September 2024

 September was a great month! Here's a "Then and Now" of me and Ivy- I miss taking my little buddy everywhere!

Big news for me this month- I got a job! I work at BYU and have a great team:

Ivy had her first day back at dance this month after her little summer break. She is loving it!

Zane tried a new sport this month- pickleball! He got a lot better by the end of it!

Sometimes Ivy eats her Oreos in an odd way:

Since I started working, Ryan is the one to take Hyrum and Cora to lunch after school on Wednesdays. They tried Slab and loved it!

For the National Day of Service, we joined our city in cleaning up the shore of Utah Lake. We found a lot of junk, including chapstick, a tire, a chair, shoes, a glove, tons of glass, and more:

I took Hyrum to see the Piano Guys this month, and we both loved it. Hyrum has been LOVING the Piano Guys for awhile now, so I knew when they were performing in Utah Valley we had to get tickets. Hyrum said it was on the same level as FSY, which is pretty high praise for him.

Zane and Ivy both entered the Reflections contest at school this month. Ivy choreographed a dance, and Zane made this sculpture:

Our cutie nephew came to visit one weekend, and the kids and me had a great time hanging out with him! I took him to the children's museum while the kids were in school, we got treats from DQ, and we all went to the trampoline park:

Ivy had Pirate Day at school one day this month, where she dressed like a pirate and made a pirate hat:

Our church does a little get together once a month where everyone brings treats. Zane and Ivy decided to each make a cake this time all by themselves, and they did such an amazing job!

Hyrum and Cora have been learning sign language together this month during treatment time, which I think is awesome except for when they use it together and I don't know what they're saying ;D

Ivy and I played the Pretty Pretty Princess one day this month, and we got looking so fancy:

Ivy went to her best friend's birthday party this month, which was a fun spa day and she got these cute spa things to take home!

We had a lot of zucchini bread this month, supplied by our neighbor's large zucchini:

Hyrum went to the temple to do baptisms for the dead early one morning before school this month:

Zane and Ivy were in the primary program at church this month! They both did great and had their parts memorized and everything:

Ryan has been making these rubber duck trophies for his class competitions with his 3D printer, which I think the students have loved:

I got a new phone this month, so the kids wanted to make sure I had lots of pictures on there:

Ivy's a cute little dancer:

Picture day cuties!

Cora made this adorable piggie cup in ceramics this month:

Ryan and I went with some friends to see Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat in SLC this month and it was great!

We went to the elementary school's trampoline park spirit night this month and the kids had fun seeing their friends there:

Ryan and I went to ward temple night this month and the temple looked so pretty afterwards!

Cora spoke in church this month for her first time! She did such a great job and wrote her talk all by herself:

Ryan had the core kickoff for his work this month, which was Taylor Swift themed, so some of the professors got together to make some IS-themed friendship bracelets: