October fun

Abby really enjoys playing with Natalie Taysom! The Taysom's have a turkey and Natalie took pictures of Abby trying to play with the unpredictable turkey!
I (Jen) had an opportunity to once again work with choral director and teacher, Weston Noble. He is an amazing man who is considered by all to be a choral icon. I feel blessed to be able to work with and meet amazing people. Dr. Noble quoted Robert Shaw and said, "Music is the voice of the Spirit." Oh, how I know this to be true!
Abby's playgroup usually meets on Thursdays, but this week we were able to get into the Phoenix Zoo for free on Wednesday! Here is a picture of Abby and a baby mandril and one of the playgroup!
Abby's hair is getting longer (we haven't been with Aunt Tiff in a while) and I was able to bribe her with dumping out all of the colored rubber bands on the floor so that I could quickly braid part of her hair! She's so darn cute!
It is finally getting cooler here in Arizona and so we went with a few friends to Mitchell Park very close to our house. Matt and Abby experimented with the slide and Jen and Abby just love to be together!
I look forward to General Conference throughout the entire year and so I was so happy to watch this morning! The best part was having 7 of my seminary kids join us for breakfast and watching the first session. Matt cooked all of the food and cleaned up--what a man!
Abby is experiencing all kinds of new things! She now can sing part of "Twinkle,Twinkle" and "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbean" (I still have to catch it on video), knows some of her body parts, can say many animal sounds and has played with playdough! She is so smart! Here are some of her body parts and a few animals while she plays with playdough for the first time!