Weekend Happenings

Friday night we went to a ward activity. It was a chili cook-off at a local park. I made chili but decided not to enter it into the competition. We invited our friends Jimi and Bre Fox to come along. We had fun tasting all the chili and cornbread. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures. Saturday we went to the second BYU football game at home. We are so glad we came away with a win this time.


Sundays are sometimes hard for Miriam. She has a hard time napping at church. Therefore, she was really tired tonight after only sleeping 30 minutes all day. While we were having our weekly FHE (Family Home Evening - to learn more click here), we enjoyed watching Miriam tear apart a catalog in order to keep herself happy... and yes, she ate a piece.

We are happy that fall is here and all the fun things that come with it.

9 months

Miriam is 9 months old today. Her personality has really started to show a lot this month. She does silly things and laughs about it. She is stubborn (don't know where she gets that from), but so lovable at the same time. I love to cuddle and hold her as much as I can. I know those moments won't last forever.

I took Miriam to get her pictures taken today, but they won't be ready for two weeks. In the meantime here is a cute picture we took of her today. She sits like a little dancer, she even points her toes.


Miriam is growing up so fast. She now weighs 20 pounds and is 30 inches long. She is slowing down in weight, but is still in the 95 percentile for height. We are so happy she is a part of our family.

Week in Review

This week was not particularly exciting. I just thought I would update the blog. I took a few pictures so I thought I would group all the pictures from this week into one long post. Here is what went on this week.

Miriam is so much fun. She continues to amaze us with how much she is learning. I was testing out the settings on our camera and took a couple of pictures of Miriam on Monday.


Monday night we had Natalie and Ryan over for dinner. We opened Miriam's doll that she received for Christmas. I thought she might finally be ready to play with her first doll. She didn't know what to do at first, but seemed to warm up to the idea quickly.


Thursday Michael attended a free concert for his Music 101 class. You will have to ask him about that experience. On Friday I went up to Park City to shop with a couple of friends. We hit the outlet mall and found some good deals. Everyone left happy. On Saturday went to the BYU football game. It was really hot for most of the game. I put cold water on Miriam's head to cool her off. Her hair ended up kind of crazy, but I thought it was so cute. Even though the end of the game was disappointing we had fun together.


Sunday we enjoyed a nice day at church and spending more time together. Overall we had a great week and just wanted to share it.

Labor Day Weekend

We got to spend the weekend with my parents. It was fun to get together with everyone after being gone all summer. The most exciting part of the weekend was Miriam's first BYU football game. We watched BYU beat Oklahoma on Saturday night. Here are Michael and Miriam ready for the game:


On Sunday we went to church with everyone. Miriam had a nice nap at church and so she looks like she just woke up in the picture. Anyway, here we are all dressed up:


We had a fun weekend relaxing with the Braswell family.