Last Week

Highlights from last week: Olivia and Matthew playing outside with friends.






We went to the Birmingham, Alabama Temple last weekend. It was a very quick trip, but a nice time. We're glad we went. It was about a 5 hour drive and the kids did well. Thank goodness. These pictures are from a park in Enterprise, Alabama. The kids loved it!












What we think is a cotton field.

Family Outing

Halloween '09

Grant brought home traditional Ghanaian costumes from his mission, so Mommy-O and Dudie wore those. Daddy-O's, I haven't been able to find, and Sissy preferred Tinkerbell this year. The video is of Sissy's Preschool class doing the counting song. It makes me laugh--I don't know why. Sissy is way in the back with the red shirt.

A Day at the Beach

Columbus Day was a fun one for us at the beach. Here are a few of the highlights. Enjoy.

A few weeks in review

Fun Playgroup at the Harvey Dee Matthis Park





Soccer Tots
Matthew and some friends have been going to something called Soccer Tots where they do a variety of fun games just to get some exercise and get the wiggles out. They do anything from kicking the soccer ball to hitting Mommy with swimming noodles to kicking over and picking up cones to running bases, playing catch, blowing bubbles, going down slides, and all within an hour once a week. We've really enjoyed it.





Matthew did a pretty nice job folding these washcloths. I was impressed. I don't know that the nice job is so much a result of Mommy's instruction as it is Matthew's personal need to do things just so. I only showed him how to do it once or twice.