3rd Grade Fieldtrip

Some of the cutest pictures of Taylor are all fuzzy...maybe I should be asking for a new camera for Christmas!

I had so much fun going on another field-trip! Again, I am thankful for good friends who watch my little ones as I have tried to spend a little more time with my school kids this year! It really has been a blessing to me and something I have enjoyed way too much!

I am a little embarrassed to say that in the 8 years we have lived in Lehi I have never stepped foot in the Hutchings Museum. This is really a neat and special place! Taylor and I had a great time with her class learning some of the history of the Indians, Porter Rockwell, plants, animals, fossils and other Lehi info. I absolutely love listening to stories and history of Utah and now especially Lehi! Sometimes playlist.com on the right doesn't have a lot of the music that we have in our home but I just got so excited that they have this CD Joseph: A Nashville Tribute to the Prophet! This has some terrific music on it! My favorite song is Emma...I cry every time I hear it (yes, like right now as I am listening to it and typing!). I really like The Rising...American Dreams...He Walked a Mile in my Shoes....click on them and listen to them....they are all so good. The first one is a fun Porter Rockwell song just for this post! :) For those that don't know...these are songs we don't normally worship too. The hymns of the Church are the basic music for our meetings and are standard for all congregational singing. This CD and many other modern LDS artists are just fantastic songs that I love to have in our home. Some have strengthened my testimony in so many ways! This Nashville CD is really fun and tells some great stories!

It was so fun to be with Miss Taylor Marie and her cute little friends! Her class is a small group because she is actually in a split class, so that makes it even more fun to hang out with them all! They are cute kids at such a fun age! Taylor and her little friends are always holding hands or have their arms locked around each other! They take such good care of each other! I hope they will all be friends forever and grow up together and do amazing things!
I love you Taylor Marie!
Thanks for letting me tag along!

Halloween 2011

I LOVE fall in Lehi! We had a wonderful October and such a fun and relatively relaxing Halloween!



The 3 older girls and I went to the annual Lehi Children's Choir Halloween party the weekend before Halloween! Kaylee has been nice to let her sisters tag along and hang out with their friend even if it is technically just a party for the older choir. We have a lot of fun playing crazy games and eating tons of food!




I have yet to do our school pictures this year to hang on the wall. Maybe I should just start using these instead because every year it seems I always get these exact poses and we can still see how much they've changed in a year. :)









I sure love the pre-printed jack-o-lantern idea. Where were those when I was a kid? I think they really turn out so cool!




Then Halloween was full of school parties, friends and fun!







Monday night was absolutely beautiful! The kids had such a great time! I'm always grateful that Matt takes the kids around...that way I was able to see some of my little nursery kids and everyone else too.



And then of course we had to finish off the night at the spookiest house in the valley! We had fun watching the computer screen as people would come up and scream! Kaylee was gone! She was so excited to hang out with her friends! They had been emailing back and forth about it the entire week before! I wish I had had pictures of them. We saw them for a split second here at the Iverson's, but didn't see her again until she came home with a pillowcase FULL of candy! And although she's not in the picture below, Kierra was here with us. Usually she runs right up to Brent and gives him a big hug....she was a little bit nervous of him this night!



So, we hope you all had a wonderful Halloween!
I'm just super happy that I was able to get some amazing capes, masks and costumes in Wyoming for $1 a piece this weekend! Halloween shopping for next year is already done and the last of this year's candy is just about gone! :)

Primary Teachers

I'm a little out of order, but this post will be much faster to put up than the Halloween one I need to do next. The girls had their primary program in Sacrament Meeting last Sunday! There were 91 kids up there on that stand and they are all such great kids from such great families! I am thankful every day for primary teachers and leaders who teach my kids in church every week. I get excited when they say they already know that story, or my teacher taught me this lesson once. My kids remember and have so much fun learning the scriptures! Their teachers throw little parties, or bring over little notes when we are gone. My kids feel so much love from their leaders when they go each Sunday!

Our sweet primary president said this quote, "We are a ward family, and these are our children". Both she and her counselor reminded us just how precious these little ones are. So many thoughts came to my mind about how I just need to love them more. I may pull the mom card and boss them around and get frustrated, but really...what makes me more "high and mighty" than them. We are all just learning and growing together. They love so unconditionally....they forgive....they give 110% all of the time. I need to remember how blessed I am to have these perfect little spirits in my life daily! I am so thankful for all of the primary presidency, teachers, song leaders and especially to the kids for bringing such a perfect spirit into our meeting on Sunday.

This video is the cutest thing ever and I've been waiting for the perfect time to post it. No...I promise I don't force my kids to sit down with a timer and memorize and time their songs and articles of faith. Emily has this reading homework she has to do every night with a timer and so Kierra sometimes just wants to be big and have her homework too. This was a couple of months ago and everything that she did she would time. Yes...EVERYTHING! ;) ;) This is just a small glimpse into the happiness and joy my kids have when learning the truths of the gospel. We believe! :)