October 2023

 FRIENDS

It was so fun to go to book group and come across my friend Heather who I knew when we were in Heritage Halls together my freshman year at BYU.

HOUSEHOLD GOODS!

Yay! We finally got our stuff after living without it for almost 4 months!

BEACH LIFE

Who doesn't love getting buried in the sand? Brooklyn has come a long way from saying, "I hate all the oceans!" to this.

TRI-M

Abby got inducted into the Tri-M music honor society and performed jazz piano for the first time.

WITCHES DINNER

The RS and YW had a fun witches' hat dinner on a rooftop overlooking the ocean.

MANKO WATERBIRD AND WETLAND SANCTUARY

The mudskippers were fun to watch.

The girls had fun looking for crabs, fish, and birds. 

FUKUGAWA FALLS

 It wouldn’t be a real family outing without taking a wrong turn and getting a little lost, but we got some beautiful views on our unintended detour.

The size of these leaves just amazes me!

Always lots of spiders!

We all swam out under the waterfall. The water felt good.

Nathan going for the Gollum look.

OWINAWA TEMPLE OPEN HOUSE

Nathan missed our first tour because he was sick with COVID, so he and I went on our own later. Jared and I and the teens all got to act as volunteers during the open house either as ushers, putting on shoe covers, or as tour guides. 

The little girls had a temple themed Primary activity. Brooklyn liked building a temple out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

BROOKLYN

Someone got a hold of my phone! She's quite the photographer.

Halloween

Nathan dressed up as a PCS box. Military moves are always scary! (Yes, the Fragile box is upside down on purpose--'cause that's how military movers roll.)

Brooklyn was both a butterfly and Elsa

Audrey came up with this panda costume idea on her own. 

Maddy was both Rapunzel and a muse from Hercules.

Abby was a muse as well. 

Ready to go trick or treating!

Trunk or Treat!