Random November

 Sarah made Eliza a Taylor Swift inspired cake for her 18th birthday and Mike "helped". (He's always so helpful)

We took advantage of free admission to Hogle Zoo and went with Lynette. 

My parents came out for Thanksgiving and my dad and I ran the Food Bank's 5k. I'm glad we're still able to do this. My dad also got to utilize his fort building skills. 

Feliz Cumpleanos Princesa numero Uno!

 Well, she did it. She turned 18 and is now an adult. That child I brought into this world 18 "short" years ago is now old enough to vote and go to jail. Crazy! Sarah said she only wanted cereal for breakfast and her friend Eliza showed up early to make sure she was the first friend to wish her a happy birthday. Audrey helped me fill her room with a bunch of balloons. About half way through I got smart and brought in a pump. 

Sarah insisted that she only wanted to hang out with Mike and I for her birthday. We went to Leatherby's and got loaded fries with the PB/Chocolate dessert and Sarah was SUPER excited to be sung to. She was expecting it to only be us at the movie, and insisted she didn't want friends there, but she was thankfully excited when 15 or so of her friends joined us. 

Here is her last Birthday Interview as a teenager. I love this sweet, smart, funny, compassionate, kind and wonderful girl of mine!

St George Temple Open House

 I love the Saint George Temple! It is the first temple completed when the pioneers got to Utah. (The SL Temple took 40 years to build) They had done some renovations, so they were opening it to the public before it was re dedicated. We didn't have time for a long trip to southern Utah, so we packed up the car and did it all in one day. It was a bit much for a day trip, but worth it. Gray Dancer even came and got to put on special booties.  

Here are some pics of us at the St George Temple through the years- 

After the temple we got some wiggles out at the Thunder Junction park, which has a train and lots of cool dinosaur things to play on.