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Considering the fact that it has been six months since my last post (I know), there have been several noteworthy events that have occurred within our family. To all five of my loyal followers (if you have not yet given up on my blog) allow me to briefly summarize the last few months below:

For those of you who aren't interested in the Roper family's last six months; here is a cute picture of Natalie....

...and Henry, to part with. For those of you brave enough to see this post through, here goes:

In May Natalie turned 4....

and completed her first dance class and recital. Her teacher was named "Miss Natalie."

In June we went to Utah to celebrate my Grandma Cottam's (Nanny) 90th birthday. She is pictured her with my whole family minus two bro-in-laws.

While in Utah Natalie and Henry got to spend some time with their Cottam cousins

and Roper cousins =)

Henry decided it would be fun to dive out of a shopping cart shortly before Nanny's birthday celebration.

Happy Fourth of July!

In July we returned to Utah for Nanny's funeral =(. I miss her. We shared a birthday and called ourselves birthday girls. She always told me I was fantastic. A few fun facts about Nan: she could jump rope and tap dance at the same time, she was the youngest of 8 and had nieces and nephews who were older and attended school with her, she taught 2nd grade for 30 years, she described herself as a recycled teenager, she was an excellent bargain shopper and was known to wear leopard print, patent leather, and many accessories. I used to call her my fancy Grandma.
I love you Nanny!

On our 6th anniversary (July 18th)- we moved out of my parents house and into a lovely rental home in Glendora. We love it here.

Natalie completed a gymnastics class through the city of Glendora. Cute.

In August we joined the Ballard clan at a Dodger game to see John's Grandpa throw the ceremonial first pitch.

The kids made it through the entire game and we had excellent seats. Fun times!

At the end of August we ditched John and spent a week at Lake Powell with my family.

Natalie expressed interest in skiing but we didn't have any small skis. She tried wake boarding instead and did awesome. Very proud.

This picture is unrelated but Henry began going to nursery at church (hooray!) and is doing well there. I was made a sunbeam teacher which I love (4 well behaved 4 year olds is pretty fun) and John is the Young Men's President. We really love our ward.

Natalie started Preschool. She loves it.

In October I ran the St. George marathon with my good friend Lisa.

With her help I came in at 3:51:53 -totally blowing my old time out of the water. Score.

I braved a flight to Ohio with the kiddies for a brief visit with John's brother Mark and his lovely wife Britta. They were excellent hosts and we had a great time. As much as I love California there is sometimg to be said about the changing of the seasons. The fall leaves were beautiful.

Happy Halloween from John, Wendy, a black cat and a giraffe.

I'll spare you the details of my November which is shaping out to be a most excellent month for my next post (don't worry- I wont wait 6 months =)
The End