School Days

School is in full swing now, but we're behind on the start of documenting the first of the year.  Josie has been liking our little neighborhood preschool switch.  Here she is on the first week where they made some owl hats.

 And she LOVES dance.  Such is such a cutie comes home and shows us the things she is learning.

 Rachel has been really liking dance as well.

 We met with our preschool friends in the park to make their mats for school.

 Funny kids!

The Whitaker Museum was honored to receive the Utah Division of State History "outstanding achievement" recognition for the year.  Here is the board and others at the awards ceremony (Spencer Packer, Lisa Sommers, Lisa Buckmiller, Nancy Smith, Bridget, Larry Wright, Paul Smith, and Brandon Toponce).

 Our cute little dancer on a cold day.

 Josie has also been loving her Kindermusik class.  Here she is with one of the cute things to play with and sing with.

 First day of preschool!

 Life is much, much different for Bridget with kids in school.  She only has this cutie for most of her errands.

 Ian is one unique and styling kid.  Here he is in an agent outfit.

 Off to music class!

Josie decided to make a "treasure hunt" for Rachel and Ian.  Lots and lots of "notes" were all over the house.

 The kids first practical joke was on our new neighbors, the Scotts who are serious BYU fans.  We decorated their door the eve of the big football game this year.

 This cutie is seriously a menace.  Look at every puzzle dumped behind him.

 Another styling agent outfit.

 Look at this detective team.

 Rachel bought a hat loom and here is her first product on every kid in the family...

Rachel's school teacher does the cutest thing called the "Kindness Counts Club."  Each month the kids do a service project.  For October they made decorations for elderly neighbors.  Here is Rachel's bag before she delivered it to our sweet neighbor Hannah Mae.  Hannah Mae was so delighted to be given these cute decorations and we had a really good chat with her.  What a great thing for these kids!

 Andy likes to assist anyone practicing on the piano.

 Here was a cute pattern necklace Josie made for music class when they were talking about patterns in music.

 This kid's style is cracking us up!

Andy loves to drink out of people's glasses.

We headed to Park City for General Conference weekend and had a great time getting away from home for a few days.  The kids got us all organized with signs.

 It was beautiful weather.

 It was a very fun little trip!

 Andy loves playing the piano any chance we give him.  He is such a funny boy!

We had a fun Activity Days evening where the girls got to visit different "countries" (rooms set up with things from around the world) as missionaries.  Rachel loved it and here she is with her cute companion Jetta.

Here is Andy talking into the microphone.  We hope that everyone is doing well!