september celebrations!!!

Here's the picture of the hairy little creature we spotted on our Labor Day evening hike. I thought I had posted it last time, but apparently there were just too many pictures for me to keep track of. I hope that's not the case this time. I also neglected to remember all the Stewart family birthdays in August. My b-day month is also Karl, Dallin, Steph and Lara's. We had a great time celebrating with everyone. I've never seen a 6 year old get more legos than Dallin did. He sure loves to build with them. Benjamin's birthday was the only one in September. He turned 6 too and really wanted a dinosaur cake. My mom and I made one from a dragon cake recipe. Ok, I just baked the cake and my mom did the rest. It turned out pretty good. He's making sure there are enough candles. His favorite gift was an Indiana Jones potato head from "tators of the lost arc".
For our 2nd anniversary we headed up to Sedona for a few days. Thank you to mom and dad Stewart for letting us use your time share! It was still a little warm in the day, but really nice at night. We were able to go to a Civil War battle reenactment in Dead Horse Ranch State Park on the 26th. Where, you ask? I had certianly never heard of it. It's just a mile or so outside of Cottonwood. I found it searching the web for things to do near Sedona. The community was putting on something called Verde River Days that weekend so we got in free. It was really awesome to watch. I loved the history aspect of the reenactment and Ryan, well, he was interested in the period firearms. Go figure.
The cannons were so loud even Ryan had to cover his ears.The rest of our trip was spent just walking around Sedona, attending the friendly ward up there, and playing the Wii. It was really great to just get away together and relax.
On our anniversary Ryan gave me a beautiful large print of a photograph that my grandma Quist took of the snowy Mesa temple, which I love! He knows I had been wanting to have that be the temple picture in our family room. Every time he does something thoughtful like that (he usually does some little, sweet thoughtful thing for me everyday) I'm reminded of how perfectly Ryan is the man for me!


Since I can't figure out how to do a slide show, which I know I should be able to do, here are some pictures of our trip.