Saturday, September 29, 2007

A Snowy September Day






We woke up this morning to a driving rainstorm. It had calmed down a little by the time of Peter Gordon's soccer game and so we took him over to the park to see if they were going to play. He did play and got rather wet playing in the rain. The kids looked like they were having a blast--water and dirt combining to make every kids' favorite mud. Their only complaint was that it was cold. It was even colder by game time for Becca and Hannah. They both had their games called at the half because it was so cold. Now I am sitting in my office looking out the window and it is snowing. We have a good dusting of snow on the front yard. It has been snowing pretty consistently for the last hour or so. The kids have been having a blast as you can see from the pictures. Emily wasn't too sure about the snow and was finally starting to play with the kids when she fell down. Peter Gordon had great fun trying to catch snowflakes on his tongue and Becca and Hannah enjoyed twirling around with their friend Shayne. The weather in Utah never ceases to amaze me. We always transition so suddenly.

Gordon's 35th



I had a nice birthday one week ago. Chantel and the kids had a little party for me on Sunday. We enjoyed lemon meringue pie and I had fun opening presents. Mom had been down that week to visit Grandma Galloway and so she took me and the family out to dinner at the Red Robin. We enjoyed eating out on the patio. The highlight of the week for Chantel and I was getting to see President Hinckley at the BYU Devotional on Tuesday (Sept. 18). We were down on the floor about fifteen feet away from him when he came in. He talked about the 13th article of faith and it was really inspiring. It is a neat thing to have a prophet so close to us. Emily even got to shake Elder Hales' hand at a luncheon we went to afterwards--I'm a judge for the Brimhall Essay Contest and we were honoring Karl G. Maeser. Turns out that Elder Hales' wife is a Maeser descendant.