Handy Man

When I married my husband I was a little worried he would never be able to fix anything around the house or the vehicles or any tools we owned. He just wasn't the handy man type. After a few years around my family, and he desire to learn he can fix almost anything.

One of his last fix it jobs was his new grill. For some reason he could not get his new grill to work properly. He had to convert it from natural gas to propane but he believed he had done that properly. He could tell that the gas for some reason was not going through the pipes that led to the grill area. The burner on the side would work but not the grill itself. After two hours of working on the grill, a lot of frustration this is what he found.....

A SLUG!!!!

The grill works now :) Good job honey!!

P/K Soccer

Taylor started playing soccer this fall season and it has been a lot of fun. I unfortunately have to work Saturday mornings and I am not able to attend his soccer games. Dave is the soccer dad and goes to all the games. The first two games, Taylor wouldn't play. They would start with a practice and Taylor participated in that but as soon as the game started he was off the field. By the third game he decided it would be fun and went out and played. Dave says he is really good at defense, the best on the team. I did get to go watch one game and Taylor scored his first goal, so he is pretty good at offense too.

I just love to watch him enjoy the game, get exercise and play with others. Go Taylor!!!

Zoo, Park & Cotton Candy

We are always looking for ways to stay busy and active. Dave got some free tickets to the Beardsley Zoo. Dave's carpool buddy and family also wanted to go so we all got to go together and have a great time. We went really early on a Saturday morning and it was awesome. There was no one there and the kids could run everywhere and we didn't have to worry about losing them.



We love the park and I didn't get many pictures but a lot of video. The problem is, I am having a hard time uploading video. Taylor is riding his bike with no training wheels and has been all summer but I kept forgetting to take the camera to capture the moment. So, use your imagniation and see Taylor riding his bike. I will have to figure out what is wrong with uploading the videos.


We got cotton candy at the final summer party at Regeneron. The kids loved it and loved getting sticky.

Connecticut Fall!

We enjoyed the fall leaves on Conference weekend. The children had a lot of fun. Taylor loved to keep raking them into a bigger and bigger pile. Drew wasn't sure about it at first, he would just run through the leaves and never fall into them but he finally decided it would be ok and jumped in. Lana just loved it and got so dirty. Logan didn't get to enjoy jumping in the leaves but the mosquitoes enjoyed eating him. It was so sad.

Our sweet Logan!

How cute!

Pre-school

I decided Taylor needed to go to preschool for a social opportunity. He needed a little more experience playing with other children. He struggles a little in that area and we hope that preschool will help.

His first day went much smoother than I thought it would. He let me leave, I didn't expect that. He didn't cry and when I picked him up he was happy and said it was a lot of fun. I was so proud of him. When I asked him about the first day he said, he liked eating the snack, that when they pray (he goes to a Catholic preschool) they say Amen a lot and he was excited to go back the next day.

So, far all has gone well we are so proud of him. A few other comments from Taylor about school, "I don't like other kids playing with me," "Carly said hi to me but I didn't say hi back," "I can't do work at home because I have to do a lot of work at school, like...cutting stuff, gluing stuff and playing with toys and that makes me tired."

Boston

Our temple is in Boston so it is fun to make it a full day and tour the city afterwards. We left Lana and Drew behind with Grandma and Grandpa Bramhall. They had a fun day with them while Taylor and Logan came with us. We had a wonderful time at the temple and then we toured the downtown area, mainly the market. The street performers are amazing and the food is great. The water features were Taylor's favorite and I even brought his swimsuit this time.

Irene!

Hurricane Irene was my first experience with a dangerous hurricane and having to prepare for it. I learned a lot about preparing our home and yes I did stess a little. After all the stress, freezing a lot of water and filling the bathtub, we were forunate enough to have no problems from the hurricane.
With all the talking of the hurricane, Taylor decided to do his part. He made this fort for Drew and Lana. It was so cute.

Here is some pictures of flooding in our city.