Preview of Halloween!

From now until Halloween, Crew is going to be in his costume. He wears it everywhere. Today he came down with his cowboy hat and cowboy boots on. It is so cute I just had to post it!

Are you ready for some FOOTBALL??

It wouldn't be Fall without football. Our weeks consist of practices every night for both boys and games all day Sat. It would have been pretty easy if both boys practiced at the same place, but instead they practice on opposite ends of the city at the SAME time. It is really fun especially when Brady is gone!

Mitch's team is doing really well, we start the play-offs this weekend. We are hoping they go all the way this year. Mitch is #33 and Jaden is #63.

Jadens team is struggling a little bit. 1-3 meaning they have won one game. Jaden gives it his all every game and does a great job. Jaden plays center and also is on defense. He loves to hit and lay guys out.

Better Late than Never

Here are the pictures of the kids on the first day of school. I was sad that summer was over and school had started, but now, I L-O-V-E school! They were all excited to go back to school and have loved it. Mitch is in 7th grade and is a ladies man. (scares me to death!) Jaden is in 5th grade and has many, many friends,(lots of whom are girls!) It's hard when you have such goodlookin boys! Kate is in 2nd grade and loving every minute of it. she chase boys at recess and I tell her,"No, we don't chase boys Kate, we let THEM chase us! She hasn't gotten that quite yet. Crew is in preschool and loves it. I can't believe he will be in Kindergarten next year!

Brady turns the BIG 40!

I can't believe my husband is 40! That just seems sooo old to me! :) Remember when you were 16 and 30 was old?? Where had the time gone??? Since I threw a big surprise party for him last year, I didn't quite know what to do for him this year. He was going to be out of town on his birthday, so the day before, Mitch and I decorated the yard for him. We waited until he feel asleep on Sunday night, and then out we snuck. It was all Jana's idea, she is so creative, shocking I know! I'll let you look at the pictures, it was pretty funny and yes he kept it up all day! He wouldn't have known it was me, except Mitch and I left the hammer in the yard!!! Needless to say he had a great birthday. I told him if he looks this good at 40, I can't wait to see what he looks like at 50!

Katelyn turns 7!

I can't believe my little girl is seven! Sunday was her birthday and all she wanted was a special dance with her dad! I shouldn't say all, of course she wanted other things, but one special request was a dance that she made up with her dad. She had a little girl party on Mon. and that was when they were to do their dance. As all her little friends got there, she had them all sit down to watch their dance. It was priceless! She has such a cute crush on her daddy. He had to lift her in the air and turn her around and all sorts of stuff. The last of the dance, he dipped her and kissed and all the little girls giggled. We had a flower party and everything was all flowers. We had a great time and the little girls were really cute. I try to be crafty at times and made the little flower pots that were on pioneer woman. They turned out really cute.

Twin Falls Temple

Last weekend we went to Twin Falls to go through the new temple. Our kids were so excited to go to the temple and see all the rooms there. It is so beautiful!! On our way down we explained and talked to them about the temple and what we do there. When we were in the Celestial room, they have you go in and stand there in silence so you can feel the Spirit there. As I put my arms around all of my children I was over come by the Spirit. It testified to me family is what it is all about. How grateful I am that to be sealed to my best friend and have our children sealed to us forever. There were three other ladies with us that were not LDS. They too felt the spirit as we were in the Celestial room. I looked at one of them and she was crying. I wonder how many people will be converted because of these great tours.

After the Temple, we went to see Shoshone Falls. It is about 3 miles from the Temple and we had never seen them. They were very impressive. We had a great time, one weekend I will never forget.

My first "Sprint"

Last Sat. I competed in a sprint triathlon in Emmett Idaho. I was really nervous because for those of you who know me well know that I DO NOT swim. I have been swimming for about 2 months now to train. Swimming is so hard for me, when I am done my heart is pounding and I feel like I can hardly breath. There was four of us who trained together for this fun event! :) I also haven't gotten on a bike for about 10 years, so that was a totally new experience for me too. I got sore in places that I didn't think could ever get sore!! My good friend let me borrow his road bike because I just had a crappy mountain bike. That made a huge difference in my speed. So, we get there early Sat. morning and I can hardly stand it. I had to go to the bathroom 2 times. TMI, I know. So we finally get in the water and wait for the canon to go off. When it went off, I started to swim and was getting kicked, hit every other second. I tried not to panic, but ended up doing the side stroke the whole time. Not thinking I was using my left leg the whole time....The key is to use your legs as little as possible, so you can have energy on the bike! I get on my bike and take off feeling good. That is until about mile 6, then my left leg starts to cramp up. I was soo ticked, I had to peddle a few times and rest, peddle and rest. So finally after what seemed to be forever I made it to the run part. I dumped my bike and took off running. Your legs feel so weird at first, but then they finally felt normal. My goal was to come in under 1 1/2 hours. My time was 1 hour 29 mins. I was soo happy! I thought it would have been a lot longer. On my next one, I can't believe I just said that, I will definitely train a lot more on the bike. It was really fun when it was all said and done. If anyone wants to do the Spud Man in Burly Idaho next Aug. let me know. I think I have Brady talked into it! Julie came and made that cute sign for me and was there to cheer me on! Thanks Jewels!