Fall Soccer

Soccer is over, for now! I love going to the kids games. Weston just kind of stands in the middle of the field and when asked what he is doing, yells back,"Waiting for the ball to come to me!" Of course why waste energy going to get the ball. Just wait and eventually it will come....

If he is not standing patiently waiting for the ball, he is barking out orders around him, about how the other players should do things.

I just sit and giggle at him. Kennedie has been playing rec ball since she was about three. This year she decided to try out for a competition team. Why not!? I could not believe it when the coach called, she made it! We were so excited for her. She made the B team, yeah! Well come to find out there was not enough players for the B-team so they had to play in the A league. The coaches warned us that we would not win one game.

We had the first game and they looked pretty good. They ended up winning the first couple of games. We were so excited. Out of 13 A and B teams, we were ranked #5. So we ended up playing the # 1 team. I was in Colorado at the time and was so sad I missed it but.......I got a phone call and all I could hear was screaming. Kennedie had scored the winning goal against the #1 team and we won! She was so thrilled. She has great teammates and the coaches were fabulous. She learned so much and made great friends this year. We are looking forward to indoor soccer in the spring.

I am not giving up on my dreams for an olympic gymnast yet, but the way things are going I might have to settle for a soccer gold medal, ha ha! :)

A Day at the Farm

The kids have so much fun going to Grandpa Von's farm.


Grandma Becky and Aniston

Aniston would not get on until I held her. Then she loved the horse!

My cowboy boyfriend. You can see from the look on his face he is really enjoying it!

Ani loved the gickens ! She kept pulling the weeds and sticking them in the pen.

I have great memories of going to grandpa and grandma's. I hope my kids will also!

Surprise!

For my mom's 50th birthday we gave her a surprise party. It was so much fun. She loved it. It was a total surprise. My dad brings it up and laughs about it all the time. I kept telling him, "Just wait until your 60th!" So what could we do? We gave him a surprise party too!

I ruined the surprise after dinner when I told him we were going to Barbara's house instead of mine for ice cream and cake. Bummer!



There were so many people there. I am so grateful for good friends and family that support us! This is my Aunt Jody with cute Lola, Stockton and Aunt Paula.

My dad was so happy to be able to visit with all of his friends and family all night. His friend asked if he was going to be mad. Does he look mad!?

These are my dad's two sisters'. They are so sweet. My Aunt Marge went to Idaho to pick up my Aunt Leah who had a stroke a couple of years ago. It was so neat to have them there at the party. Weston is my snuggler and they grab him every chance they get. He is good kiss'n!

Park City

For Heidi's birthday we decided to take off to Park City for the weekend. We took a tour of Alison's new house, and peeked in on cute Boston sleeping before we left.
Tiffany, Alison, Nan, Trish, Heidi
It is so much fun just hanging out and laughing with good friends. We just don't see each other enough! Here is Heidi and I at one in the morning heading off to bed. Heidi with her diet coke and me with my eye shields, we are ready to go! We stayed up for another couple of hours until Trish told us we were going to get kicked out of the fraternity house if we didn't go to bed. We are bringing her ear plugs next time:)Up the next morning ready for more shopping and of course Heidi with her morning diet coke!
I have a routine in Park City and it ALWAYS includes lunch at Leger's. (Which I found out from Al that I have been pronouncing wrong for years now!)
What a great weekend! My only complaint is that it was not long enough. Looking forward to the next one girls!

Shakes, Seagulls, Sand and Sun

Our summer vacation ended too soon! After the kids started school we took off for Bear Lake just one more time. It was a little cold but we still had a ton of fun. Raspberry Shakes are one of the many joys of my summer. They tasted extra great this summer!

When all of the kids were building sand castles and playing in the water, Aniston chased seagulls. She was so cute running all over the beach. I love her little fat thighs!

Twinners!

I have an obsession with twins. I have always wanted to be a twin and I always thought I would be a mother to twins. Since neither of these things have happened I love dressing my kids alike. Every night I set out the kids clothes. I try and have them all wear the same color of pants and the same color of shirts. This is not hard due to the fact that they only have four colors they can wear. I love having them all match when we go to church. I know it is weird but it brings me a lot of joy!

I match my kids outfits whenever possible. It is getting a little harder now that Kennedie is out growing gymboree's clothes. They are so much cuter on little girls! It makes me sad, but every once in a while I can still find something. There are not very many stores that have outfits in size 8 and size 2 that match. My girls love to match as much as I love them to, so I will keep looking!

First Day of School

Okay technically this is the second day of school. We are getting into bed the night before school starts and Bart says,"Do you want me to stay home and help tomorrow morning?" I thought,"How thoughtful of him, that will work out great!" So I just went to bed instead of getting everything out the night before. I am not a morning person so I sleep until the last possible second. I even set my alarm a little later thinking I was going to have extra help. With two of us to tag team the kids it makes it go a lot faster! So my alarm goes off and I look over and Bart is gone!!! Yikes!! We were running around the house like crazy people. So needless to say I did not get any pictures of the first day of school. The second day I planned on being by myself and I was more prepared. It went smooth enough to get pictures!
The kids are not nuts about the uniforms but I think they look so cute. The boys look so much alike in their little matching outfits!

Lake Powell without kids!

Our friends, the Whittinghams, let us borrow their house boat for a fun adult vacation to Lake Powell. I love taking my kids to Lake Powell but I worry the whole time. It was nice not to have to stress about watching to make sure no one drowned.
Sean got a new surf board. We spent most of our time trying to figure it out. You are not supposed to have to hold on to a rope at all. Some of the guys got pretty close but I am not sure we ever totally got it. So if anyone has any suggestions........

We skiied, swam, made pyramids, ate, slept and played cards. (The girls dominated at cards, better luck next time boys!) I can't wait to do it again next year.
It was a relaxing and fun trip. Although I have never been to Lake Powell and had anything but a great time, this was one of the funnest.