Flag Football 2018

Roman played flag football this year.

He also worked as a referee for the soccer games which made for a busy fall, but a productive one.

He was worried about his team at first because the coach was a mom who didn't know anything about football. But their team ended up being really good and they won every game.

It was really nice because that gave them the opportunity to try some fun things like having Roman as the quarterback. Working hard to make sure everyone got a chance to touch the ball and come up with their own plays.

It was fun to watch too.

They didn't get their championship shirts on the night of the championship game so we got a half of the team picture once they did.

Good Job Roman!

Another Halloween in the Books

I'm thinking one day I will miss having little ones for Halloween. Right now though, I could skip it.

However, my two younger kids are still just cute and they like to dress up and beg for candy so I indulge them.

Roman had fun with friends trying to to scare trick-or-treaters.

Luckily Marisa wanted to be Hermoine from Harry Potter which we already had most of that costume.

Ezra wanted to be a Rootbeer Float. A ROOTBEER FLOAT!!!

Actually, it was a pretty easy costume that took next to no sewing. Just some felt and some glue and a little bit of time.

Such a funny kid that one.

There was (and still is) lots of candy and they had a great day.

Happy Halloween!

Big 10

Ezra turned 10 years old. My how time flies. It surely was not almost 10 years ago when he was like this.

Now look at the kid.

We don't really do parties every year, but he was having some trouble with some friends so I decided that a fun day at the pumpkin patch was in order.

It was cold and wet, but we still had fun.

At home we had a turkey dinner, and family over for cake and Icecream. It was another repeat on the cake. He doesn't really like frosting too much so it was white cake with no frosting.... and some for the part goers that do like frosting.

Yes, the kid got a rake for his birthday. That's what happens when you don't make a list. You get a rake.

Last of the Big 5

Shane went to Ohio for a week, so I took the kids to Capitol Reef for the weekend.

None of us had made it there before. (at least that I can remember)


Of course I picked the wettest weekend EVER. But we still had a great time. We just spend a little more time at the hotel than I had planned. At least there was a fun pool.

Here are some pictures of our Saturday in the park.

We managed to spend the morning pretty dry, so we went to the slot canyons.

"The Tanks"

Ezra, who hates hiking, was pretty frustrated with his mom. But he did like the rock clambering bits. But he also hated them. That kid!

Pioneer Registry with Ezra's initials

I thought it was kind of fun to drive through the slot canyons.

We stopped at Fruita Campground to pick some apples. We also bought the BEST strawberry rhubarb pie.

From there we hiked some higher ground and saw Hickman Bridge. 

It was starting to get pretty wet so we headed out stopping at the goose necks on the way.

I wasn't ready to spend the rest of the day watching T.V. so I made an executive decision and we drove to see fish lake. 

It was freezing and there was a little snow in the air, but the colors were stunning and we happened upon a bunch of salmon that were spawning. 

The next day we took the extra long way home and stopped by a favorite of ours... Goblin Valley.

At first, it was just a little drippy. Nothing terrible. But then there was more rain, and more rain and all that red dirt turned to sticky, slippery, unruly mud.

We could barely walk! Soon, little streams were turning into muddy rivers and there was no sign of it letting up so we called it quits and made our way back to the car.

 It was a fun weekend. I'm glad we went even if the weather had different plans.