If you've got the time today, feel free to read our October Nuts and Bolts entry. If you don't...you're missing out!

10.02: Elizabeth coached one of the Young Women volleyball games and has been assisting with most of them.
10.04: What can be said about General Conference. The girls were very cooperative and we were able to get more out of the sessions than last time. Lots of favorite and fitting talks. We had breakfast with many of our neighbors and Kadence and I had our Daddy/daughter date in between sessions. She chose the Springville Museum and an ice cream sundae…again! I need to let her know we can do other things! Dad and I met up at Danny’s church for Priesthood (Darrell was in ID).
10.07: Kadence attends her preschool (really pre preschool) class faithfully each Tuesday morning. In fact, it’s one of her highlights each week. It’s pretty fun to watch seven or eight two-years learning together! Elizabeth enjoys the one-on-one time with Tayah during this. That evening, she attending a YW service project at the local elementary school.
10.07-10.14: At least one of us was sick during this entire week! Kadence had a pretty bad fever, while Elizabeth and I both experienced an extreme 24-hour flu bug. Tayah emerged somewhat unscathed…lucky her. It sure makes you appreciate health. At least one of us parents were coherent while the other was in bed.
10.11: Elizabeth participated in the quarterly Enrichment service project, helping tie together some t-shirt dresses for women in third world countries.
10.16: I attended the BYU President’s Leadership Council meetings, hearing some amazing talks and presentations. The only downer was BYU’s thumping at the hands of TCU!
10.18: Kadence sat with me at a baptism I conducted. We headed up the Woods Cross to celebrate Carissa and Garrett’s birthdays…can’t believe he’s one already! Always good to be with family. We attended our ward’s fall festival. It was quite the event with lots of food, activities, games, costumes and candy. Kadence donned her ballerina costume, while Tayah inherited the lady bug outfit Kadence wore the past two years. We had a great time!
10.22: Elizabeth attended Enrichment book club.
10.23-10.25: We had a fun mini vacation at Park City. We stayed in a condo (for the price of a 90-minute time share presentation…not too painful), went shopping, out to eat, swimming, etc. It was fantastic to be together as a family. On the way back, we stopped to attend our first family BYU Football game. The girls made it through the first half—a major accomplishment!
10.26: I attended a fireside for the parents of our youth where a counselor from our Stake Presidency and his wife were the main speakers.
10.29: The Jazz kicked off the 2008-2009 season with a victory—hopefully the first of many. Go Jazz! Elizabeth went with the youth to the BYU Basketball Tip-off event.
10.30: We made it up to West Valley for the Nelson Family Halloween party.
10.31: The girls LOVED Halloween! We attended Dad and Donna’s trunk-or-treat with the home ward, then made it down to our neighborhood for our first ever bout of actually trick or treating. Kadence and Tayah made us very proud and we’ll be enjoying the spoils for a while .

Other than that, we’ve had memorable Family Home Evenings, little outings here and there, a few trips to the park, and a walk during good weather days. Elizabeth and I took in several movies—even make an excursion out to the theater (now a rarity) to see Forever Strong. An absolute must see.

Kadence is being more and more social at church and with her friends. She is a very good big sister 90% of the time, playing with and teaching her baby sister words. Let’s not even talk about the remaining 10%! She spends her day reading, drawing, cooking in her play kitchen, and playing with her babies. What a sweet little two-year old!

Tayah is really communicating and picks up new words seemingly every day. It is adorable to hear her talk. She is quite independent at times and does her red hair temperament proud. She actually picks on Kadence more than the other way around. Tayah is very cuddly and enjoys snuggle time each day. We love our baby girl.

Elizabeth is busy between the normal mix of Young Women, Enrichment groups, working outside, and being a magnificent mother and wonderful wife. I stay out of trouble thanks to work, church, and family. Life is simply splendid!