And people say MN is cold and snowy...

We woke up this morning in Southern UT to everything covered in snow.
Colten said I should hurry and get back to Minnesota because the weather is nice there. I will probably take the snow with me next week when we head back and be stuck with that same snow until April! I'm not ready for winter just yet.

Other happenings...

My sister made Natalya and Hadlee matching sweaters to wear to the ball games.

Here the girls are having a converstation about it.

Talya has been able to play with LOTS of her counsins. She just loves all the attention.

Grandpa came home from a long day of hunting and hiking so him and Talya Bear had a nap.

(Not a great picture) We have been able to see a few of Jessica's volleyball games at Dixie. Good Job Jess. We love you.

This weekend is the State Volleyball tournament and then on Monday we are headed back home. I am sad to leave all the family but very excited to get back to my hubby!

Natalya at Ten Months

Natalya is ten months old and since being back home for over a month she has hit many new milestones. When we left MN for our trip at the end of August she was rolling all over the place. Since then she went from army crawling, to regular crawling, and now she is a speed demon at crawling. She is also pulling herself up to everything.
She says mom, da da, and a bunch of other chit-chatter stuff.
She can point out where Grandpa Hunt's "big buck" is on the wall.
She smiles and laughes everytime she hears daddy's voice on the phone or sees him on skype.
She loves to play with other kids, especially her cousins.
We go to LOTS of volleyball games and she does a pretty good job at sitting at those for hours.
We are also so lucky to have grandparents here that love to watch her while mom goes to practices and some games.
Her hair is getting so long and thick. Our favorite hair-do is pig tails!
She is wearing 12 month clothes and a few 18 month stuff.
She just got another new tooth, bringing the grand total to 7.
She is not much for cuddling but once in awhile you can steal a good snuggle from her.
Most of the time she is pretty somber but when she gets attention she loves to laugh.

Talya getting in to mischief.

Riding Scooby-Do!

My Sister also helps coach volleyball so this picture is of our girls dressed up the same. They always wear matching 'school spirit' outfits to the games.

Grandma Hunt dressing Talya up in her glasses with some pants on her head! We all got a good laugh out of this.

Crazy Hair morning!!

Colten came to see us during a break he had from school at the end of September. We went out to Hamblin Valley and stayed at the Cabin. I actually saw 4 bull elk only 100 yards away. First Time! (out there anyway) It was awesome. We went 4-wheeling and also did a little pinenut picking! This is Natalya and Colt's 'camping look.'

From day 1, Talya has never taken a binkie. Good and Bad... But for some reason, once Talya saw her cousin, Hadlee, with a binkie she has decided that she likes a binkie and takes it all the time. At first she would just play with it and chew on it but now she actually sucks on it like she is supposed to. Weird! But it's kinda cute.

One of our cute hair-do's that, when taken out, makes her look pretty crazy! (Didn't get a picture of it.)