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I am a terrible blogger!!  Seriously, I should really get my act together!!  Well we have been busy with everything from school to work to sports and music.  Here are a few of the random snippets of our life as of late!!  

For Family Home Evening a few weeks ago we busted out the Twister game.  The kids had a great time turning themselves into human pretzels!!

We enjoyed our last trip to Harper's Ferry over Labor Day!!  It has been a fun tradition and we loved seeing the Shenandoah River and that quaint little town!!  We will miss that next year!!

Wyatt got to dress up as Moses in Primary one Sunday!!  Love the beard buddy!!

Speaking of Wyatt, he loves Math!  He got a math workbook from his Papa Don and had been tearing up the pages.  He calls it his homework!!

For Wyatt's birthday in August he got movie tickets so he could go see the movie Planes!!  Well we finally went to see it before it left the theatre.  Better late than never is obviously how I operate!!  It was a cute movie and we loved getting to go as a family!!

The kids have been great about playing outside and using their imaginations.  I believe they were playing trains here!!

Ayden has been working hard in scouts!! And then I have to work to sew all those merit badges on his sash!!

At the end of September, Ryan's Mom and Step Dad came out to visit.  They hadn't been to Arlington so we headed there.  It it always an experience to see that place.  A must see stop is the Tomb of the Unknown Solider.  I love seeing the Veterans in the background.  I see my Grandpa in their faces and always thank them for their service!!

The highlight of this visit was getting to meet one of the Guards for the tomb.  This particular gentleman was the relief commander.  He is the man that changes the guards.  Well after we had seen the changing of the guard we headed to the bathroom because Wyatt had to go.  The bathrooms are located next to the Guard office.  As we were all getting out of the restrooms and waiting for everyone to regroup the Relief commander was walking back the guard office.  He passed us and we thought "Wow that was cool to see him up close".  Not a minute later another solider in plain clothes came out and asked us if we would like to see the Guard briefing room.  We were a little taken back but of course agreed.  So as we walked in, the Relief Commander walked into the little briefing room and introduced himself.  He had noticed us as he had walked into the guard room because of all the Army shirts!  It was neat to visit with him and see up close one of these amazing men.  It was a once in a lifetime experience,  and we feel very lucky to have been in the right place, at the right time and in apparently the right shirts!!  GO ARMY!!

After Arlington we headed to the Lincoln Memorial to take family pictures.  We really wanted to get pictures here to show the wonderful place we have had the blessing of living in for the last few years.  It was tricky trying to get pictures without all the tourist in each shot and we got some interesting looks from people watching us ham it up!!  This picture was the last shot of the night, they kids had done amazingly well, but they were done!!

A beautiful shot of the Washington Monument!!

We headed to Chinatown to have dinner!!  It was fun to see the city at night too!!

The men headed off to the Priesthood session of General Conference.  It was Ayden's first time and he was excited for the pizza social beforehand!!

Being our crazy selves at Target while shopping for Halloween costumes!!

And yes, Batman now resides at our house!!