The mama elephant at our zoo just had a baby. Isn't it adorable?
I guess the zoo is getting ready for Halloween by the looks of this huge carved pumpkin!
I took Zach (above) and Nicholas (below on right) to a Chess Tournament at the stake center. Zach was excited to go since he's an "expert" (I guess we let him win too much) but Nicholas wanted to just watch the other kids, but ended up playing. There were 9 games going at a time and they each played 5 games. I'm real proud of their excellent sportsmanship even when others were struggling with it. A good learning experience.
Last Saturday our friends, Tim and Tonya, were sealed in the Temple. We decided to take the kids and walk around the Temple grounds while Mike went to the sealing. We keep talking about taking the kids to see the Temple and hadn't done it yet. It was a beautiful day and fun to talk to the kids about the special occasion for their friend, Blake, to be sealed to his parents.
Mike and me
me and Beth
Garrett and Mindy (the hosts)
Randy and Beth
Shanell and Jed
Derek and Char
Aaron and Terri (the party instigators)
Girls donut-on-a-string contest.
Jaycine and Colin
Shawn and Rockelle
Clint and Gayle
That's right. Zach's very first tooth he lost and it unknowingly came out while eating a carrot and he promptly swallowed it! Poor kid, he was worried the tooth fairy wouldn't come without a tooth under his pillow, but we decided the tooth fairy must have x-ray vision and saw it in his tummy.