Spud in the Body Glove

Pictures from our trip to Lake Pleasant yesterday! I insisted on getting Spud a lifevest since you hear about so many drownings on the radio... but can we say this was OVERkill?? As my husband pointed out, there wasn't a wave to be seen on the lake. It was truly pleasant. We waded on the shore while Katherine played peekaboo by bowing her head into the seahorse. She squealed and thought she was hilarious. The highlight for me, however, was the great deal on the life vest: $16 for a $60 jacket due to an end of season sale. Gotta love it!
Geoff and Katherine have so much fun together. She has always loved smacking him in the face (especially while we say family prayer), but now she takes special pride in smacking him on his head when he takes her around on his shoulders. He had a busy week at work. His car made it to the local news when it reported on a carjacking involving a 4 mos old being thrown out of the vehicle in its carseat! I am continually impressed by Geoff's personal study habits. We had a discussion in the car on the way to the temple about the Plan of Salvation that completely opened up my understanding as we attended that day. I'm so grateful for him, his desire to learn and his willingness to share his insights with me. I want to send a special thank you to the Paul & Ruth for watching Katherine for us.
I have been busy this week with RS. The bishop has challenged our ward to get everyone registered to vote by the Oct 6th deadline so we're contacting everyone on the list. It's also serving as a "who's in, who's out" fellowshipping measure since our ward is still relatively new. The Church has uncharacteristically taken a stand on Prop 102 supporting the definition on marriage as "one man and one woman" in our state constitution. I didn't have strong feelings about it until our bishop, who professionally works in politics, explained that the Church could potentially be sued for not allowing same-sex marriages in our temples, not providing same-sex housing at our private schools, etc. as many institutions have been sued in other states. So with making phone calls, Geoff agreed to go out with another husband in our ward to contact people those people without phone numbers. I actually got one woman to agree to let me come over Sunday night to help her. In the end, I hope we'll get some success.
Gotta love her hair... She is getting sturdier on her feet and it won't be long before she's standing on her own. This morning, she walked from her bedroom to the family room, using me as a walker as I crawled. She loves her books and will spend hours just turning the pages (until I find her ripping the pages and then it's all over...) Due to teething, I think, she has had a bad runny nose this week and a low grade fever and had generously given it to me. Even though she is a little honery, she is still adorable and wins my heart with all her high-pitched babbling. Twice this week I've gotten her to repeat "momma" and I am putty in her hands...


Special thank you to Grandma Debbie for the sea horse floatee. It's lot of fun and we'll get good use out of it. We are thinking of several people today:
- Our thoughts and prayers are with the Williams as they mourn Aaron's grandma.
- Our prayers are with Aunt Rhonda & hope that she will get a good prognosis in the hospital.
- Happy Birthday to Grandmother Sarager! But we won't mention how old the girl is turning!!
- Thank you to Elizabeth for coming over on Wednesday to drop off some moving boxes. I'm glad that she and Dan will be in town for another year.
We love you more than you know!
Amanda