mom and Dad's visit

Mom and Dad came to visit us for a week. It was so much fun to have them come. The week went by too quickly. Brigham loved playing with Grandma and Grandpa. Thank you for all that you did and do for us. We love you and are glad that you would come and visit. Thanks!

BYU v. TCU

While Joe's parents were here we went to the BYU v. TCU game. Sorry to say that we lost. We all had a nice time anyway. Brigham loved it and thought that everyone was cheering for him.

Fives

My cousin Ashley tagged me so here goes.

10 years ago I. . .
1. Was in 8th grade at Farmington Junior High
2. Busy taking piano lessons
3. Took sewing lessons
4. Played with friends
5. Was an average 14 year old

5 things on today's "to do" list
1. Pack things to move tomorrow.
2. Clean the apartment to get ready to move.
3. Take things back to the library.
4. Go to the post office
5. Pick up a few things at the store

5 snacks that I enjoy
1. Donuts
2. Smoothies
3. Popcorn
4. Fruit
5. Yogurt

5 things I would do if I were a millionare
1. Pay off law school loans
2. Pay off the house
3. Travel
4. Help people in foreign countries be able to travel to the temple
5. Save


5 Places I have lived
1. Farmington, Utah
2. Provo, Utah
3. Several places in Ohio
4. Syracuse, Utah
5. Fort Worth, Texas

5 jobs I have had
1. Babysitter
2. Piano teacher
3. Receptionist at Davis Behavioral Health
4. Receptionist at Nelson Christensen & Helsten
5. Mom

Big Smiles

I just love these pictures of Brigham and the one of Joe. I sure have the most handsome boys there ever was or will be.

$1.00 bowling

Don't worry she picked up the spare
Liz with perfect form
With $1.00 bowling we had to wait a few minutes to get a lane so luckily we had Brown Bear with us.

Of course I had to wear my wonderful bowling shirt. There is one for Liz too but I think she was too embarrassed to wear hers.

For Labor Day Weekend the bowling alley close to our apartment had bowlilng for a dollar a games. So don't you think we didn't go. We had a great FHE activity there Monday afternoon.

The Bumbo

The Bumbo is by far the coolest thing for little babies. As soon as they can keep their head up you can sit them in it and it makes them sit up. Brigham loves his Bumbo. There is a little tray attachment you can get for it so while we make dinner Brigham can sit in his Bumbo and we put some toys on the tray and he just plays.

Brigham and the Flamingos

Fort Worth Zoo

Before we left to Utah for the summer break we went to the zoo. We weren't sure if we were coming back or not so we thought we ought to go just in case we weren't coming back. We had a lot of fun and we were real glad we went.
Brigham didn't last too long. I think he took like three naps while we were there but I think he still liked it.
This is my favorite picture at the zoo. It looks like the tiger is ready to have a little snack.

Brigham's favorite animal at the zoo was the flamingo. Maybe because we could get so close to them so he could actually see them or because they made so much noise but he thought they were pretty cool.

River Walk

San Antonio River Walk

Remember the Alamo?

This is us in front of the Alamo. Liz thinks it was neat to see where Davy Crockett was killed. There really isn't much there to see but I think it's one of those things you at least need to see once.

The other pictures are of the river walk in San Antonio. There is a big outdoor play house with stadium seating that they have bands play and other entertainment. Parts of Miss Congeniality was filmed here for any of you who were wondering

These are some of our favorite pictures from the walk.

Red Sox vs. Rangers

So we went to the Rangers/Red Sox game last night. I needed to make sure that Brigham got to a game this year and with my school schedule we almost missed it but luckily we made it. Brigham did very well at his first game. We, of course, had to try to entertain him for a few innings and that's why he has my hat on which he didn't think that was the greatest.

The Rangers won and we had a good time.

Family trip to Nauvoo

We were able to go to Nauvoo and Adam-ondi-Ahman this summer with Liz's family. It was great to be able to see Joe's parents in Nauvoo and to spend time with them. Joe's parents were in Nauvoo for 6 weeks helping out with the pageant. It was such a great trip. We are grateful that we were able to go.

Brigham's newest accomplishment

We know that for all of you this isn't as exciting as it is for us but we are glad that you humor us. Brigham is now rather stable as he sits up on his own. He used to only stay up for a second or two but now it is much longer.

Becky and Jacob's Visit

Becky and Jacob came to visit us last week. It was so much fun to have them come and spend the week with us. Brigham sure loves his aunt Becky and uncle Jacob. Brigham loved to go to sleep with Becky holding him. It was so great for Brigham to have car buddies. It sure made it nice for me to have Becky and Jacob keeping him happy as we went places. Both Becky and Jacob were such big helps while they were here. We sure are grateful for both of you and are glad that you came to visit.