Happy Birthday Kel!

I started this post the other day but got busy doing other things and never finished... I just wanted to wish Kelly a Happy Birthday. Wow.. I can't believe we are 35 this year.. I can't believe we have been together more than 1/2 our age.. together longer than we weren't. Crazy!

Thanks for all you do for our family Kel.. Thanks for working your tail end off so I can be home with the kiddos and do what's most important to us.. Thanks for all you do to take care of us. You're such a wonderful husband & Friend... My very best friend. Thanks for being such an awesome Dad to our kids who look up to you more than you'll ever know.

We love you! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Snowy Sunday

Snow in October? It started snowing on Saturday night and snowed on Sunday too.. We couldn't resist going for a ride to see the leaves and snow combined... so pretty!

Another Football Game

Weber's sophomore football team got in another win Thursday. They played Viewmont and it was a super close game. I can't really tell you why it was close because I don't even know myself.. (I go to be supportive and really have no idea what's going on) I just know that Viewmont's coach looked quite stressed and Kelly, my Dad & Hayden were really thinking Viewmont was going to take it. They had the ball and there was only a few seconds left and they were by their goaly and I don't know if we tackled them or what but they didn't score.. so we won 3-7. Yay Weber! Now this cute little sophomore team is 7-0!

Sorry.. I usually get carried away taking pics of the mountains at the f.ball games

PuNkIn PiCkIn

For Family Night we decided to load up the crew and go get our Halloween Pumpkins. Since Halloween is a big deal at our house this is a big deal too. We were kind of bummed this year when we found out that the patch we went to last year wasn't selling so we headed up towards Perry to our other pumpkin pickin destination. The kids were super excited to pick out that perfect pumpkin even if it was just picking them out of a box.

(as you can see it would of been horrible.. maybe even life threatening to step out of the texting world for 10 minutes)

Another Perfect Weekend

This weekend started off with another football game. We beat Fremont 31-0.. Go Weber! They did so great. It was Fremont's homecoming game so they were a little bummed. Saturday Kelly had to work until noon so the kids & I spent the morning doing some cleaning and listening to conference. Later in the afternoon we headed up to Cache Valley.. our very favorite place. It had been rainy so it was perfect. We walked around the little zoo, hit the cheese factory, had dinner in a parking lot while we enjoyed the beautiful evening and then stopped by to take Grandpa some cheese on the way home. There is nothing more fun than being together as a family.

As we were walking around the zoo I was watching the kids play together and jump over puddles and was thinking to myself how blessed I am. They were playing and laughing together... just having fun together. I even snuck a picture of Kolton & Jasmyn holding hands (so sweet!). As many times as we've been to that little zoo we never get tired of it.. there aren't really any exotic animals.. pretty much just lots of ducks, turtles, some coyotes, mountain lions, deer and porcupines (mostly animals that have been injured and can't live in the wild) but we love it and are thankful for this place where we can walk around, enjoy eachother and nature

OOPS!

We went to do yardwork of a neighbor who just lost her hubby to cancer 3 weeks ago. Kelly, Hayden & I picked up peaches & apples that had hit the ground while Kolton mowed. Kolton got done mowing and parked the lawn riding mower. He felt his pocket and his phone was gone. He started back tracking thinking he left it on the porch. Nope.. it wasn't there so he walked around the back yard and found it.






Yep, it had dropped out of his pocket and had been chewed up by the lawn mower... he knew he had ran over something at the time but had thought it was just an apple. Poor kid.. he was so upset... I don't know how many times he called himself an idiot. I just kept telling him accidents happen. There were a few times I had to turn my head and bite my lip because I really wanted to laugh.. It's so funny how you can see the words "sprint" and "upstage" on some of those pieces.

He has worked so hard mowing lawns this summer so he could pay for his monthly phone service

LOL... Look close and you can even see the pieces of grass in that pile of chunks

playing out back

I didn't get as many pics as I thought I did But here are a few.. We had Dave, Sarah, Owen & Eli, Steve, Erica, Mom, Dad & Michael over the other night for dinner & smores. Eli fell in love with the chickens

Nerds..

I had to tell this story..

Yesterday the 3 younger kids came home from school upset that a "new" kid was being picked on by other kids at school. They brought it up many times throughout the day. They were all really bothered by this.

During dinner they brought it up again and so I took the opportunity to let them
know how important it is to be nice to everyone especially the underdog.. I told them to make sure to be good friends to everyone and to be extra nice to those who didn't have friends or those who were getting picked on.

Hayden had sat there quietly listening until I said this.. then he says "yeah but you want to especially be nice to the nerds because some day they will be your boss".

It made Kelly & I laugh so hard to think that at 12 years old he's got it all figured out

Go Weber!

Weber's sophomore football team is doing awesome! They just won their 3rd game (undeafeted) last night against Northridge 19-0. They have 2 mores games and hopefully they do great since they've beat the hardest teams already. Kolton is #55 and has made some great tackles (he plays middle linebacker). (These pics were taken during the 1st & 2nd games). Yeah Kolton!