November

It was our friend Nick's golden birthday and his 30th birthday so Mindi went all out and had a fun party for him at the Vivint building. We had dinner, played who knows Nick best, 'I have never', took photobooth pictures with a polaroid camera and had cupcakes. We had a fun time with great friends! 

Baby Evan was blessed at my parents house and it was such a special day! My dad did a wonderful job on the blessing. It was fun to have all of Brody's family there plus the Bundy's. We had yummy orange rolls and hot chocolate after, then the Bundy's came back for dinner that night. 

It was so sad when the Hatches had to go home, especially seeing them say goodbye to Cam- who they wouldn't see for two years! 

We were able to go to Cam's setting apart and it was so amazing. It made me so sad that I missed Jake's. The Bundy's were there, along with 5 of Cam's good friend, the Bishop and Stake president, my parents and Brad and I. Everyone shared a testimony to Cam and it was so special. It was so hard to say bye to him. I already miss him so much and it is so weird to not have him around. 

We went to St. George with the Wheelwrights (minus Elgin, Ben, Katie and kids) to spend a weekend with the Williams. Heather had been participating in a biggest loser competition and lost 30 lbs! She looks amazing! We went to support her in a race and Brooke, Dallen, Drew, Brad and I ran in it with her! It was a 5k and my first race ever so it was a good one to start with. We ran/walked pretty slow, but the boys and I decided to we would go as fast as we could for the last mile. Bryce, Ann, Jordan and the babies were there to meet us at the end. We finished in about 36 minutes.  I accidentally forgot to bring some running shoes so I decided to wear a pair of Brad's. They were much too big but I still wanted to run in the race so I decided to just run in them anyways. I actually didn't even notice the whole race so that was good! 

After our race, we went and had a little picnic and then went into Zions and went on a little walk. We went to church on Sunday, then headed home. It was a fun, short little trip! 

Brad played in a Vivint dodgeball tournament at the Sports Academy. His team did pretty good, but unfortunately they didn't win. It was still fun to watch them and hang out with some friends and he had a good time. 

My mom decided that we needed to go somewhere for Thanksgiving this year so that we wouldn't miss the boys too much. We picked Moab since it was about the same distance for us as it was for the Hatches. My parents rented a nice three bedroom condo and we got there Wednesday late afternoon. We had dinner and played games that night. Then on Thanksgiving morning, we went on a 3 mile hike to Corona Arch. It was awesome and so pretty!  

We made a delicious Thanksgiving dinner, went to the movie Mocking Jay part 1 (except for dad and Evan), then played some more fun games and had a yummy pumpkin dessert.

On Friday, we went to Arches National Park and went to Delicate Arch, which was another 3 mile hike. It was awesome and so fun to see that famous arch up close and in person. We did a few other small hikes, had a picnic then came home. We watched Elf, ate leftovers, and played some more games. 

Saturday was Brody's 30th birthday so I got up early with my mom and Kylee to help decorate. My parent's present to him was 30 $5 bills that we hung up and my sister put 30 reasons why she loves him in balloons. 

Brody and Kylee went climbing, my dad, Brad and I went back to Arches to do a few more small hikes, and my mom stayed home with Evan so that he could have a good nap. That night, we all went out to a yummy Mexican Restaurant, played games and had birthday cake and ice cream.  

We went to church on Sunday in Moab before heading home. We love this baby boy so much... if you can't tell! :) It was so fun to see him and his parents and spend a fun few days in Moab. It was a great Thanksgiving!