Glasses

One day I asked myself, "Could my boy be any cuter?"  Then he got glasses!!  And he was cuter:)

Halloween Fun!

 Michael Jackson

 Batman (w/ Thor's hammer)

 Cody Hoffman, BYU wide receiver

 Rugby Zombie

 Napoleon Dynamite

 Graceful Ballerina

 Hawkeye

 Harry Potter vs. Gangster

 Baseball Player

 Ugly Stepsister, Gypsy, Happy Nerd

 I think Elmo ate my baby.

Notorious Dictator/Pilot

UEA

For our little October vacation we went on a trip to Boise to visit Grandpa Blodgett, Aunt RaeAnn and fam, and Aunt Ashley and fam.  On the way up we stopped at Ashley's and enjoyed life on the farm.  The kids love playing at their house because of all their fun toys and all of the neighborhood cats that hang out in the yard!  It was cat heaven.  The kids spent most of their time outside and thankfully Dan took a few pictures.

At Grandpa's we went to the Boise Temple open house which was really wonderful.  Unfortunately it was cold and cloudy and when we finally got back in the van we didn't feel like getting back out and taking pictures.  It was a great experience and the Boise Temple is so beautiful.  Jared loved how the Celestial Room echoed so as soon as we got in their he yelled, "HELLOOOO, ANYBODY HOME?"  It was so funny.  On Saturday Dan and Grandpa took the kids bowling.  Jared and I stayed home because I figured it was better to chase him around at Grandpa's house then around the bowling alley.  The kids had a blast bowling.  After that we sang Happy Birthday to Thomas.  I felt lucky to celebrate a little with Thomas.  He's so fun.

Deja Vu

The last time I posted was to say that Adrian got a hole in one!  Well the next news worthy event in the Blodgett household is along the same lines.  It was a cold rainy day on Friday but since we didn't have any plans Dan invited our brothers-in-law, Monty and Scott, out for a round of golf at Oquirrh Hills.  I was a little jealous but had fun hanging out with my sisters:)

The story goes that Dan was on the 13th hole and he used his 8 iron to hit it 159 yards over the water, and it bounced and rolled right into the hole!!  I am so sad I  missed it but so impressed, and anyways, I knew it was going to happen for him soon.  He's been having quite the season:)  Perhaps his new irons and driver are paying off.  Unfortunately there wasn't a camera to document the event but I'm sure Dan will hold it forever in his heart.

Golf Lessons Graduation

Today Adrian finished a week of golf lessons so Dan and I thought it'd be fun to take him out and golf 18 holes to see what he learned.  We got off to kind of a slow start because we were behind a group of 5 plus it was really hot so by the time we got to the back 9 I was worn out.  When we got to the 15th hole I stayed in the cart while Adrian tee'd up his ball and got ready to hit with his 7 iron.  He had 80 yards to the pin and just took one little practice swing and then hit a beautiful shot right to the green.  Dan said, "That could be a hole in one and I looked up and watched it roll right into the hole!!  

I'm guessing all the other players out there today were a little annoyed right at that moment because I screamed, "YOU JUST GOT A HOLE IN ONE!!!"  There were lots of cheers and high fives and Adrian had the biggest smile on his face.  Our first order of business was to call Grandpa Blodgett and tell him:)  We knew he'd be as excited for Adrian as we were.  Man when we walked up to the hole I half expected not to see the ball in there I just couldn't believe he'd done it.  It's only his second time golfing 18 holes.  It was so awesome.  He quit playing with that ball so he could sign it and save it.  That hole will never be the same for any of us again.  What a thrill. 

When we got done with all 18 holes we went in and told the Golf Pro, Christian Scott, and he gave Adrian a high five and took down all the information.  He even wrote down Dan and me as witnesses.  He says that our newspaper, the Tooele Transcript, will publish a little blurb about Adrian's hole-in-one.  Then he gave Adrian a plaque that says, "Oquirrh Hills Golf" and Hole in One and we can have it personalized for him.  It was so great that Chris made a big deal out of it and even gave him a plaque.

Now maybe his dad and grandpa can catch up to him and get a hole in one too. 

Our Happy 4th!

For our Happy 4th of July we planned a trip to Boise to visit Grandpa.  First we planned on watching our girls march in the Tooele Parade with the Tooele Junior High Band.  However, on Wednesday morning Donald was sick and I realized if we were going to attempt a trip I'd better find out what was going on.  Instead of taking everyone to the parade Dan stayed home and I took Donald to urgent care.  We were the first patients there and we found out that Donald had strep.  Yuck.  Thankfully the Walgreens was open so I headed over there right away.  

I was so sad about missing the girls in the parade.  As we pulled into Walgreens I opened my windows just to see if I could hear a band and sure enough right as I got to a spot where I could see the parade Rebecca and Shari's band marched by!  I couldn't believe it.  It was such a great blessing.  All morning I had just been praying that Donald would be ok and get the medicine he needed and on top of that Heavenly Father blessed me to see Rebecca and Shari marching by at the exact moment I pulled into Walgreens.  It was so great to be able to tell them I got to see them even though they didn't see me.  

Since Donald had good medicine and the Dr. said he seemed like he was in good enough shape to travel we headed up to Boise.  Every time Donald gets strep no one else gets it so I figured we were doing alright.  We went swimming Wednesday night after putting Donald and Jared to bed, and then we went swimming again Thursday morning.  Thursday afternoon Shari and Adrian got sick and then Friday night Jared got sick.  We were able to get medicine because our Dr's office was kind enough to call it in to a pharmacy in Boise.   I owe a big Thank You to our Dr'as office!!  Everyone was on antibiotics except for Rebecca and Charlie. It was amazing how quickly the antibiotics would help the kids feel better.  

On Saturday me and the girls went to the mall with Aunt RaeAnn.  It's fun for us Tooele girls to go to a fancy mall.  I probably over-did it because by that evening the girls were really worn out.  Saturday night we took everyone to Garbanzo's, a pizza place by Aunt RaeAnns.  It was so yummy and then it was back to RaeAnn and Paul's for fireworks and s'mores.  This was the only time during our trip that I remembered to get out the camera.  So this is where the pictures come in:)

Sunday morning we were packing up to leave and Rebecca could hardly move.  Yup, she got sick too.  Thankfully I already had the right dose of Amoxicillin for her from Shari and Adrian's medicine because they're all pretty close in size.  We started her right away so she would feel a little better for the drive.
Dan managed all the driving and when we got home we were all pretty tired.  It sounds like our whole trip was about being sick but really the kids had fun just hanging out at Grandpa's and watching Avatar: Airbender on Amazon TV.  They even got to eat their favorite food, Ramen.
We love staying at Grandpa's!

Charlie's Baptism

Charlie's baptism was a wonderful experience.  I wish I would have gotten a picture of everyone there but once the fun got started I forgot to get the camera out again.  Charlie was super excited and nervous.  It's kind of weird to see him nervous because he's so confident.  Shari and Adrian gave the talks, so that was really great.  I love hearing their testimonies and I'm sure Charlie watches and learns from their good examples.  Rebecca did a great job leading the music.  I was really proud of her.
Thank you to everyone who came and supported him and we missed all of you who couldn't be there.  I can't believe we have 4 kids baptized now!