Our Little Princess turns ONE YEAR

Our little princess turned one year old.  It is hard to believe it.  The year has gone by so fast it hardly seems real.  She is walking and talking now and is the joy of our lives! We love her so much.  It has been the best year of our lives. 

 

We went to Hogle Zoo for Clarissa's birthday.  Clarissa seemed to really like the animals.  She especially liked the ducks, and the apes.  The giraffes were really neat to see as well. 

We had a family birthday party.  Clarissa and her cousin, Brockton, were born on the same day.  They are going to be great buddies. 

 

A few weeks ago, we ran a 5k run with my family.  It has been a tradition for my family to run several 5k runs a year.  It is always so much fun.  This year we all placed with a medal.  I got a bronze medal for my age group, David got a silver for his age group and of course since Clarissa was "running" or being pushed by Daddy, she got a gold in her age group.  My dad got a gold medal for his age group and my brother also received a medal.  We had such a blast.  I was surprised that we all got medals as there were several hundred people that participated in the race.  It is a family tradition that we look forward to every year. 

 

The fall colors were so beautiful this year.  We took a drive in the canyon and the views were spectacular.

Clarissa has become quite the little helper.  She wants to be included and involved in everything we are doing.  Here she is helping with the laundry and loading the dishwasher.  She could not be happier to be helping Mommy and Daddy.

 

 

We love BYU football.  Clarissa is going to be a BYU fan yet.  Grandpa Boyer gave her a BYU outfit for her birthday so we all put on our BYU cheering outfits and went and cheered on our team.  It was so much fun and Clarissa seemed to have a ball. 

 

 

One of the highlights of the summer was going to the open house of the Brigham City Temple.  It was beautiful!  We really felt the love of the Lord as we entered into that beautiful temple.  We are so grateful to have temples. 

The weather has been really nice, so we took a trip to the park not far from our house.  We took some bread to feed the ducks.  It was incredible the ducks that surrounded us.  Clarissa loved it.

 

This past week we went to San Francisco to the dental convention.  Clarissa and I had a fun time being down on the pier and seeing the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge.  It is hard to believe it has been almost nine years ago that we lived in the city.  It was a walk down memory lane as we enjoyed visiting old friends and seeing the sights of the city.  The only bad things about it was that David was not able to enjoy it with us as he was in classes all day. We love San Francisco!