September 2012

Labor Day weekend we went down to the cabin with Mana!  I had Karri's nice DSLR camera so we had some fun with pictures.

Xander: almost 9 years old 

Mara: 6 years old

Jaina: 2 years old

We went for a walk to try and catch some bugs. 

Time to snap some family pictures. 

We LOVE the cabin! 

Jaina loves to go outside and ride her bike, but has to wear Mara's helmet when doing it!

She will not accept any help to get it on, hence the fact that it's backwards.

School fair, was supposed to be outside, but there was a horrible rain storm, so it was moved into the school.  Mara's favorite things: face painting and cotton candy!

Jaina is always emptying out totes and buckets to play with. This time she made a bed for Minnie.

School Picture Day

I always try to take a quick picture before they leave for school because you never know how the 'official' pictures are going to turn out.

Jaina had to say cheese too!

Mara had a very loose tooth the whole week and Pat kept trying and trying to pull it every night, but it took quite a few days to finally come out.  It was even loose for Mara's school picture (it's totally crooked in the pic)

Mara gets so nervous and worked up when it's time to pull teeth, and after all the trying with this one she was in tears.  So we decided to say a prayer to make her feel better. While I was saying it she whispered into my ear that she didn't want it to hurt when it was pulled. It was so sweet. Once the prayer was done, dad took one more try to get the tooth out and it just popped out, with no pain!!  It was definitely a tender mercy for Mara and a testimony builder that Heavenly Father listens to and answers prayers.

Tooth #3

Xander broke his glasses after having them for a little over a year. I was trying to get a copy of his prescription to just get a new pair locally, but decided to just get a new eye exam for him, and one for Mara too.  I'm glad that I did, because his prescription changed a lot! So he was able to pick out new frames too!! 

For the mid season finale of Doctor Who I found these cut out masks of Weeping Angels for the kids. We had a lot of fun with them during the episode. We will miss Amy and Rory. I loved their ending! 

Such a great episode: The Angels Take Manhattan.