August and September

Grandma Sarah took the kids to the park by our house and got some really cute pics. 

Audra at the Nauvoo visitor center checking out the beautiful statue.

I'm SO glad that our kids love to read. (Even when Audra dumps half the books off the shelf) This girl alone will spend at least an hour a day reading books to herself. 

These kids sure are cute and sure love each other. 

Ava is the horse pulling the pioneer wagon of course.

Silly faces.

Ava lost her first tooth a few weeks ago and boy was she excited about it. The tooth fairy left her some moolah and a nice note;)

After Ava's first day at school. She told me, "Mom, if there is one thing I know, it is that I love school." :)

Ava and Jonah went to a princess and knight party and had a ton of fun. The knights had a jousting tournament where the princesses gave them their award ribbons and then the knights rescued the princesses from the pinata dragon. Very exciting.

This guy and his son put together an amazing Halloween pirate ship in their front yard every year. We went by with some of our good friends to check the progress of it and the owner let the kids check it out. My favorite quote was, "Just so you know, your son is holding a real machete so you may want to take it away from him." Good to know. 

The kids had a grandpa date a few weeks ago and we ended up at the park eating pizza. It was great.

The view one evening outside my mom's 2nd story office. This picture doesn't do it justice but it was really beautiful. 

Our new apartment! It is nice and we like it a lot. 

Sweet little Audra girl. 

Ava Lou our oldest and best big sister. 

Jonah boy who is the best little and big brother. Just love these kids so much. 

Weren't these clouds just heavenly? Again, doesn't compare to the real thing but I had to take a pic. 

Congratulations to my sister on the arrival of her beautiful baby girl!! We love her SO much!! She is such a little darling.

This sunset took my breath away.