Go Red Dragons.

Ella had her first soccer game this Saturday. She did really well. She kicked the ball down the field a few times and even played goalie. She would play soccer all day if she could. Ella told me the other day that she liked the games but didn't want to go to practice anymore because it wasn't as fun. Silly girl.

Just have to share these two stories with you

A couple weeks ago Tyler went to his friends house after school and so Ella had to ride the bus home from school by herself. She normally gets home at 3:15 everyday but when the big girls got home before she did (at 3:25) I new something was wrong. I called the bus company and they assured me that the driver was just running behind today. When it started pushing 3:40 I was getting really worried but I told myself that I would give the bus 5 more minutes before I would call again. But before that time was up I received a phone call letting me know that Ella did not get off at her stop and that the bus driver would swing around and drop her off when the rest of the kids were dropped off. Needless to say she didn't get home until after 4 o'clock that day.

Today while Ella was getting ready for school she picked up her shirt and looked at it kind of strange. Mom why does this have a hole in the back (The shirt had a whole cut out of the back by the neck for decoration) I explained to her why to which she replied so it is going to show my back a little then. I told her it would. She looked at me with a big grin on her face and said.... Well it's a good thing it's there and not over my butt then huh. No one would want to see my butt.

Rock and Meagan

So the family and I went to Utah again for the 3rd time in 4 weeks. This time it was dedicated to my family. We went to celebrate Rocky and Meagan getting sealed in the temple. They got sealed in the Mt. Timpanogas Temple on Saturday morning. They had a BBQ later that evening to celebrate. Of course I didn't get a single picture of the couple. First of all I forgot my camera outside the temple and second I couldn't get them to stay close enough together at the party. I will try to sneak one from them one of these days. Rock and Meagan we love you and are so proud of you.Nichole refused to get her picture taken so this is the best one that I got.Ella playing with Rock's best friend little boy's.Natalie picked up a snake and was showing off how brave she was.Ella and her major wedgie.

Tyler and his awesomeness in those awesome glasses.

On Sunday the family went to hang out with Rock and Meagan at the house they stay at. We were out on the balcony watching Natalie play in the yard when Nichole came out and asked where Natalie was. We pointed to her and she asked how she got down there. I told her that she jumped. Fortunately she didn't believe me. She then told us she was going to the back yard to play with Natalie and away she left. Just after Nichole left we noticed that Natalie was headed toward the house. The next thing you know Nichole is running all through the backyard looking for Natalie and Natalie is walking out onto the balcony looking for Nichole. The house that Rock and Meagan stay at is so big that the girls just passed by each other.

cross country

Nichole started Cross country in August. She loves it. She practices Monday-Wednesday and has a meet and practices again every single week. She does really well at it too. Her team took 2nd place at the last meet and she runs in at about 11th place for her team. One time she was running through town with one of her friends. Every time they run they are given a paper with the route on to follow. Well she is not a very good navigator and the two girls got lost. They wondered around for about 10 minutes together trying to find out where they go. Someone that the girl she was running with knew stopped and asked if they wanted a ride. Nichole not knowing the person did not get in the car but her friend did and left her all by herself. Nichole then wandered around for 15 minutes by herself until someone that she knew stopped and asked if she wanted a ride. By the time she got back to the meeting point she was in near tears. When she started walking to me she had had enough and was in tears. I felt really bad.Nichole running at her meet.

Nichole in her awesome uniform.

Family Pictures

With the help of Nate's little brother, Matt we were able to get some really cute family pictures this year. It is not often that I want to get pictures done of myself because lets face it, I look so much better on the other side of the camera. Thanks Matt for stepping in and taking the picture's that I couldn't.

Our spontaneous trip to Utah

Friday night I suckered my husband into taking me to dinner. While we were eating dinner Nate said that he was really hoping that we were in Utah right now because his family was spending time up at their time share and he really wanted to go. He said that he was hinting around about it all week long. So while still there we decided that we were going to go. We got home at 7:15 ran around the house to get all packed up and left at 8:30. We did not get to Utah until 1:30 in the morning. Saturday morning Nate went up to snowbird with his family and I hung out with the kids with my family. It was fun.Sunday morning we looked out the back door and we saw this deer. My mom and dad always have deer in their back yard. The deer have been eating my parents tomatoes from their garden.My dad took Tyler, Ella and Nichole hiking Sunday afternoon. The kids love it and it is a great way to wear them out.Also that evening the kids built themselves a blanket city. It was awesome. The kids were in there playing together for over 5 hours without fighting. That is always a small miracle. The kids even had a mayor which was Tyler. He told my mom that he had a bomb and that if everyone wasn't nice to them he would blow them up hmmm I don't know any mayors like that). They had a baby's room. I think that they used every blanket in the house.