September has been such a busy month for us. I have not had any time to do anything let alone blog. It is actually October now that I am writing this post but thanks to Blogger, I have backdated this entry to be posted in the month it is written about. So September... This month is full of birthdays in our family. There are nine birthdays this month. Traci, Keith, Alex, Grandma Farnsworth, Tyrel, Jessica, Braden, Grandma Morwood and Emily!
We had a blast at Tyrel's rodeo birthday:
We practiced our roping and lassoing skills, had stick horse races, pin the tail on the donkey, and even gathered plastic chicken eggs. Emily and Colby had a great time. Logan and Cole had fun playing together too. It is so fun to watch these two play together and grow together. They like to poke each other in the eyes and baby wrestle.
Another fun thing we did at the party was get pictures of the kids in "jail":
These pictures turned out so funny! Emily and Logan seem happy to be in jail. Colby, however, is the smart one and realizes jail is not somewhere he wants to be!
The next party we attended was Grandma Farnsworth's 87th birthday.
We had the party at the Tonaquint park. The kids had fun on the playground but they really liked blowing the noisy party horns! Grandma Farnsworth has been having some health problems lately which all started from her fall in July. Since then she has fallen another time, which is why her arm is in a sling, and had other issues too. Because of this, the family decided to move her into the Meadows, an assisted living place. She seems to like it but it is definitely something she is still getting used to. So for her birthday she just wanted to go to a park and be with her family. So that is what we did.
We also celebrated Grandma Morwood's 95th birthday this year. Grandma is doing so well for her age. It is fun to be able to go next door and visit her from time to time. Emily and Colby just like to walk over to her house to say "Hi." They especially like to go over there just before dinner and eat a bunch of the cookies or candy she has out for the grandkids and then not be hungry for dinner! We love you Grandma!
Jen came down on Sept 27th with her kids. To celebrate Keith, Alex, and Emily's birthday we all went out to eat at Pirate Cove Pizza. This whole place is decorated like an old pirate cake and all of the waitresses are dressed as pirates. The kids had a blast playing in the arcade, listening to the pirate ventriloquist, playing on the little play place, and of course eating pizza.
The "Pirate Queen" even sang "Happy Birthday" to them. We also learned a great lesson this night. Never underestimate the length and strength of Logan's arms! So we had Logan in the highchair next to the table. On the table was the pitcher of water and the other food. Well, in the blink of an eye, Logan reached his Go-Go-Gadget arms up to the water pitcher and, in one yank, dumped the whole pitcher of water onto his lap, my legs, Jen's legs, Annalynn, and the floor! All we could do was bust up laughing!!!! The waiter didn't know whether to laugh or cry so he just said "I'll go get a mop..." and walked away. We laughed even harder when we noticed Logan's face when the ice water hit him. It was so funny.
The next day, the 28th, was a busy day for us. It was Emily's 5th birthday! We woke up early that morning and headed to the church for our Primary Sacrament Meeting Program practice. As much as I coaxed them and coached them, the kids were pretty restless. Lets just say they did a lot better during the actual Program. After practicing we had a pizza party which was the real reason all of the kids came anyway! Then we cleaned up and came home to decorate for Emily's birthday party. See the next post for all the fun details of the fun birthday.
After the birthday party, I had about an hour to relax before heading out again. LeeAnn, Jen, Traci and I headed out for a girl's night. We went out to eat and then headed to the Stake Center to listen to the General Women's Broadcast. It was a lot of fun. I also really enjoyed all of the speakers at the Conference. I loved how President Monson told us that we never walk alone. He reminded us to get out priorities right and trust in the Lord and we will realize that during our hard times, the Lord was there for us all along. He told an amazing story about a woman who realized that the Lord knew who she was just by receiving a loaf of homemade bread from a distant acquaintance. The story and talk was quite miraculous so read it again.
After the Conference, we headed over to the Meadows to visit with Grandma Farnsworth. The guys met us there with the kids. It was a good visit.
Sunday Sept 29th was our Primary Sacrament Meeting Program. My first counselor wrote the program this year but there was still a lot of work to prepare. The Primary theme this year is "I am a Child of God." What a perfect theme for Primary. This is the part I wrote for me to introduce our program:
" We
are all children of our Heavenly Father with our own divine mission in
life. From “The Family: A Proclamation
to the World” we learn that “All human beings – male and female – are created
in the image of God. Each is a beloved
spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents.”
This year in Primary, we had the great blessing and opportunity to help
each child in Primary know and understand that they are a child of God. This important truth will help them know of
the love our Heavenly Father has for each of them.We hope you feel the spirit and also realize that you too
are a child of God."
This was Emily's part that she memorized and gave so perfectly during the program:
"When I pray, I pray for the prophet, to have a good day, and I thank my Heavenly Father for my blessings."
We had each of the primary children fill out a questionnaires and then we put together the parts from their answers so it was like they wrote their own parts. I think the program turned out really good. I heard many compliments on how well the children did. I am not going to lie, I was glad to have it done and then have a week off during General Conference!
Well, that is a glimpse into our busy month of September. So far October is proving to be just as busy but more on that month later. See you soon.
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