Tuesday, September 30, 2014

September


School started - Bradley is a sophomore in high school and the "end" is coming sooner than I'd like.  Matt sent me this cartoon because he knows that's exactly how I'll feel... 



Owen is in first grade and his teacher is Mrs. Redd.  
Will is in 4th grade and his teacher is Mrs. Pace.
We've got an "Eagles" hockey player living with us this school year.  I'll have to carve out some time to explain how it all came about but we lucked out with this great guy (Will and Owen are in awe that he never gets in fights with anyone, lol).  His name is Logan Alam, he's a junior in high school and he's from Rock Springs, Wyoming.  Logan and Lauren officially started school the day after the other kids.  Logan is at Davis with B and Lola is in 8th grade and went to Vanguard co-op for her first day of the school year.

We got to see Trevor Lewis from the LA Kings and the Stanley cup up close and personal at the Murray Fire Dept.  Holy cow, that trophy is so cool!

 

Diving in the creek for all the lost pucks... Bradley, Logan, and their friend Jake (not pictured below but he's the guy in the red shirt in the Stanley Cup pics).  Those three are a hoot.



Fall soccer.  This is probably our last year with soccer, the boys aren't really interested anymore.

 


The night before school started Owen was demonstrating his "spider climb" to Logan and his Dad.  He jumped/fell from the doorway and hurt his foot.  It was a hard fall and we were worried that he'd broken something but the next day he seemed just fine.  However, after a couple of weeks we noticed that he limped every once in a while; especially during soccer.  We took him in for x-rays just in case.  All is good, but it was nice to know for sure.

Lauren's homeschool is going well.  We joined an online program called MyTech High that we love, she's still a part of Vanguard, and she's also joined homeschool theatre and chemistry groups. 
 
 

Lauren and Bradley took an acrylic painting seminar together at Hobby Lobby.  Awesome results!!


I don't know why B & I took this selfie, but I totally have a crush on this kiddo.  He's so fun to be with.  I also love how Owen asks me to take a picture of EVERYTHING, lol.

Logan asked a neighbor girl named Maddie to Homecoming.  Aww, cute!!!
I took the kids to Get Air trampoline park on a rainy day.  Matt and the older boys were at hockey all day and cabin fever was settling in the house - we were all ornery.  I hollered for them to either head to time out or throw on some shoes for an adventure and of course they all chose the latter.  We hustled to the gym to work out our energy; best decision ever!
 
 

Sunday, September 14, 2014

August

Bradley, and his cousins Cooper and Miriam went to EFY together at BYU the first week of August.  They all had fabulous times and are already making plans for next summer.  The Hydes stayed for a couple of days after EFY and we had so much chatting with them; such great kids!!
Loved swimming at Oakridge!!


We got season passes to Lagoon this year for our family.  I have loved taking the kids.  We usually only go for 1-3 hours and it's perfect!  Here are pics from the entire summer - rides and Lagoon-a-beach.  My favorite memories were watching Matt and the kids ride Rattlesnake Rapids over and over and over again (once was enough for me!) reading in the shade while the kids played on the water slides, and also seeing Will and Matt joke and laugh with one another while eating ice cream.  During that moment, Will remarked, "We're really good buddies, aren't we Dad..."

Matt's 41st birthday - wahoo!

The day after Matt's birthday he celebrated by hiking with Bradley and a work buddy.  They hiked to the top of Mount Olympus.  It was intense and they loved it! 

Bear Lake with the Turners - the BEST vacation we've had in a while; thank you Turner clan!  We all want to go escape there again as soon as possible - it was so much fun/adventurous/relaxing!  This was the perfect way to end the summer!!
Minnetonka Cave - All the kids did great on this fun hike! Lauren was in charge of the camera and when I downloaded the photos I found the image of me and Will hugging in the corner of a random photo she'd snapped.  I cropped it because it quickly became my favorite of the bunch... I sure love those four amazing kiddos.
 Bear Lake "Old Ephriam" Pizza.  
Early morning workouts with Biff... gorgeous view!!
Ahhh, the lazy days of the lake.  I could spend my life on the beach.  (The picture of Lauren standing is of her "hypnotizing" the Turner girls, lol.)
Dinner, games and movies with the Turners at night were a highlight of the trip, as were the raspberry milkshakes - mmmm!
Please don't end summer... this was one of my favorite years with you!!!