Honoring Gavin

If any of you are interested my cousin Bethany sent this email out on how they are going to honor sweet baby Gavin who passed away a year ago tomorrow. They would love the support. Also, if you are not already registered to be an organ donor and would like to become one PLEASE sign up. It can save lives! Thanks guys!!!

There's been a CHANGE in plans...we went to buy flowers today and apparently Fall flowers won't be ready for another 1-2 weeks. There was pretty much nothing to choose from. SOOOOO, after much thought we've decided to just combine the two events into one.... TOMORROW is cancelled, and we'll plant flowers, eat cupcakes, collect toys, etc all on Gavin's birthday instead, in two weeks: Tuesday, Oct 6.

SORRY for the last minute change, but I think this will work out much better anyway. It was getting a little stressful planning two parties. :P We hope to see you all in two weeks!!! :)

Love,

The Spragues

Honoring Gavin + his 2nd Birthday
Tuesday, October 6th

6:00pm-7:00pm "come and go"

We are going to have a birthday party and toy drive for Gavin's 2nd Birthday. Everyone is invited to stop by our house to eat a birthday cupcake, plant a flower, and donate an unwrapped toy to be donated to Banner Desert Children's Hospital!

Gavin's 2nd Birthday
Tuesday, October 6th

6:00pm-7:00pm "come and go"
We are going to have a birthday party and toy drive for Gavin's 2nd Birthday. Everyone is invited to stop by our house for a birthday cupcake and to drop off an unwrapped toy to be donated to Banner Desert Children's Hospital. They use these toys to give to children during their stay (which is SO appreciated- its so hard keeping kids entertained and happy in those little rooms 24/7, especially when you are there for a week or two!). They also use them for Andrea's Closet

, a program started by another AZ family who's little girl passed away of cancer. They have a closet full of toys where the kids get to pick a toy to take home on their last day.

We are also going to be donating a wagon

to the children's ward in memory of Gavin (he loved those wagons SO much!), if you'd rather donate a few dollars towards that. I am pretty excited about the wagon...since it has a canopy on the top, the kids will be able to go outside! (I remember always wanting to walk around outside with Gavin, but we never made it past the courtyard because the sun was just too bright and in his eyes). The wagon will cost $145.00, including tax. His paypal account is still open, so donations can be sent online to info@giftforgavin.org. (Any extra money will go towards purchasing more toys.)

family time

Since I haven't posted in a while I thought I'd just post some cute family pictures. We have had a great end of summer. Bret is back at school and work and Ayla and I are still having fun at home... our next big adventure.... (after the big transition to a big girl bed) Potty Training.... She went once yesterday... we will see how it goes :)

On Saturday Bret and I took Ayla to the visitor's center. She loves the temple, it is so cute.


Notice the pavers that we are standing on. Bret made them with his company Copperstate Concrete. They look really nice. They have done a lot of work on concrete at the temple so check it out the next time you are there (like the steps up to the temple and the patio like things outside of the baptistry.


In the beginning of August we got to take a trip over to California to see Kim and Mike and their boys. We had so much fun staying with them and going to the beach. We can't wait to plan our next trip to see them.





Kimi was kind enough to take a few pictures of us. They turned out pretty cute :)