Happy Birthday Dad

I just can't even imagine our lives without our Dad, the rock of our family.  Unceasingly working to provide and protect.  We are stable and happy because of him!

First Day of School 2018

The long-standing reward for Sariah finishing the Book of Mormon was getting her ears pierced.  This summer, she and I got serious and started the Book of Mormon over with the goal to finish by the end of summer.  We were super diligent but Sariah still had about 50 pages left the last Saturday before school started.  She plowed through the last 50 pages and got her ears pierced the Saturday afternoon before school started.  This was her first day of school (and last smile for awhile).

These three didn't even skip a beat headed back to school.  Phew!

Big Boy Fun

I was walking down the hall of Chiawana and saw this. 
Talmage is the second from the right on the back row.

I was holding back the tears as Talmage ran onto the field for the first game of his last season.  He has come so far in 4 years, being the freshman kid that walked onto the team having NEVER played football before.  We really couldn't be more proud of him sticking with something so challenging for very little play time.  I am so going to miss him and his fearlessness.

The last Saturday of September, Rhonda and Robert McBride took Talmage and Bryant rock climbing.  Apparently, they did a fantastic job and were key to helping everyone be successful that day.  Robert said he has taken a lot of athletic kids climbing and has never had one top Talmage as a rock climber.  Bryant was just as skilled, just not quite as tall as far as being able to reach the anchors.  Way to go boys!

Labor Day 2018

Dad and Kase had never hiked Badger before so we took the troops up the morning of Labor Day.

Afterwards we headed to "our beach."  I've never seen it so crowded, but the kids had fun anyway.

James being a good dad and getting all the way in the water.   It was a little cold for me.

The famous launches.

Football with the Uncles

Rex and Lyle could not get enough of football attention from Kase.  On their early out Wednesdays once school started, Kase would come and they would have "football practice."  They were super motivated to get their piano done every day!

All Together

While Kase was between jobs, he and Brielle spent some time in Washington.  The weekend that Jacob Jenks got married, Blaire and Kioa came up so the only one we were missing was Cole.  Being together really made me excited for the cruise.  Nothing like being with all my brothers and sisters!

Pretty cool except it was just seconds before Taneil broke her leg!!

New Friends

The last week of summer we headed to the Moses Lake waterpark with the girls that Sariah will be going to school with at Olds Junior High School this next year.  When they closed the park down because of smoke, Vard saved the day and we headed to the lake.  The girls had a great time!

Heidi and Sariah

Sariah watching her new friends.

Katherine, McKenzie, Sariah, Kyla, Kennedi, McKaddi, Heidi