Annie's Baptism Day

Annie was baptized on Saturday, October 11th.  It was a great day!  We are so proud of her and her decision to be baptized.  After the baptism, brunch and triplet's naps we went on a drive up Big Cottonwood canyon and over Guardsman's Pass to see the fall colors.  It was beautiful!  We had dinner in Heber at the Dairy Keen afterwards.  My Grandma Merrill came along with us and she described it perfectly.  She said it was, "the perfect day".  

Katelyn

Lily

Annie

Makayla

Lily wore sunglasses through most of the drive and even at dinner!

Katelyn had to copy.

More Pictures

Here are a few more pictures for you:

This summer Annie and I got to go to Seattle to visit my sister, Sara and her family.  We did lots of exploring and found these fun light up letters at the glass museum in Tacoma.  

This is Annie on the ferry from Seattle to Bainbridge Island.  It is a fun ride and we saw lots of jellyfish in the Sound.

We had fun at the beach one day playing in the sand and finding lots of sand dollars and sea shells.

We even found dead washed up jellyfish!  Gross!  

The girls were able to go to the playground this summer and LOVED it!  

Slides are their favorite.  This is Makayla going down the slide.

Busy Girls

So once again this is another very belated update.  The girls have kept us quite busy.  They are very busy little girls themselves.  They have learned to get into everything and that making messes is very fun.  It has been fun to watch them grow and learn.  Lily is our little chatterbox.  She wants to say everything and learn everything.  She already knows a lot of her colors and can put some short sentences together.  She loves to ask where Grandpa is and they say, "Grandpa at work".  Makayla is also learning lots of words.  She is our TV watcher.  Her favorite phrase right now is, "Oh no!".  She is also a tattle tail.  She will come and get me or grandma and take us to the scene of her sister's crimes.  What's really funny is that once we have put an end to those crimes Makayla will then go and do the same thing.  Katelyn is learning a couple of words, but she seems to get what she wants with pointing.  She is still the smallest by far, but that doesn't stop her from sticking up for herself.  She is always quick with a smile and will blow you lots of kisses.  Annie is doing awesome in school.  She is reading lots of books and doing well in every subject.  She has lots of friends and is always busy with them or with a creative project of her own.  She loves to draw and craft.  She was just baptized this last Saturday, October 11th.  I can't believe she is so big.  We are so proud of her!  Once again I will just post some pictures of what we have been up to.

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Annie was chosen to be in her school's Readers Faire.  She was a great zebra!

We took the triplets fishing this summer.  And while I can't say it was the most fun I've ever had fishing it was fun to watch them throw rocks and giggle as they went "four wheeling" in their wagon along the trail.

We took the girls to Cascade Springs which they enjoyed.  Mostly they just wanted to get in the water.

Annie hiked Timpanogos Cave for the first time.  She did great! 

This year we bought a zoo pass.  It has been great.  The girls love looking at the animals and love to try to make their sounds.  Most things say, "Moo" just so you know.