Dancing, skiing, and North Pole breakfast

Country View had a 6th grade dance.  Gator was so excited, she got a new dress and her friend asked her to dance.  His mom and I sat on the stage and cried.  Gator has a pure heart and loves Ethan's friendship.  His mom said he struggles with friends, and she is so grateful for Gator.  I agree, I am pretty grateful for that little girl too.  

 Ski season is here!  Davis skipped school on Friday.  He sent me this picture and it sure didn't look like he was in the classroom.  I went up on Saturday with him and Gator.  Not all the lifts were open, but Davis took Gator on a little bit more advanced of a run than she did last year, and he said she did really good.  I hope they get a lot of snow this year, so these 2 can use their passes alot.

 I still do the North Pole breakfast. Owen and Davis just do it for the bacon, but I still enjoy doing it.

Lights and hot chocolate

It's not a secret that I love Christmas lights.  Owen went to Milford again last weekend and on his way home he saw this bright glowing tree.  Of course when he told me, I said take me to see it.  It was more than just the one tree, it was the cutest light display.  A neighborhood in Farmington sets it up every year in honor of a little girl that passed away from brain cancer.  Elora's Lights they call it, and I looked it up on Instagram.  I will be visiting here yearly.  Owen has also been hanging out with a girl from Tremonton.  She came down to meet us and go to the lights with us.  She is a really nice girl, hopefully we'll get to hang out again soon.  

 This is the "Tree of Hope".  It is beautiful, and so bright. 

Baptism

Bethany got baptized yesterday.  She was a little crazy, she was so excited.  It's getting harder and harder to get pictures of all the cousins together.  The older think they are too cool, or the little ones are too cranky.  I take what I can get. 

Fun day together

We made it to Thanksgiving Break.  It was pretty tough, but we are here and it started off great!!  We were told it was going to snow, and boy did it snow!  Big beautiful flakes all day long.  We spent the morning being lazy, well the kids were lazy.  For some strange reason, I was baking.  I don't bake often, but homemade bread sounded yummy.  So I made some homemade brownies too.  After we went and cashed in my change cup to get some lunch and go pick out the Christmas tree.  Christmas trees make me so happy, and I love the lights.  It makes the living room very cozy and smell so good.  We set the tree up and went to the dollar theater to see Abominable.  It was a very cute movie, we all liked it.  That says a lot for us to all like the same movie.  Then it was home to eat dinner and the homemade treats I baked earlier in the day.  It was honestly a near perfect day.  I loved being with my awesome kids and just having all day for us to hangout and do whatever came our way.  Thanks guys, I love you!!

Visiting Milford

We went to Milford again this weekend.  Milford was playing in the 2A State Championship, and Dave needed some help from the boys with taking a fence out.  So we went for a visit.  My boys would move down to Milford if they could.  I'm surprised every time I get them to actually come home after a weekend down there. 

 Gator has had enough football for the season. 

 Davis was dying to go in and help Milford out, while Owen was calling plays from the stands.  Maybe if Davis played and Owen coached, Milford would have had a little better of luck. 

This and that

Owen and I went to Pocatello again for another game.  He is dying to play, but for now I think the reason he goes is to get the "Growler".  

Davis is loving having Joey back home.  All the kids actually.  Someone at work asked me how it was having Joey home and I actually said "great."  I can't believe I admitted that, but he really has been really good.  

 When Owen and I went to Pocatello, Davis stayed home to hang out some friends, and Gator got invited to the Harlem Globetrotters game with Sydney.  She didn't have a clue who they were, but was pleased with the boys being jealous of something she was doing. 

Last weekend

Last weekend  Owen, Gator, and I went to ISU for the game.  I know when Owen is there playing next year, Gator will be more interested, but last week, all she cared about were the tee dogs.  Davis went to Sadies and I just got the pictures from that.  Kennedy asked him and they had a really fun time.  I love how my kids get involved in school and all the activities.  I never did and I hated every day of high school.  I don't have any good memories of high school.  And Fremont finished up their season.  We lost to Bingham in the 2nd round of playoffs.  I hate that football season is done, the boys were kinda lost all week without practice.  Owen loved his first experience with coaching.  I'm so glad they asked him to coach.  He'll keep working on getting his knee strong again, it is recovering really well.  I think he will be more than ready to go play in the fall.  Davis is debating trying out for basketball this year.  He has until Monday to decide.  He's decided yes, then no, then yes, then no again.  I think as of this moment, he is a yes, but we'll see what Monday brings.

Soccer

We had fun going to a soccer game last night to support Lu.  She is finishing up her Junior season.  That is nuts.  Next year she will be a senior.  I've been watching her play soccer since she was like 4.  It is so much more tense now, Utah scored in the first few minutes and that was it for the remainder of the game.  So stressful, but Utah won 1 to 0.  That was some great defense Lu!!

 

He's home

When we moved in June, we couldn't bring Joey with us.  We had to pay a deposit, and get the apartment ready for a dog, and we had to decide if we could handle the shedding in a small apartment.  Joey went to a couple different homes for the last 5 months, and the kids have been missing him like crazy.  Gator would cry and Davis texted me every night saying he missed his dog in bed with him and he needed his dog back.  Monday, Joey came home.  He's been very loved and spoiled since he got home, and today we even had a little welcome home party for him at the park.