Happy Halloween

Sheriff Woody is in town and checking on Ryan at Carter's.

Grandpa Scott and Nathan at the ward Halloween party!

Rebecca just got her braces off! Don't her teeth look great? Amber was Jesse this year.

My Buddy this week

Grandma Karrie and Grandpa Jim are in Hawaii this week. Nathan gets to spend his days with me and nap times too. He really is such a good boy. Today he told me he wanted to go in his crib. It was only 1:30 p.m. He usually doesn't go down till 2:00 p.m. I gladly put him down and he slept till 4:00 p.m. It was a good day at Grandma Shelly's. He went with me to LAX too, to pick up Aunt Sandi. She was happy to see her little Nathy.

Lifting Burdens: The Atonement of Jesus Christ

What a wonderful message of inspiration this is from many of our church leaders.

More of the days waves and tide

This wave was one of the smaller ones.

I don't think I've ever seen the waves come up this much in Redondo Beach.

The waves were nice for the surfers today. I think because of Hurricane Rick.

2009 Redondo 2nd Ward Primary Program a Success!

Here is most of our Primary Children and Teachers. We had a wonderful program:

"My Eternal Family" was the message. The children all did well and sang well. We had fun taking these photos as they were all saying Cheeeeeeeeese!

Down to the beach this morning for a little work out in the sand. It was so pretty there this morning. Big waves, the surfers were having a blast. I had fun enjoying the beauty of where we live. How many times have I said? "I love where I live".

Baby birds playing around the waves.

Volleyball Friends this past summer...

Today was a great day down in Redondo Beach, Knob Hill. This is where I play each week and the ladies I play with. This photo was taken in May 2009. One of my friends from High School (Nancy Hammond McNeil) was visiting from OR and came and played a few games with us. She and I played in High School together. She is the one wearing the red hat, and BYU t-shirt.

Left to right: Andrea, Shelly, Nancy, Shelly, Heather and Alisha in the front.

Great ladies and great Volleyball. We have skills!

TUACAHN Amphitheatre "AIDA"

This is where we saw the musical "AIDA". All the music is written by Elton John and Tim Rice. I loved it. It is a love story set in a perfect setting for the outdoor amphitheatre with the Red Rock back round. If you ever get a chance to see it there, do it.

Bryan and Kelly heading toward the amphitheatre.

Rebeccas roommate Sylvia, from EFY randomly was there the same night. They found out they were both heading to St. George as we were driving up and Becca texed her. This was not planned. It was pretty cool since they have been trying to get together and she is from Draper, UT. The next day they got to hang out at the mall and have lunch together. We got to meet her sisters and family who were down visiting friends.

Claudia after one of our shopping adventures

This is the cool park near the Old Tabernacle. They have made this little stream and it was still warm enough for us and some little kids to run through and get wet.

I just love Bees..........and Cafe Rio

We met up for lunch at Cafe Rio and took it to the park by the Old Tabernacle. We didn't know the town Bees would bee there. It really was a battle trying to eat our wonderful salads. Scott tried to distract them with this Root Beer that they seemed to really enjoy.

Kelly and Bryan on Main street in St. George by the fountains, where they have built a wonderful park by the old Tabernacle.

We celebrated Kelly, Bryan and Claudia's Birthdays!

The view from my parents home in St. George. I love to see the Temple.

Rob and Scott before one of the golf adventures!

All together in St. George, Sept. 30th-Oct. 4th, 2009

Kelly and Bryan

Shelly and Scott

Rob and Claudia

Rebecca Rose

Where The Wild Things Are....

Nathan and Sharma getting a drink from the hose with Sandi's help. It was such a warm day, Nathan needed to get outside and cool down. He was mostly chasing Sandi around and getting her skirt all wet, and himself too.

Running and feeling the joy.

Here is Nathan chasing Sandi around with the hose.

We read "Where the Wild things are" before going outside to play. Nathan loves this book and wanted to sit down and check it out.

Grandma enjoys taking photos of Grandson, Nathan

What a sweet photo of Nathan. It was so HOT today, we had planned to go to the beach, but it was just too HOT, to get in the car and go.

I think I just told Nathan a funny joke.

Nathan loves his buddy Zorro. He is always happy to see him when he comes over. He loves to get Zorro's toys out for him to play with. He loves giving him his dog cookies too. Nathan, Sharma and Zorro all get along really well.

Surprise Visitors!

Mom and Dad came by today, it was a surprise visit. Ryan I were just getting ready to take the TL in for some repairs. Then this cute couple showed up on our door step. Had to snap a photo, even Zorro made the shot.

Ryan and Grandpa played a little golf in the back yard for a few minutes. Showed each other their skills. Dad said it has only taken his whole life to figure out the good golf swing.

Still learning.

Up Up and Away

Lots of joy watching the kite flying.

Kite Flying Day Continued

Ryan and Nathan at the end of the "Spiderman Kite Flying"

Nathan by this time of the day had already played in the hose with Ryan. It was hot again today. We spent the day at the open air market in Redondo Beach. Played in the Ocean, got vegetables, flowers, lunch, popcorn and played at the park. We were both tired after the kite flying. Nathan had a wonderful nap today, and so did Grandma Shelly.

Nathan kept chasing this long blue tail. He broke it off a couple of times. He told Ryan he was sorry. It was pretty cute. Here they are fixing the tail of the kite. It really flew up there high.

Kite Flying Day

Nathan's Back at Grandma's Home

I was all excited to have Nathan back after having the summer off. I was supposed to watch him on Thursday, but Kevin was sick and so Kevin just stayed home and watched him and worked from home. So I just had Nathan on Friday this week. Grandma Shelly has Nathan on Tuesday's and Thursday's and Grandma Karrie has Nathan on Monday, Wednesday's and Friday's. It is amazing how much he has changed in the past 3 months. We went out front to play a little basketball. We had just put in a new basketball net and I wanted to show Nathan. I shot a few baskets, after making the shot Nathan said "Yeah Grandma Shelly" and clapped and raised up his hands. It was soooo cute. I've never had any one cheer for me like that. As I shot a few more and made them, Nathan did the same thing. It was pretty loud and I thought the neighbors were going to come out and see what was going on. It is pretty special to have some one cheer you on like that.

We made the World's Best Cookie recipe. They have coconut, oatmeal and pecans in them. Yum! I made 60 plus cookies. They are all gone today. I gave 3 plates away. The family ate the rest.

Nathan eating Breakfast friday morning. Two scrambled eggs. Love you Nathan.