October Happenings

Miles answered Morgan and they are going to Sadies together!  

Troy is in Singapore.

Ethan attended a BYU football game and hiked to the Y with the Tufts, they are sure good to put up with his goofiness : ).
Just the beautiful view as I head out on my walk one morning.

Ethan, Ana and I were home and everyone else was gone, so we headed out to the Movies on a Tuesday night and watched Hotel Transylvania 2.

Off to Texas over UEA to close on our house and visit the kids schools!  Exciting and nerve racking stuff.  We survived and have a house in Texas and Utah now.  The kids liked swimming in the pool, catching turtles in the pond and eating out.

Ethan has done a great job mowing and edging the lawn all to buy a turtle costume for Halloween?!?!?  Hmmm, yet it seems to be happy just like him.  Maybe a good fit and very roomy so maybe there will be future Halloweens in it.

Morgan had her orchestra concert Wednesday October 21st.  She is first chair in the viola section and did a wonderful job leading.  Beautiful.  Then she came home to find the turtle head... but with her orchestra blacks on she looks a little more like a snake!

Tanya and Victor

Ana had a tumbling sleepover this past weekend.  She had a lot of fun making pyramids and toilet paper mummies and balls.  I don't know that she ever went to sleep.  She came home saying she was going to mow the lawn and then I found her asleep on the couch, she took a good long 3 hour nap!  Too funny.

Weekend going ons

Yesterday we had lots of things going on after school. Extra tumbling meet & viola lesson. Victor & I we supposed to go to take the learners permit test but he did not show up after school, so that actually saved me a bit off running around. Grant had track & field & Tanya had an away game - didn't make it to either. High jump in Kearns & bball in Syracuse, opposite ends of the valley. But the best part of the evening was our dear friend Odie getting baptized. His bishop & stake president shared wonderful thoughts and testimonies. There was such a sweet spirit there and Odie just glowed. It was also nice to see Claudia & Angela and their families. Odie is such a great person, I truely hope he finds great joy through this choice.

So onto Saturday...
I got up at 6:30 to take Ana to tumbling. These competitions have been great for her, she definitely has been trying harder and doing better these past two months then the whole year that she has taken tumbling. Three hours later and a sixth place medal & we we home to start our day. Grant had a track met at the Olympic oval so we headed out. First time he was running the 200 meter. It started a little later than planned, but it was nice to sit and chat with him for a while before he ran. We then ran home & troy took boys for hamburgers & I went to Morgan's viola concert at the bountiful library. I love listening to her play. It's so calming and beautiful. We then picked up her friends to go hiking in the rain & mud with her, crazy. Tricia brought her kids (& pizza) by  to do she & my dad could go to president porters daughters wedding in slc. Out was great, all the kids went down to play in the basement. Lovely times, busy going ons, but lots of fun kind of day.

Tumbling comp

Ana had her second tumbling competition this morning. They are fun to watch but killer to wake up at 6:30 on a Saturday. And took 6th place today. Needs to practice sticking her landing. But her legs are much straighter, her overall form has improved so much in just a month.