A Happy Weekend

Adam played a soccer game on Saturday.  He is on the Blue Knights team and is doing very well.  I think soccer is in the blood in this family (weird since neither David nor I played soccer).

Rebecca played her last soccer game of the season on Saturday and they did a great job.  She is also on Blue Knights and their team has improved so much.  The first few games were a little painful to watch but the last few have been awesome.  The team has really come together and they play well.  They have a great coach too.  Now we have a little break until indoor soccer starts in January.

 

Rachel played her last game of the season last Monday and they took an informal team picture afterwards.  They did a good job.  She is still playing for Sparta and loves every minute of it.

 

Yesterday, Sunday, was an especially nice day.  Joshua gave his farewell talk at church in preparation to leave for his mission on Wednesday.  He did a great job and then we had family and friends over to the house for some food and good byes.

"Y" Mountain

Have you ever hiked to the Y in Provo?  I had never done that... until today.  All these years I've looked up there and always thought I should hike up there but I never actually did it.  The kids had no school today so Rachel, Rebecca, Adam and the dog, Ace, went with me.  It was a pretty good hike.  It was a little steeper than I expected so I was glad I was wearing my knee braces.  I was a little disappointed that I didn't bring my trekking poles, especially for the hike down.  Oh well.

It is really quite amazing to be standing right there at the top of it.  It is so BIG.  We had a good time and then we got to stop and see Tori and Jared for a few minutes and I finally got to see Jared's apartment.  Gotta love those college apartments.

Happy Birthday Rachel

We celebrated Rachel's 14th birthday on Sunday, October 14th.  Wow!  It's hard to believe that she's already 14.  Her gifts all revolved around skiing... sure hope it snows soon.  :)

Boating

Last Spring we had a fundraiser at church to help the youth pay for all their summer camps and activities. It was an auction where people donated things, services, tickets, experiences, etc. and then we bid on them and the money went towards the youth activities. Well, David was out of town but I did a great job at bidding to win a day of boating with our bishop. We tried all summer to coordinate our calendars so we could go and it never worked out. Finally, we arranged to go last Saturday. The most perfect boating day of the whole summer. Warm but not too hot, the water was warm, and the water was very calm. It was beautiful. Then to top it off, the bishop and his wife hosted us including lunch and everything. They have a great boat that apparently has an awesome wake... perfect for jumping. Needless to say, we had a great time and the kids have declared that we need to buy a boat. Hahahaha. 

Below is a short slideshow of some of the fun. 

Oh, Rebecca had never been before and she got up on her second try. She had so much fun!

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Tanner Went to Homecoming

Tanner and Erin

School Has Begun!

August has been a busy month (so were July and June) but this post is about August. Today was the first day of school. Jared is down at BYU and started class today. I didn't get a picture of him. Tanner started 11th grade and he left early so I didn't get a picture of him either. Rachel started 9th grade and she left even earlier so I didn't get a picture of her. By the time Rebecca and Adam were ready to leave I did remember about the camera so I have a cute first-day-of-school picture of them. Rebecca is in 6th grade and Adam is in 2nd grade. Everyone is growing up so fast!!

In the middle of August we went on a family vacation on a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas. We took all six kids and had a fabulous time!! It was everything I expected and more. I've included a short slideshow to give you an idea of how fun it was.

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After the cruise, we had one week until school started. During that week, we had a visit from Steven, Linda and Griffey.  While they were here, we had dinner with the Arnolds.

Rebecca got her braces off and she looks so cute. She had her braids done while on the cruise (half of them anyway). I finished the rest after we got home.

Also during that week, Jared officially got engaged to Tori Blonquist. We are so excited and the wedding is set for December 20th.

Now we are getting Josh ready to go on his mission in October. Life never seems to slow down but it sure is fun.

Happy Birthday Jared!!

We celebrated Jared's 22nd birthday last Sunday.  His actual birthday was while he was still hiking the John Muir Trail.  Now he's home and we had his birthday dinner with the whole family.  I sure love him and am so glad he is part of our family.