Here is a little video of Jenna walking. She hasn't quite realized that she can walk all the time so it's here a little, there a little still. It won't be long though. This is her princess costume that I forgot I bought for her last year. As I was putting away all the stuff from the Halloween party at church, I decided to go through the costume box. In it I found about 4 costumes that fit Jenna. I will post a few photos of the others. I love Halloween and I guess I have this weird idea that every year has to be something new so I have all of Henry and Jeff's old ones. We'll see what happens next year. I'll be sure to hit Old Navy on Thursday though- just to see what's left and on clearance. (That's where this princess dress is from!)
Grandma Pamela asked us to post this picture so that she could show off our lucky little Jenna and her prized quilt. This past July we attended the Heath Family Reunion in Elk City, ID. Dustin's mom was a Heath. One of the family members made this amazing quilt with all of the names of the Heath family starting with Pam's Dad's parents and siblings, and then all of their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. They raffled the quilt off, after putting everyone's name in the jar. Lucky little Jenna won! Now we just have to buy her a cedar chest to store it in. 
Henry as the infamous Captain Hook!
Jeff as the ever adventurous Peter Pan!
Jenna as the lovely Tinkerbell!
Peter, Hook, and Tink with Dad as Mr. Smee!
Me as the motherly Wendy!Yep, we were all characters from Disney's Peter Pan. Dustin has been gone for a week TDY to Spokane. (Which is why I wasn't able to post all last week- he had the computer.) He came home to find his costume laid out for him and he was a great sport to wear it. I made him a name tag with Smee's character on it so that he wouldn't have to explain himself. I made one for me, too. I think we were a hit as we received lots of compliments at last night's Ward Halloween party. We planned and carried out a carnival with 14 games that the kids could play. Judging by the buzz at church today, the party was a tremendous hit! Whoo-Hoo, am I glad it's over! Now we just have to start thinking about the Christmas party!
Grandma Pat sent us some costume beads in my birthday package and Jenna just loves them. I got all of our beads out of our costume box to add to them and she's played with them everyday since. I was so surprised that she could actually put them on herself and that she knew that that was what they were for. I think it's the same thing as my boys coming to earth knowing tractors make different vroom-vroom noises than trucks. She'll put 10 or 12 of them on and then try to crawl around so I have to keep a close eye on her, otherwise she gets all tangled up. Jenna definitely is our little princess. So long as she's happy with the costume ones we'll be safe, but watch out when she learns about the real ones!
Sorry it's sideways again. I don't know why I did that. Anyways, I thought I saw her do this once before so I grabbed the camera, stood her up at the coffee table, and put some Cheerios on the couch. Sure enough, she let go and took a couple of steps! Way to go, Jenna!
The Gang
Mommy & Jenna
Henry throwing Hay at Dad, of course!
Roasting Hotdogs over the campfire.
(We got to make s'mores, too!)
Happy 30th Birthday to ME! Yep, 30! I can hardly believe it myself. For my birthday we went on a hayride into the Little Belt Mountains, about an hour from town, and had a campfire dinner at Logging Creek Campground. It was a trip put on by Outdoor Rec. on Base. We couldn't have asked for a better autumn day. The air was perfectly crisp and clear and the sun was shining on the beautiful changing leaves. It was nice to enjoy being outside for a little bit. After the hayride we roasted hotdogs and made grilled cheese sandwiches over the fire. We drank hot chocolate, which Jenna LOVES, and made s'mores. YUM, YUM! After dinner we enjoyed exploring the nearby Logging Creek and the rest of the campground. Once we got home we had cake and opened presents. This year the boys chose their own presents for me and they did a pretty good job. They both chose a new necklace and Jeff got me hand lotion and Henry chose bubble bath. They were so excited to see my open them. It was a nice day. Let's hope I'm able to fill up the next 30 years with just as many wonderful things as I have these first 30!
Happy Thanksgiving! Today was the Canadian Thanksgiving and since one of our Elders, the one seated closest to the camera, is Canadian and since Dustin will be working a 12 hour shift on our Thanksgiving we celebrated today. Elder Melnyk is from Alberta and Elder Mulliner is from Utah. I cooked and cooked and cooked all day long today. We had turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, greenbean casserole, Doug's delight (Jell-o salad), homemade rolls, corn on the cob, and homemade apple and pumpkin pies. Since we were in SLC yesterday I had to get it all done today. It worked out just right. We planned a turkey game to play before dinner and we made clucking turkeys out of plastic cups and learned a song for FHE. You can see one of the turkeys in the picture. I think it was a success. The boys took leftovers home and that's always a good sign. So Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Be sure to take some time to reflect on what you're thankful for- it can make any day better!.JPG)
Here is Jeff this morning, all ready for his new Preschool Play Group. A group of us are rotating hosting a play group in our homes. There are 5 boys. He was so excited to get his backpack ready with crayons, scissors, and a show-and-share item (a blue police car). Today is was at Ryan's house and they made mini pumpkin monsters with wiggly eyes and feet. He had a great time and came home talking all about his new friends. This is going to be really great for Jeff and it was nice putting Jenna down while he was gone and having a little while to get some things done.
This spectacular video was taken last Monday for FHE. I was so busy last week getting ready for our trip to Salt Lake City that I didn't get it uploaded until this morning. They LOVED getting the instruments out. I keep them put up and only bring them out every once in a while. I think they sound pretty good. :)
So, we spent the weekend in SLC. The weather held out- YEAH! We had to drive through the blowing mountain snow but nothing was sticking to the roads. Butte had snow on the ground as well. I felt bad for them. Snow just isn't my thing and I am soooooooooooooo grateful that Great Falls is actually getting an Autumn this year. My birthday is Saturday and there isn't any snow in forecast. I think that's the best gift of all. Getting back to SLC...Dustin and I had tickets to attend our church's General Conference. I've been watching conference via satellite my entire life and FINALLY I got to see it live. It was well worth it! There was such a special spirit there and to be near President Hinckley, a prophet of God, was amazing. We also got to see Grandma Pamela, Aunt Linda, Aunt Rosalie, Cousins Shannon, Pamela, Ben, Jonathan, and Mandy. We all went to the children's museum and even got to ride the TRAX train to get there. We all had a great time.
