Busy Busy Fall Sept 09

I thought I would borrow Marcie's idea of putting a picture of my busy schedule in as a visual as to why I'm such a slacker on my blog. Sadly, my camera is failing and I am having a very difficult time getting clear shots from it.

Here are some pictures of some of the great times we have had this month.

~Ivan and Debbie Young invited us to go spend Labor Day with them up at Lake Tahoe.~

We all had a wonderful time. It is truly amazing how beautiful it is up there. Thanks to Missy their daughter for taking all of these great pictures for us. There was a pretty fierce volleyball game going on between the young and the old. Some how Jake got on the "old" team.
Our cute, not so little, Maddie
Super Sam!

Mom and the little boys.

~I just had to throw this shot of my washing machine in.~
I came in the other day and this is where I found it. I really think it is time for a new one. It has managed to ruin my new wood floors with it's little dance.

~We were excited for Jake to make the high school soccer team this year.~
We only have a varsity team and he was disappointed last year when he didn't make it as a freshman. Thankfully that didn't hold him back this year. He is second string so he doesn't get a lot of playing time but it sure is fun to watch him when he does.
He is the one in the middle in the top photo and the one on the far left in the bottom photo.

Our high school's new artificial turf track and field.

The boys are very excited to get to play on it this year instead of their gopher infested practise field.
~On Sept 8th we received very sad news that a friend of ours, son had been killed in Iraq.~

We had known Thomas Lyons during his teenage years and it was such a shock to hear that he had died in a truck bombing in Iraq. There was a wonderful out pouring of love and support for his family both at church as well as in the community.

~I decided to get busy and clean out the garage finally.~

It's been over a year. When we did the remodel everything was just piled in there and it has been growing and growing out there. Now that we are getting ready to convert it into living space I decided I had better get it cleaned out. While out there the little boys had a great time making a car (I think) out of one the old boxes.

~Roger took time off so we could go to my cousin Dylan's wedding.~

It was suppose to be a couple get away for the two of us but what does he do when we get there?

Jump over some tracks and pull his calf muscles and tendons. He ended up staying in the hotel pretty much all day while I attended the wedding and other stuff going on. Poor thing. Thankfully he healed up pretty quickly. He was in a "boot" and crutches for a week and a half, then by two weeks was walking with out help.

~Maddie turns 13! ~

Madisyn received just what she wanted!

A new set of scriptures with a bag to carry them in.

~Jake's induction to National Honor Society ~

The proud Papa

As of right now Jake is first in his class academically. We are of course hoping he can keep it up and be valedictorian but he has very stiff competition, luckily she is pretty cute and he wants to impress her with his great academic prowess.

The proud Mama

What is with those shoes! Actually, he had already been at the school for soccer practise so he just quickly changed into dress clothes before the ceremony. I guess he forgot the dress shoes.

~The last fruit on the trees!~

Conference weekend we finally decided to pick the apples. An older lady in our ward told us that many apples don't get sweet until after the first frost. That certainly seems to be true with this tree. The fruit is amazing after the frost comes. I have been busy making apples sauce and pie filling with them. Roger and the kids have been enjoying them with their lunches.

The kids were not too excited to be out in the cold but if Dad could be out there with his bum leg they certainly could go help! It didn't take long for them to have fun anyway, Jake thought it would be great to play apple baseball.