Some of My Favorite Pictures

1st Day of Preschool

Colton has started Preschool this year. He is going to Bee Smart Preschool, his teacher is Evelyn Leibes. He absolutely loved his first day, which was Wednesday, September the 7th. They had to wear black or yellow, they had a pancake breakfast party. Played Bee games, made a beehive and a bee. He had a blast and is so excited for school!

Temple Square

On Saturday we went down to see Grandma and Papa Funk, we had a lot of fun spending time with them. As usual I forgot to take pictures while we were there. We have always promised Colton that someday we would stop and let him go see the Salt Lake Temple. He always calls that Temple "His" Temple. He loves the SLC Temple. So, it was around 3:00 pm and we had nothing too pressing at home, so we decided to stop and walk around Temple Square. I'm so glad we did, what a joy it was to see Colton's face as he looked at the Temple and touched it and got to sit on a part of it. We went through the visitor's center and the look on his face as he saw the Christist was priceless. He turned to Matt and I and said, "It's Jesus, It's Jesus!" We had to remind him to be reverent, as there was a Spanish session going on up there. But, I was so proud of the excitement he felt and showed. When I asked him how he felt he was just excited and couldn't believe that there was a statue of Jesus. Colton didn't want to leave, so we told him we would walk over to the Conference Center where they would be holding General Conference and where the Prophet usually speaks to us. He was excited and the tears stopped. But, he thought it was cool that they have stairs going up the side of the Conference Center, and "fortunately" for us, all but the very top one was open. Yep, we had to climb all of them. We got some good pictures up there though. Well, it was time to go and he didn't want to go. I felt so torn telling Colton that we had to leave the Temple and go home. I pray that he always has that love for the Temple and love for Jesus. I'm so grateful for the gospel and the saving ordinances the Temple offers up. I'm glad that I have been sealed to a worthy companion, who will be my eternal companion. I'm grateful for the knowledge that Families are Forever. I've been so blessed to have such a great family, immediate and extended. I'm grateful for the knowledge that my children can be with us always.