FUN ON THE MOUNTAINS FOR VETERANS DAY

We had a great time! Thanks Wright, Warrens, and those

other Palmers for a fantastic Veteran's Day!

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F A L L: the Fair and Apple Annies

I signed my boys up for the County Fair talent contest this year. McKay practiced so hard to be ready and did GREAT! He won third place and got $10 for his efforts!

After I signed them up, Matt found out he would have to compete against McKay and decided he didn't want to do it this year. When we got out to the fair, the woman in charge informed us that they had moved Matt to the younger division so he wouldn't have to compete against his brother. He started freaking out because he hadn't prepared anything, so I told him HE could go tell them he wasn't going to compete. They persuaded him to play ANYTHING he had memorized. So down he went in his shorts and t-shirt to play the only song he could remember without music. The kid won second place- & $20-I told him that was probably the easiest $20 he would ever get! That's our MATT!

Since we had Friday off for Fair Day (my college

roomates from Mesa used to mock our fair day holiday :)

We decided to go to Apple Annies in Wilcox. It was a

pretty cool place! Next time we'll go on a Saturday, though,

so we can actually go on a hayride and pick a pumpkin.

My boys LOVED the corn maze.

By the entrance.....

My new favorite picture!



I LOVE SUNFLOWERS!!!!!

Addie & Maci- I have honestly never

seen a connection between cousins like there is with

these 2. They are the BEST of friends! I just hope they

always stay that way!

Tanner & Hanna-Best Buds!

Letter F is for.....

We are doing a playgroup with Addie and some of her best friends! We learned that the letter F is for Fairy wings, Flying, Following the leader, tracing our FEET and making them look pretty by painting our toenails, and best of all: Fishies and Fruit loops!

These cousins like to stick together!

PRETTY FEET

FLYING!

Addie

Marlie

Dani

Sophie (this was the best picture I could get-

she didn't want to look at me :)

Maci

After everyone left, I found my fairy playing the piano in her wings! What a sweetie!

More Temple Pics

GILA VALLEY TEMPLE

GOD BLESS TEXAS

MY MOM, TOM, LEVI AND I ALL WENT TO TEXAS TO A MA HORSES AUCTION. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND WE CAME BACK WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS AN AMAZING TRAILER FULL OF HORSES. THOUGHT SOME OF MY FAMILY MIGHT ENJOY THE PICS.

I LOVE WHERE I LIVE

JUST SOME SHOTS I HAVE TAKEN, MOSTLY OUT OF MY FRONT DOOR, OF THE BEAUTIFUL GILA VALLEY.

Good Deed

I don't usually post unless there is a picture to go with it-but today is an exception! I was the lucky receiver of a good deed and since this is my journal too, I wanted to remember it. Yesterday I went for a walk with my friend, Cindy. I was so proud of myself because I went to the gas station and aired up the tires on my jogging stroller so we could go walking. About 1 block into the walk, it sounded like someone shot a gun at us! In Addie's words: "It sounded like a bomb!" I looked down and realized that I had filled the tires too full-and one had completely blown the tube! We were laughing so hard-but then we didn't know what to do! We decided to go to a friends house close by, and see if we could trade my stroller for hers just to finish the walk. She gladly let us and we finished our walk. After I left I completely forgot to return her stroller until later that evening. As I was unloading hers and loading mine back into my van, I made the comment that now I was going to have to see if I could fix the tire. She simply replied, "Oh-I already fixed it." I couldn't belive it! She probably had a million other things to do-but she took the time to fix my stroller tire. Just because! It was a small thing to her-but made a big impression on me. What an amazing example of simple service! I just hope I can be more like that! Thanks Kaelyn! You're AMAZING!

* END OF THE SUMMER TRIP* SLC

I LOVE this one! McKay & Tanner's ice creams were melting on Matt's head.

Love those laughing faces!

THE BAT!

Dave can't resist the basketball carnival games! Matt was glad he did it though,

since he got to take home an NBA bear!

The hydroluge ended up being one of our favorite rides!

Dave finished his Masters Degree (WAY TO GO DAVE!!!) a week before school started so we had just a couple of days to do something fun as a family. We decided last minute to make a trip up to Lagoon and go to Temple Square. It was quick-but a blast! Just some highlights of the fun!