Utah Autumn Evening

A beautiful evening walk around Silver Lake, at Brighton Ski Resort. Adam's parents and sisters were in town for their Grandma Packer's birthday celebration, so we spent the evening up Big Cottonwood Canyon. What a beauty overload; sights, smells, feel of the crisp air. Mmmm, I love being in the mountains. Especially when I'm with family! It was a fun night, complete with roasted hot dogs and s'mores.

Poor worms?

Just after the kids went to school Jonah and I needed a diversion, something important to do together. Due to the previous nights rain showers there were worms sprawling all over our street. I decided to introduce Jonah to the scene. I'm sure he doesn't remember seeing a real live worm before! And what do you know, he was very intrigued. I told him that the rain had filled up their homes with water, and now they had to find a new home in the grass. "Uh-huh," he responded to every new fact. We walked from worm to worm, identifying them as Daddy-one, or baby-one. Then Jonah's daddy came out with a bug container and the idea of a worm hunt and Jonah was in! They resqued a big, slimy, juicy(bleh) pile of worms and brought them to our lawn to find homes. Nice job boys, way to save the day for those worms!

Can you multiply?

I found a gem at the local library:



Laugh, if you must, we do, but we love it - everyone is completely mastering the times tables.

Will is going to share the three's song with his first grade class tomorrow,"when the teacher asks if there is anything we want to share"...oh to be a fly on the wall. He is so cute with the rhythm and the way his words whistle because of the space in his mouth where two teeth used to be.