Potty Training Claire

Well I am never sure when to say a child is potty trained. But it is something that we have been working on the last few weeks, and I must say that is has not been as hard as the last time we went through this. Actually Caire has done very well. She tells me when she has to pee and we make it to the toilet most of the time. We started to go poo in the potty the last few days and we have only had one accident since then. I wouldn't say we where completely done but I would say we are about 85% there. I am so proud of her. But it was something that she wanted to do. If she doesn't want to go to the bathroom then there is no way in .... that you can make her. Luckily she has pretty good control. Here is a picture of her first pee in the potty, her potty chart and her doing what she does now. Pee on the Potty. We have a song that we sing every time. It goes like this "Claire went pee (or poo) in the potty, Claire went pee in the potty, Claire went pee in the potty and we are so happy about that." It is so cute to see her dance around so proud of herself in her little pantie covered bum.

Fall is in the air

I love Fall. Nothing signals the change in season better than the leaves changing colors. There is no other place to view this change than driving through the alpine loop. This is sort of a tradition for Zack and I. We started doing this when we were first married and it is something that we do every year. It is nice now to have children to share this with. We started the drive off by telling the kids what to look for, yellow, red, and orange leaves in the canyon. Lance loved it. Claire enjoyed it until she fell asleep. We finished the drive off with a picnic at the falls. We walked and looked for more signs of fall, felt the sun beat down on us but didn't mind because there was that cool autumn breeze in the air. Lance and Zack even tossed the ball around a few times. What great times. I love looking at the beauty all around me and I am grateful that Heavenly Father gave us such a wonderful place to experience mortality.

Utah Concours (auto show) 2008

A few weeks ago Zack took Lance and Claire to the concours auto show at Thanksgiving Point. They met up with The Jone's and had a great time looking at all the great cars while Reese and I stayed at home and enjoyed some piece and quite. Actually I think I spent the time sewing. Anyway here are some pictures of their outing.