Back to School and Allie's New Glasses

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So, here is an update on our Summer, which ends next week with the girls starting school. Sorry about the delay or lack of posting during the entire summer.

The summer started with Andrea's birthday, then Eddie's, then Mine (Scott's) and finally Allie's we are looking forward to Elena's later this fall. The pictures are kind of spread out. See if you can figure out which picture is from which birthday. If you guess it right you might get a prize, or something?!

The Morning Cast...

We spent this morning near Fish Lake. When we got there Eddie immediately wanted to fish so we handed him a fly rod and let him cast. He loves it so much we have to share this:

Here are some more pictures from our short trip: Notice there is still snow in the background.

Allie casting with the wind at her back!

Here's one of Andrea working on her guiding skills!

Casting Practice by the car.

Soccer

Last week we decided to play a little game of front yard soccer. Little did we know that we have been raising soccer players.

Here is a clip of all three of them playing...

Allie's Fieldtrip and Nanna's Special Cookies

The 3rd grade went on a fieldtrip to places in our community. Andrea went with the class for all but the last place (the park) and Dad, Elena and Eddie joined in for a couple of stops. They visited the Forest Service, the Farm Service, the bank, the courthouse, Loa Town Hall and the park. The kids enjoyed time away from school, even if it was only to places close by. The only places Allie hadn't been before were the Farm Service (which is in the Forest Service building) and the courtroom in the courthouse.

I asked Elena what she wanted for Monday Night Treat and she said "Nanna's special cookies." Well Nanna's special cookies are called bratzelis and they require a special bratzeli iron that we don't have. We do have a waffle cone iron though so we tried it out. Scott loved the smell while they cooked and felt like he was taken back to his childhood. He wished he could package the smell to send to his mom. I think they turned out okay, even if they weren't as pretty as Nanna's.

Uh Oh!

Last night I was teaching Allie and Elena how to make a cake when uh oh happened. Eddie loves playing with the front part on my mixer that comes out so you can use attachments. Well, the piece that comes out fell into the bowl while the cake, a red velvet cake, was mixing. Eddie wasn't too happy about the result. As the beater would hit the piece the mixer would bounce up spraying him with batter. So if you are ever looking for something to use for fake blood for Halloween, red velvet cake batter would work great.

Spring Time

Here are some pictures of us enjoying some spring weather in Loa.

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Eddie Loves Conference

So Eddie loved watching conference. He said every general authority was grandpa. When he would hear it on the t.v. he would come running. I turned it on the computer the other day and he came and climbed up on the chair so he could watch. I'm sure it won't be this way for long, so I better take a picture.

Spring Festival

Allie recently performed in her schools spring festival. It was fun to watch her.

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Christmas Break

We had a great Christmas. We went to Bountiful to Andrea's parents home. Here are some pictures.

While we were there we spent a lot of time visiting with family and we went sledding. It was so much fun.

Scotty:
Andrea and Elena:
Allie - she loved it the most I think. She kept going and going.

Elena and Eddie only needed a couple of times down the hill before they were both done. They waited very patiently while everyone else took turns.

Halloween

Here are our Halloween pictures. Allie and Scott were getting Eddie to pant like a dog.

Elena was a princess that was missing her sparkly cape and her tiara, but she wasn't too worried. We could find the tiara but it didn't stay put as well as she would have liked and I know I saw the cape a week or so ago...
And another princess. At the beginning of the day Elena was going to be Strawberry Shortcake and Allie was going to be a ballerina. Somehow when it comes down to it, the princess always comes out. I actually don't mind that at all since it is a very simple request to fill.

A Good Morning

One of the best things about living near great trout streams is that occasionally you can hook one of these:


It measured 21 inches long and 11 inches around.

Elena's 5th Birthday

Elena was so excited to turn 5. Her birthday was on a Sunday so she convinced us to open presents before we went to church. We ended up opening presents in our room because we were listening to our Bishop on the radio. He had spoken at Friday Forum at Snow College and it was played on Sunday morning.

Here she is holding her presents from Nanna and Papa.

Elena wanted a Barbie cake for her birthday.

The cake was frosted with whipped topping and I didn't want it to get too warm before we ate it so it had to go in the fridge while we made dinner. Barbie looks really strong in this picture.

Elena also had a play date party with a couple of her friends and we made cupcakes. Eddie really liked them, particularly the frosting. He LOVES anything chocolate.

Vernal

A few weeks ago we went to Vernal to visit Grandma & Grandpa Knutti. It was the first family vacation we have had in a long time, even if it was just a weekend trip. The kids were so excited to stay in a hotel. We stayed at a Marriott that had only been open a week. Here are some pictures of the hotel room.

I wasn't sure how Eddie would do at the hotel, but even he knows how to kick back and relax.

We went to the new Natural History Museum a.k.a. the dinosaur museum. We had a lot of fun.

We have a temple board in our house where we put pictures of temples we have seen because we don't live close enough to a temple for our kids to see one very often.

Eddie was named after Grandpa Knutti so we needed a picture with both of them in it.

We also got to see Megan, Justin and Andrew (Scott's sister's family) which was fun. We went swimming together at the pool and visited together at the Knutti's home. It was so nice to get away that we have already started planning a family vacation for next summer.

Allie's Baptism

Allie's baptism went really well. We appreciate everyone who has supported her and who made the trip down to Loa, we know it is far from everyone. We are really pleased with Allie and her decision to be baptized. She is a sweet girl and an important part of our family.

Congratulations Allie!

Catching Up...Finally!

So, we finally are catching up with our blog.

We'll try to summarize our summer...

June found us in Bountiful A LOT actually, we spent every weekend that month up for a family reunion, two weddings, and a saying good-bye to Scott's parents as they departed for the Argentina, Neuquen Mission.

We also celebrated Eddie's 1st birthday and our 10th wedding anniversary.

In July we went camping with the kids for the first time. We haven't had a tent we could fit in, but Scott's parents were nice enough to let us use their tent while they are gone (so Scott's siblings if you are looking for it, we have it, let us know if you need it). The kids all loved it. So we went again the next week when Emily and Isaac came to visit us. To see pictures from that visit our Therapy on the Fly blog.

August brought Allie's birthday, a family reunion on the Harrison side and another wedding. It has been fun, but I am excited for school to start next week to try and get into a schedule.