We had first quarter froyo with our friends, the Carrs. They are moving to Connecticut. :( They taught Primary to both Heidi and Owen over several years, Scott and Nick served in Young Men together, and Emily was Nicole's visiting teacher (before they did away with visiting teaching.)
I sent William to take a nap, and when I went to check on him he was all dressed up in his swim suit and goggles. ???
Baton Rouge Temple Open House
Heidi was cold, and therefore grumpy.
Emma turned 1 and celebrated with ice cream cake.
This was just a silly photo bomb. (We bought flan from a friend in the ward and wanted to send her a picture.)
At the orthodontist office. Heidi brought a friend along.
Playing dress up at playgroup.
Can you guess which Come Follow Me lesson this was?
For Columbus Day we went to Mammoth National Park in Waco:
There's a yellow line on the pole. That's how tall mammoths were. (And they weighed as much as a school bus.)
Not a great picture--but you can kind of see the remains.
Emma was practicing her walking.
Scientists' best guess is that the herd of mammoths died in a flash flood. There's a mural in the background of what likely happened. They also found evidence of a camel and a saber tooth tiger. You can read more here.
Life size painting of a Columbian mammoth. (Named after Christopher Columbus!)
Afterwards we had a picnic on the Brazos River:
You can see Baylor's football stadium in the background.
Suspension Bridge near downtown Waco. It's supposed to close for repairs and renovations in December, so it's good we got to see it when we did.
The kids had first quarter awards assemblies this week:
AND we went to the ward party:
Owen is not pictured because he was at football practice.
Liz and her vampire friend Anna
Heidi and her dementor friend Rose
Owen's football team
Video of Emma learning to walk. These were taken a week ago, so she's gotten better since then:
I forgot to post last week, so this week there are two weeks' worth of pictures. You'll see a lot of sports pics and lots of pictures of baby Emma. (I just love this stage and can't get enough of her.)
William and friends at Ezra Thomas's birthday party
Practicing volleyball at the park
Practicing with friends
With Simran
These days, Saturdays are long. This was around Hour 4 of 5.
(We have Owen's football game back-to-back with the girls' volleyball practices and games.)
Heidi was excited about her team snack.
Emma likes to chase balls while we watch...
...And take selfies.
Heidi went to a birthday party at Ceramic Lodge. She got to paint a horse, and she named it Buck Beak.
Emma's first ponytail!
He looks like Steve Urkel because the shorts they gave him were way too big, so Scott had to cinch them with one of the girl's hair ties and his flags, lol.
Practicing with Coach Brad
Owen usually plays Center on offense because he's pretty clueless and it's a low-skill job. (Takes after his mom, lol.)
