Gardner Village

On Saturday, October 9th Pauline, Rose and I met up at Gardner Village.  Steve was out duck hunting, so he missed out  ;)  We went around the village looking for the witches, and got to visit some.  Here are some pics from the morning.

Sophia, Charlotte, Ezra, Ava, Nyles and Ali

Ezra and Nyles riding in the wagon eating fruit snacks.

Stopping to look at the ducks.  Nyles could have stayed here the whole time.

Charlotte, Ezra, Ava, Nyles, Sophia and Ali.

Group shot, minus Chris who is taking the pic.  

Charlotte, Pauline, Ezra, Penny, Nyles, Sophia, Rose, Ava and Ali.

Taking a minute to dance it up.  Charlotte, Nyles and Ezra having fun!

Nyles being an airplane, Ezra clapping.

Posing for a pic.

Now pirates, Rrrrrr!

Then we found this cool bubble maker.  

The nice girl demonstrated many times for us thankfully.

Nyles wanted to play baseball w/ the witches. 

Just about done.  Ezra and Nyles eating pretzels.

Nyles and Ezra playing a game while waiting.  Cute boys and cute hair!

It was a lot of fun.  We'll have to do something again soon. ;)

Silver Lake in the Fall

After General Conference on Sunday, October 4th we decided to go up to the canyon.  It was pretty cool when we got up there, but it was still a really pretty view.  We walked around the boardwalk and saw a few ducks.  We brought the wagon as well, which worked out some of the time.

Nyles and I reading a sign.

It started raining right after we got there, and Nyles didn't want to ride in the wagon anymore.

Beautiful scenery. 

Nyles using his "umi-googles" to find the ducks.

 Now showing me where to look for them.

Found some!

After being up by the lake we promised Nyles we could stop at a playground for a few minutes.  Nyles loves climbing and going down slides.

Going up the rock climbing wall.

Now down the slide.

General Conference was great!  The Women's session the weekend before was incredible as well.  Here are a few quotes.  You can go here to read or watch any of the talks.  We are so blessed to have living Prophets today.

Duck Hunting

Well Duck Season has been open for the past 3 weeks, and Steve has taken any opportunity he could find to go out and shoot ducks.  The opening weekend he went up to Strawberry Reservoir w/ Zach and Rob and "camped" in the ATV trainer next to their "spot."  They got up pretty early the next morning and were ready to go when it was shooting light.  They shot 8 the first time and 5 the next time, and missed a few sounds like.  Steve said it was pretty crowded up there since there were both duck hunters and deer hunters.  Overall they had a good time though.

Steve w/ the ducks they shot.

Dave was up at the cabin and had to come check out how they did.

Steve enjoys taking Nyles out w/ him hunting, and Nyles enjoys it too, so we were wanting to find him a nice camo coat.  Ironically while I was at Savers a couple weeks ago, I found a Cabela's duck hunting coat that looked like it had only been worn a few times.  And it was only $15 instead of over $100.  Score!  Even though it's REALLY big, we figured it'll keep him warm and he can grow into it.  Nyles was so excited about his new coat he had to wear it over to Grandma's house to show her.  It's a little more like a dress at the moment, but that's ok.  :)

   

  Steve went and got a new hat.  Nyles wanted to try wearing it also.  

Steve and Nyles at Farmington Bay.  The weather has been so WARM though ducks haven't been flying much.  They've been enjoying getting outside and spending time together though.  Nyles thinks it's fun to ride in the wagon as well.  It's been a great investment said Steve.  Not only to carry Nyles but all their gear too.

Nyles helping Steve call the ducks.

 Zach and his dog Jesse out w/ Steve and Nyles as well (Farmington Bay).  

 

   Beautiful scenery though.

This past weekend it was actually raining so Steve thought the ducks would be flying but they didn't really.  Steve said there was a lot of people out hunting as well, so everyone was shooting at any duck that would dare fly too.  Again, even w/ the rain, Nyles and him had a good time.

Nyles getting ready w/ his gun to shoot.

Nyles was helping Steve w/ their jerk rig, while eating a sucker :)  

The coat at least covers him and keeps him dry.  Good times!