So Smart

McKay taught Bridget how to turn on the I-pad and find her own apps. As you can see, she quickly learned her way around! She's even taught new I-pad tricks/maneuvers to several people in our ward lol. 

She also knows quite a few animal sounds . . . .

 

and body parts . . . 

Since learning to walk, Bridget's new source of entertainment is spinning around in circles for minutes at a time. She'll spin until she falls down and then hop right back up and start spinning again. 

 She also taught herself to blow bubbles in the bath-water. Doesn't she look pleased?

  

That's My Girl:)

Bridget has started dancing to music and it is so much fun to watch her. Her dancing mainly consists of swinging her hips back and forth and I dare say that she will be a Latin dancer just like her mamma;)

Our Little Reader!

Bridget loves books. She loves to turn the pages by herself and I often find her sitting on the floor doing this.

Off to Neverland!!!

Here's the finished project of our Halloween costumes this year: 

Miss Tinkerbell

 

Wendy

Captain Hook

They were a lot of fun to make and we were all pretty pleased with the way they turned out:) We even won second place in our ward Halloween costume contest!

We also had a fun time taking Bridget out trick-or-treating this year. She wasn't quite sure what it was all about at first but she caught on pretty quickly;)

Halloween Fun

I have been ridiculously excited for Halloween this year! I don't know if I've had more fun making our costumes or putting up our new Halloween decorations! (I'll put up pictures of our costumes as soon as I get them finished. Bridget is going to be Tinkerbell, McKay is going to be Captain Hook, and I am going to be Wendy).

 

(I drew pictures on black construction paper and then taped tissue paper up behind them to make them glow at night when our lights are on) 

                             

 We have also been really excited because McKay just got an internship at the Southwest Educational Development Center (SEDC)! (They help upkeep computer systems in six different school districts in Southern Utah). He starts training tomorrow so wish him luck! 

It's Autumn Time!!!

We have really been enjoying the nice cool weather and the beautiful autumn colors this year. Our landlords let us pick apples from their tree and we have sure enjoyed the delicious apple pies we've been able to make:)

 

This weekend we went up the canyon and saw the beautiful autumn leaves!

We had so much fun taking pictures that we didn't want to leave!

  

Catching Up

Wow! It doesn't seem like all that much as happened since the last time we updated our blog, but I think this will be our biggest post yet! Guess we do have a lot of catching up to do:) School has started for McKay and I think he is really enjoying his classes this year.  His homework seems to be more enjoyable and he seems to be learning a lot of fun new things.  

Bridget and I have started watching this sweet little boy every Thursday morning while his mom goes to class.  It's been fun to hold a tiny baby again - I didn't even realize how much Bridget had grown until I saw her next to him. She's growing up way too fast:(  

We also had a fun visit with one of McKay's old mission buddies from Germany.  Thanks to an unexpected encounter while at work, he and McKay were able to exchange contact info and set up a dinner date with us when he and his wife came down to St. George on business.  We had a wonderful time!     

McKay and I also celebrated our two year anniversary this month. He bought me a rose for each month we've been married and wrote a note on each one saying something he loved about me. 

We went to dinner, set up our Christmas train and "rode" the train to Silverton, and watched our wedding video.  It was a wonderful day:)     

(That's a number two - not a peace sign:)

We also went to "Old Iron Town" this month and saw where they processed iron from Cedar City/Iron County back in the day. While there, we learned that the iron used to make the oxen in the St. George temple came from here.

Bridget continues to grow and grow! As you can see from the picture, she pulls herself up very well now and is learning to climb up the stairs (she's still working on being able to come back down). She even has two bottom teeth! (We'll post a picture as soon as you can see them a little better).

She loves to read books, play in/crawl through the living room shelf, pull books and movies off of the shelf, and have pillow fights with her dad.

I made the mistake of letting her play on the piano once and now every time that I try to practice, she drops whatever she's doing, crawls over to the piano, pulls herself up to reach for the keys, and cries until I pick her up and let her play.  

The other day, McKay brought home some cardboard boxes and made a tunnel for Bridget to play in. She had an absolute ball! (No pun intended;)