I have a dear friend who recently discovered that her 3 year old daughter has nueroblastoma (cancer). They are still in the early stages of finding out just how much this disease has spread and what steps will be necessary to take. Our thoughts and prayers are with them each day as they fight this battle. Please visit their blog to find out more and make a donation if you would like. http://www.graciecare.blogspot.com/

Meet Chief...

So we have decided to try our luck with another puppy. We are pretty excited for this one. We first saw Chief when he was just a week old and his eyes weren't open yet. Now he is about a month old. We go visit him every couple of weeks. He should be ready to come home with us on December 16. He seems to be the most vocal and chubby one of the bunch. The kids can't wait to get him home.

Update

Wow, where has time gone? This fall has been a crazy, busy one. We have officially entered "birthday season" in our family seeing how 3 out of 5 people in our bunch have birthdays in the fall. Needless to say I haven't even considered Christmas ideas. Kiersten turned 4 and Wyatt is going on 7. We won't tell how old (or young) Dave is going to be.
October flew by with us having to move and get settled in a new place. We are enjoying being in Georgetown and living up the canyon has been really nice. It is so pretty up here and awesome to watch deer out your window more often than not. We are especially grateful that Wyatt did not have to change schools with this move and we were also able to stay in the same ward. It made the transition easier.
We are thankful for all that we have been blessed with and really feel that we are being watched over and the Lord is mindful of our needs. We are looking forward to the upcoming holiday season and being able to spend time with friends and family that we don't see that often!

Thanks again Amy and Trevor for the family pictures. We love them!

Camping Part 2

So we were able to enjoy another relaxing weekend out camping this past week. Saturday was awesome. The weather was great and Dave and I got to spend some one on one time together while Grandma and Grandpa watched the kids. Dave took me on a wheeler ride where we used to go years ago. But I probably hadn't been in about 6 years. It was great. We found "our tree" where Dave carved our names not long after we were married. It was fun to reminisce and remember the good old days.

Our tree.

The love birds. :)

We had this guy ride through camp looking for a trail. He happens to be in our new ward. He was really friendly and offered to give the kids a ride on the wagon before he headed back out of camp.

A fun surprise.

The kids begged for several rides on the dirt bike and the wheelers. Here's Dave with the boys. All in all it was a fun getaway.

Camping Trip

It's sad to say that we just enjoyed our first real camping trip this weekend together as a family and summer is practically over. But we did have a pretty good time inspite of the weather that seemed a bit chilly for my liking. The kids had fun painting rocks, riding bikes, shooting bows, roasting marshmallows, and going for nature walks. It was great just to get away from everyday worries for awhile. Luckily, we get to go camping again this weekend. Trying to make up for lost time. :)

Wyatt did pretty good at taking some pics for us.

Our little nature walk on Sunday.

The three stooges. Aren't they cute?!

The kids' proud collection of painted rocks.

Fun times!

Life is Good!

Other than the fact that summer is going by much too quickly, life is good. I can't complain. My family is together and we've made some great memories the past couple of months. I have much to be grateful for. Thank you all for making life worth living!

Isagenix

So Dave and I went on a new diet plan this last month and it worked! In just 11 days I lost 11 lbs. and Dave lost 18lbs. It's great and we both feel so much better physically. My energy level has improved drastically. If you would like to know more about it let me know and you can also visit www.amberhopkins.isagenix.com. It's a real simple plan to follow and is reasonably priced as well.