FHE in October

daddy was in charge of the activity tonight; thus we had a photo shoot with FUN being the theme. Everyone was very creative, especially Amber.

Oh, and I really don't like the way these pictures look compressed, so by all means, please click on each picture for a better view of them.

See Tyler's photo blog for details on the pictures.


Spence shot this one of Camille.

living prophet

For FHE last night, after marching around the house at different speeds (thank you primary teachers) while singing "Follow the Prophet", we reviewed President Monson's talk from the last General Conference, entitled "Finding Joy in the Journey" Well, one of the big take-home's was to

"Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved."

Thank you, President Monson for your example and wisdom. We love and sustain President Thomas Spencer Monson as God's living prophet on the earth. How grateful we are for a prophet to guide and direct us.


image found at chinckley's flickr page

Family Birding Night

So it was a magical night for me. For months I have been hoping to get out with the kids and the binoculars and spotting scope and enjoy some bird-watching. There is a little pond down the road called Allred's Pond. We didn't know what to expect, I had just read about it somewhere. So we followed the Highway 73 out just past the Jordan River and took a right. Well, there it was. I think it's private property... but the gate was open and no one was around. There was a large abandoned tire we could all plant ourselves on. So we gave it a go. The kids were surprisingly interested and could see the birds through the scope and binoculars. All but Sam, of course. But we counted 15 species all-in-all. Granted 2 were on the way home. But it was a joy to be there in the evening with the whole family. It was indeed one for the memory book.
On the way back, Spence saw a bunch of black birds in a tree. I just assumed it was a big flock of starlings. But we stopped anyway, and come to find out, it was a tree full of yellow-headed blackbirds in full color. Nice find, Spence! I recommend a little drive over the river to anyone looking for a nice respite from the "city". Beware though, Camille will tell you multiple times that it smells like cows. They share the pond with you, it is true.

List of Species:
yellow-headed blackbird
american pelican
swainsons hawk
red-winged blackbird
western grebe
rock dove (pigeon)
night heron
american robin
glossy-faced ibis
california gull
mallard duck
northern pintail
american crow
magpie
one more-can't remember