Halloween

Matt and I carved our first pumpkin!!! We had Iowa and Arizona and then our long journy winding all over the pumpkin! It was really fun to carve with Janell and Scott too, who were more... ambitious.

JT devouring the donut at Nanna's Halloween Party.

We all had fun dressing up and going out to Party! Scott is "Rich" from Imagination Movers from the DisneyChanel (HE LOOKS JUST LIKE THE REAL GUY!!! one kid thought it was him and was attached to him the remainder of the trip)

September 2009

A family from the Branch was getting Sealed in the Nauvoo Temple so we got to drive down! It was so beautiful down there, we had about an hour before the ceremony so we drove beside the Mississippi River for a while and did a quick walk through of Old Nauvoo.



















The Lot you see is where my ancestors lived while in Nauvoo.




















Cronins. The Lucky family who gets to be together forever!!!







My baby brother got Married on September 11, 2009. We love our newest Sister Blaire as she is the perfect fit for Jaylen. Their reception was a blast and decorated beautifully! I was so glad Matt got to be there, since his fire job this summer didn't allow him to leave an hour away from Draper UT, let alone the state, he wouldn't havebeen able to come, so I am very gratful that he was there.

All my adorable nieces and nephews minus 1. Alyvia was born on September 4th so Rachel and her staid in St. Johns.


This is Phoenix Baker. She LOVED Matt. She was smooching on him all day.


Ah..... Brothers.


















We had to say goodbye sooner or later. They zipped off to their honeymoon and we got to stay and play with everyone else for a few more days! Such a good weekend!

Another round of updates!!

This is Matt and my friend from Temple Square, Paige Bremner. She met us at the Iowa state fair in Des Moines on our first weekend back!
So Matt and I moved to Iowa. I know!! It was a shock but it just happened to work out and we really feel like this is where we need to be right now. We left the 18th of August and now live in Elgin Iowa. We kept it quiet because we wanted to surprise Matts family (besides his parents, They knew we were coming) so they took his grandparents and aunt and uncle to TJ's Pizza. We had a plan that I would just walk in and go to the counter and see if any of them recognized me, then when I got our water glasses I walked to their table and Matthew walked in. It was fun to see the look on Grandma Bev's face when she realized it was him!! And it made me feel good that when I walked in Aunt Joyce said "That looks just like Matthews Jenn!" It was a fun surprise and it took a while for everyone to believe us that we moved back and not just visiting!

Meet the newest addition to the Frieden Family. Charles Rutherford Winston the Third. Just Kidding, its just Charlie. He is a Boston Terrier Beagle mix and we got him at 11 weeks. Born on June 28th. He is such a cute puppy, he loves sitting on the drivers lap in the car, he loves his bunny (pictures with Charlie) and loves sleeping! he is a little hyper at times but he is just a puppy. His first Vet appt he wieghed 6.5 pounds. Love him!!