Recruiting Banquet

Every fall the National Guard sends all the recruiters and their wives to an awards banquet. This year they sent us to Midway (by Park City) and put us up at the Zermatt. It was so beautiful. Lucky for me the banquet usually falls right around my birthday. Being up in the mountains in the fall is my favorite! Dan got his award for achieving 100% of mission! Dan and some of the guys he works with

On my birthday Sept 24th. A bunch of friends got together and we all went to Tepanyaki for Dinner. We had a blast! After that I really wanted to play cornhole so A.J. let us all come to his house for drinks and cornhole! The greatest part about my birthday was that A.J. and I FINALLY beat Dan in cornhole.... TWICE!!! I was so excited I almost tackled A.J!!This was one of the last times we got to hang out with Jaren before he deployed!!Jaren, A.J., Dan and Kelsey

This was Jake's first time playing cornhole. He did great!This was before we kicked his butt in cornholeWhitney, Heather and IA.J trying to catch a shrimp at Tepanyaki.

Firsts

Libby had a big day September 14th. It was really rainy outside so we stayed in and played until Uncle Joey got involved. He wanted to see if Libby liked the rain so he took her outside. She gets in the shower all the time so I'm not sure how it's different but she scrunched up her face like she didn't like it. After Joey was done torturing her, she learned how to help daddy brush his teeth! Then I decided it was time to eat. Libby tried her first food, carrots! She loved them!!

Labor Day

On Labor Day we went to Grandpa Jerry's (Dan's Grandpa) for a sleepover and then breakfast. All of Dan's cousins and brothers and sisters came and we had a blast! Libby put on a good show for everyone sitting up for the first time on her own! She was having a great time until she couldn't figure out how to lay back down. By the time I found my camera she screaming! The next morning we had good food and played some cornhole to finish out the party.

Mommy and Baby Night

Not only were Dan and I blessed with a sweet little baby but quite a few of my friends also have little ones around the same age as Libby. All of us mom's got together for an evening of mom talk and eating while the kids had their playdate the living room. It was so much fun and I'm sure if we keep it up they will grow up to be great friends. Devyn brought her daughter Berlyn. Ashlee had cute little Tate, and Hollie has the big sweetie Sawyer!

Flaming Gorge

This last weekend we dropped off Libby with Grandma and Grandpa Traum and took off to Flaming Gorge for a weekend away. We had a blast cliff jumping, tubing, wakeboarding, smores and a rope swing I almost died on! Michael and Brit, Jake and Whit, Kyle and Dem, Joey and his friend Clint and about 15 more people camped with us. The weather was beautiful with just a little rain each afternoon. We will for sure be visiting this place again! We missed Libby so much but what a great way to end a crazy summer.

Busy Busy

Libby is getting so big! We took her to the doctor to check her weight and she is 12 lbs. 12 oz. The doctor said she is doing great and doesn't need another weight check until her next appointment. She is rolling all over the place, reaching and grabbing for everything and just getting so big! We bought a jumparoo for her and she can't get enough of it. She'll be crawling so soon! Dan started school and he loves it! He is so smart and especially loves his history class.