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Here's a recap of September for ya

I seriously can't belive this guy is 1 already! This past year went by crazy fast!

And he's already into a lot more trouble than his bigger brother ever was.

The little guy has started walking too thanks to all the help from his big brother.

For his birthday I made his cake. It was my first layered cake I'd ever made and also my first MM Fondant cake I'd ever made. Definitely room for improvement but I was still pleased.

Happy 1st Birthday Big Guy!!

We also got the chance to go on a trip to Zions and St. George with Neil's fam this month.

And one of these handsome guys just got his mission to Little Rock Arkansas! Congrats Austin! Still hard for me to believe he's already going on a mission. This guy was in elementary school when I met him! He leaves Dec. 15th.

We had planned to take Austin to Angel's Landing but it was closed for the day :( So we did a bunch of other random hikes. Still beautiful no matter where you were. And I love how the animals are not afraid of people!

Cole and Korver got to hang out with Neil's parents. Apparently it was a bit too much fun for Korver.

And I'm thinking I should have hung out with them too. I was super jealous Cole actually got to see a trantula. I've never seen one out in the wild! (I need to get out more apparently)








And thanks to Neil's parents we were able to leave the kids and go to "Crazy for You" at Tuacahn. Absoultely Love Tuacahn!

That's just mean Mom!

On the way home we took a needed break at Cove Fort. Cole thought it was pretty cool that you got to climb up to the top of the fort.

Other Happenings This Month

My brother Brett and his wife Tiffany had their first baby boy in September. Keaton Darl Cook. (Sorry your picture is so small Brett and Tiff. It's just the way it uploaded. I'm not trying to play favorites) :)


And Neil's sister Monica had her 4th baby. Little Ava Grace Lambert. She had quite the time getting here. The nurses at the hospital did less than their job and Monica ended up giving birth without any doctors or nurses in the room. She wasn't even in the pushing position and the baby came out on the bed. Her husband quickly rushed out to get the doctor and nurses and amazingly everything was o.k. Needless to say their hospital bill was cut dramatically.




AND we found out on our trip that Clint and Rachel (parents of the triplet boys) are expecting again!! Congrats!

And our tomatoes sure took their time getting here this year but they've come in with a bang . (I swear every year we have something weird grow in our garden.)

Ugh-ust

Wow! What a month! And not in a good way. How come when crap happens it all happens at once? Here's what I mean. My computer crashed right in the middle of me working on 4 loans, so we had to buy a new one (although I am LOVING my new computer), our car broke down, our washer broke, our new water softener isn't working, Neil and I BOTH got pulled over on separate occasions (Neil got away with his ticket though, there's something wrong there), locked both Accord keys in the car (long story) and had to have a lock smith come out, missed ward camp out because of stupid accident (but hey our luck might be changing because it wasn't us in the accident), once we did go camping it poured rain on us all night, family pix canceled because of rain, sick kids, and I've decided to take a break (possibly permanent) from work which I have mixed feelings about.

But enough complaining. Despite all that we've actually had some good times this month. Here a few of my favorite moments.

Thanksgiving Point

He may be smiling in this picture but he was pretty scared of this bear and wasn't too happy with me for making him get on.

Me and the boys.

How do you whistle in type? Whew whoo.....???


Savannah (my niece) crawling with Korver. Korver thought this was the funniest thing.

Me and boys once again

Glad someone was able to find a nice place to sit down.

Love this picture!!!!!!



Overnighter in Heber with the in-laws :)

Still not sure how he puts up with me. He's even humoring me and giving me a smile even though it's close to midnight and the man is beat!!!!! The camera would no longer exist if roles were switched.

I love how Cole came up to be front and center in this picture.

Yay the rain stopped!!!

Our hike.... if you can call it that. More like.. our walk?? Whatever it was, it was absolutely gorgeous!

I'm pretty sure every person in this picture knows I'm taking a picture, but they all act like they don't see me. That's the Emery's for ya. I'm lucky to get any pictures of them!

SCHOOL!!!!

Cole's first day of preschool!! I don't know who was more excited me or him! And I'm not excited because he's going to be gone for a bit twice a week (although I'm definitely looking forward to that) but because I know how much he is going to LOVE it! His teacher is awesome and has so many fun things planned. He's just going to eat it all up and love every minute of it. Man time goes by fast! I can't believe he'll be 4 in December.

Bah Dah Bah Bah Baah ... I'm Loving It!

BOATING!

July was so much fun and was super packed. We had something fun planned each week. The first week we went boating with some friends (the pix are lost somewhere in cyber space) and had a blast water skiing and tubing. Cole absolutely LOVED the tube. I wish I had a picture to show you. Maybe next time.

LAGOON!

The next week we went to Lagoon. It was our first time taking Cole and he just ate it up.

Neil and his brother Austin were so nice to volunteer to go with Cole and Savannah on this ride and then Cole and Savannah decided they wanted to ride together and stuffed Neil and Austin in the seat in back of them. Haha..... (Cole's in the front seat in this picture)

Cole and his cousin Savannah. Just a side note. He did not pick the pink boat. She did.


Korver and I on the carousel. Which he absolutely loved you just can't tell from this picture. And no I don't beat my kids. I missed a spot on Korver with the sunscreen when we were boating. I'll blame it on the life jacket scrunching his face into a Shar-Pei.


Cole on the helicopter. Incase you couldn't tell.


I made the mistake of telling Cole that the bumper cars were my favorite ride as a kid so it was the ride he had to ride first and the ride he wanted to ride over and over and over again. He SERIOUSLY rode it over 20 times.


Best way to end the day. Luckily he had more clothes. :)

CAMPING

The next week for the 24th we went camping with my fam up at Payson Lakes. There was a bear that almost ruined our plans but luckily they were able to catch him and re-opened the camp ground.

My brother Brett with Cole and his cousin Rex.


Not likin the hat Mom.

Swimming!

My mom and sister-in-law Tiffany.


Awwwwwwww....... did I mention this is the newest member of our Young Men's Presidency?


Cole taking an unwanted plunge.


Then after camping and all the other fun it was bound to catch up to us sometime. Cole got sick and then got me and Korver sick. The problem is that when Cole gets sick he doesn't act all that sick. He's just really whiny. He doesn't like to rest when he's sick. I mean does this look like a kid with a temperature of 102??? Ahhhhh... SLEEP! PLEASE!!!!!!


And Korver is EVERYWHERE. He has started cruising along the furniture. One of his favorite things is to sneak in my bathroom and turn the tub on. He thinks he's pretty cool.... and big.

Bah Dah Bah Bah Baaah .... I'm loving it. Summer anyway. Not McDonalds.