Fall is Here!

We have been dressing more like this now. Kate was bundled up for her preschool field trip to a pumpkin patch, but it was raining so hard it got cancelled until another day. We are definitely getting rain, torrential downpours at times. It's kind of cool to watch it come down like that. Kate and Preston have loved playing in the water after it rains. The other day, Preston went outside with no shoes on without me knowing and he was already soaking wet in a rain puddle by the time I got to him. I just let him run around more b/c he was having so much fun splashing in the puddles.

A tree with beautiful vibrant red leaves right out our front door. I love the colors of fall.

Preston and Reed watching Cars. This could be an advertisement. ;) Melanie, Milo and their family came over for a wedding reception and stayed with us for a few days. It was fun to have them visit us. Melanie highlighted and cut my hair into the wee hours of the night even though she was tired! Thanks! The men took the older kids to the local children's museum while Melanie and I took Reed and Preston shopping. We were going to take the kids to a pumpkin patch, but it was raining so we went with plan B.

The kids watching a movie after a long day of fun...we seriously didn't just let the kids watch t.v. all the time even though that is what all my pictures are of! ha! I liked how all the kids were SO into this movie. They didn't even look at me when I was taking the picture.

Kate making french bread with me. She was making me a pie. hmmm...with french bread dough. I'm sure it would be good. :)

On Saturday, there was a fireside with Sheri Dew and only 3 stakes were invited- ours was one of them. Melanie was here so she came with me. It was great to listen to Sheri Dew speak. I really enjoyed what she had to say. She talked about our influence in the world as being women of the Church. She asked us if we were influencing the world and pushing back against evil. Are we being influenced or are we being the influencer? Who is influencing you? She talked about how Satan doesn't want us as women to 1) know our identity, 2) never learn what the Savior did for us during the Atonement and 3) not know how to receive personal revelation. So in order to stand strong against the adversary we need to 1) Know our identity as women, 2) gain a personal witness of the atonement and it's power in our lives and 3) learn how to receive personal revelation. This is how we can accomplish the things we need to in this life and be an influence for good in the world. She said we all probably influence at least 100 people in our lives. That is a lot when you multiply that by how many good women there are in this Church and in the world!