Goblin Valley

For Fall Break we went to Goblin Valley for the day. We had a blast hiking, well everyone did except Ben. He was fine if he was climbing up rocks, but if he had to walk he just cried.
Tyler climbed up to this cool cliff.

Sara seeing what she could find high up the mountain.
Smile!
There were a lot of narrow spots on the hike. It was beautiful seeing the many different formations and the slots. Some areas, you could barely get your body through.
Ben was happy straddling the rocks.

Goblin Valley: What a beautiful site

Narrow slots.
Nicole climbing on the goblins.
Thanks Mom and Dad for suggesting that we go. It was a fun day with everyone. And the best part it was Craig's day off, so the whole family was there. Yahoo!

Jumpin Jacks

Nicole's field trip was on October 14th, and they went to Jumpin Jacks. The kids had a ball. It was crazy in there with 140 1st graders, but they got their money's worth.
Nicole climbing up the ladder. It took her a few times to get over the top.
She made it to the end.
After Jumpin Jacks, they were suppose to go the park to eat lunch, but it was raining, so we went back to the school. It was good, because I got to eat with both Tyler and Nicole. After lunch we headed to Macey's for a tour. Nicoles favorite part was the seafood section, can you tell. She also like looking at the cow tongue. Sick! I can't believe people eat that.
It was a fabulous day, with Nicole. To bad I didn't have my wallet I could have gone shopping during the tour.

12th Wedding Anniversay

I can't believe Craig and I have been married for 12 years! It has gone by so fast! Craig surprised me this year, with the day out on the town. We started the day at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple, for a session. Then we ate lunch at Chili's. We next went shopping for Christmas, and then ended up buying Craig a much needed new ward robe. I must say he looks mighty fine in his new clothes. Lastly, we ended up in Salt Lake at the Hales Center Theater, to watch the play called "The Curtains." It was so nice to be able to spend time together, relax, and laugh.

Thanks hon. . . I love you!

Camp Floyd

Sara's 5th grade class went up to Camp Floyd on October 13th. They are learning about the Civil War, and so it was the perfect field trip.
They got to shoot military gun, (not really loaded).
Make candles. This is the beginning of Sara's candle.
Learn how to make bricks.
Sara and her teacher, Mrs. Youngs. It was a fun day, and we learned a lot.
Thanks Sara for inviting me to come along with you. It was so fun spending the day together.

Fall Sing

October 8th was a busy day for Sara. She started the day going to school, after school she went straight to dance. I picked her up a half hour early from dance so she could change in the car, eat dinner in the car, and headed back to her school for the Fall Sing Program.
Sara performed It's a Groove Thing! She did a great job! You can tell she loves performing!

The last song of the show was a song that thanked the Military for their sacrifices. It was great!
The kids and I watched her perform at the 6:00 show, Craig and my parents came to 8:00 show. Sara didn't get home until 10:30 that night, and had to take a Science test before she got to go to bed. She was exhausted! But had a fun day!

Pumpkin Patch

On October 7th, we went with friends in the neighborhood, to the Red Barn in Santaquin to go on a Hay Ride and play in the pumpkin patch. Ben on the Hay Ride.
Ben picked the perfect pumpkin. It took him a long time to pick the "Perfect" one, because it couldn't be wet or dirty. And in a pumpkin patch that was hard to come by. But he found it.
Pumpkin Faces
When the hay ride was over, they got donuts and coloring books.
It was a fun day with Ben at the Farm!

True Players Baseball

Tyler has been playing Fall Baseball, and has been loving every minute of it.

Safe!
He loves playing second base. He made a couple of plays this year, getting others out.
Bunting! Tyler had the best bunt this year. It went right up third base line. Way to go Ty!
The last game of the season was COLD! Ty didn't want to wear his sleeves, and so his arms were literally purple, and his teeth were chattering. Between innings he would put my coat on to warm him up. Next year, I bet he will listen to his mom, and wear his sleeves, and a jacket on cold days like this.
Team meeting: True Players went 7-0. A perfect season. But the best part of it, was the way Tyler was coached. He learned a lot, everyone was positive, and they learned what it means to be TRUE PLAYERS!!!

32 years old

Since my birthday was on Conference Sunday, we spent the day chilling out. Craig did everything while I relaxed. It was very nice. Amy brought over ice cream, more as a joke, than anything else. Because a month ago, I ate an entire carton on Dreyers Butterfinger Icecream in about 24 hours. I made myself SICK! But oh it tasted so yummy! Remember Dreyers ice cream is light and fluffly so it doesn't take much for it to be gone. Ben did help a little.

Side note: I did share the ice cream this time, and it took us a lot longer to eat it. LOL

50's Party

On September 20th, we had our Mother Daughter 50's party. It was so much fun, eating, visiting, dancing, and most importantly spending time with Sara.
Sara dancing to her favorite 50's music.
The Diner finally opened- we were served Hamburgers, French Fries, and Rootbeer Floats.
All the girls by Grandpa's Motorcycle.
Next we had a Hula Hoop Contest,
Bubble gum blowing contest,
and a Dance off.
It was a fun time. I felt bad, because I was in charge of the evening and so Sara had a lot of alone time. I will have to make it up to her on another Mother Daughter date.

Grandparent Program- Credit Card words

Nicole had her first grade grandparents program on September 13th. She was so cute. Her part in the program was: Grandma's are a lot like mom's, except they say yes more often. She is loving first grade. She has a fabulous teacher and friends. The other day we were going over her spelling words, and she looked up at me in a panic. Mom, what about my Credit Card words? I told her she would have to ask her teacher tomorrow for her extra credit words. The next day she ran into the house and said, Mom I have my credit card words. Oh I just love her to pieces. She is so full of life.

Vikings Flag Football

Tyler got to play flag football this year, and he was so excited. Craig was the assistant coach which made it even better. Tyler had a great season! He was the wide receiver, and had a few catches, one touch down, and pulled lots of flags on defense. It was so fun watching him play, because of the intensity that he plays with. He is so focused.
Tyler on defense.
Tyler after getting a short pass, runs up the field.
With Tyler's spin moves, he was able to get past this guy. Go Ty!

The bad part of the entire year however, was that there shirts were Purple!!! Tyler could have handled any other color, but made the best of it. He really wanted to be on the Colts, so he could be like Austin Collie. Maybe next year!

Playing T-ball

On Sept. 7th, Ty and Ben went into the back yard to "Practice" baseball. Ben goes to all of Tyler's baseball games, and so now it was Ty's turn to watch Ben. Ben cracks us up, because of the way he prepares before he hits. He was watched Tyler so much, you can tell why he does what he does. It is absolutely adorable. Tyler is such a good big brother. He has been waiting a long time for Ben to get old enough to play with. How cute!