Fall Time

We love fall when it comes, the cool weather and the fun activities that go along with the season!  Brodyn enjoyed being on his competitive soccer team.  They practiced once a week and then had a game each Saturday!  I really think his skills have improved and he just loves being apart of a team!  He is very athletic and he does have a passion for sports!  We took a short trip to Old Ephraim's grave, it is a longer drive than I remembered, or maybe that's because I was quite pregnant and the bumps on the mountain trail were not comfortable.  It was cold and there was only one jacket for the kids, poor Emmy had a little skinny tank top on, while Sophie got the coat!  Dan was able to score a few free tickets to a couple of Aggie Football games.  Brodyn and Emmy each got a chance to go and be with dad.

Competitive Soccer!

We usually do rec soccer, but being a little frustrated with the lack of skill being taught, we decided to try competitive soccer.  One of Brodyn's friends dad decided to start up a new competitive team, they sent out flyers around at school, and Brody was so excited to go try-out for the team!  He made the team and they practiced all summer.  Now that it is fall the season is in full swing.  They have learned so much.  It's been a fun new thing to try! 

Bees!

Here is Brody goofing around after dad was out tending to the bees!  One of our hives out back got a little big, so they swarmed to the nearest tree!  Dan was able to gather them all back up and start up another hive, which is great!  We got 15 gallons of honey this year, yum yum!  We harvested this year in our garage.  It was hard keeping the bees out long enough to extract all the honey from their honey comb racks.  We had to plug the holes around the garage door with towels to keep them from coming in.  Dan was swatting and vacuuming them with the shop-vac.  Emmy was so distraught and upset they were killing the bees.  Dan has taught her that bee's aren't scary but nice and helpful.  She just loves the bees and she came running in with big tears in her eyes and told me they were killing and vacuuming them up.  She said..."All they want is their honey and they've worked so hard to make it, and daddy's just killing them!"  It was too cute!  Later that evening when the bees had returned to their hives, she ran out to the garage and opened the shop-vac to release all the bees so they could fly home!

Dan's Uintah Trip!

First Day of School!

This year was only great on the first day of school.  I was so excited to have school start, summer completely exhausted me, with being pregnant and having kids and kids at my house.  Two days a week I have Melissa's three kids, and then my two nephews and niece next door were always over at my house, plus all the neighbor kids.  Brody can't imagine a day without friends 24/7 in it that I was overwhelmed with extra kids.  I finally had to make Friday a no-friend day to get some relief and have time with just my little brood!  We did survive but I was all smiles when all those kids got onto the bus.  The first day of school was RED day for Emmy so thank heavens we actually owned something red to wear!  It was a Sunday dress!

14 Great Grandchildren and Counting!

 Nana is still with us and we love very much to be with her.  Emmy and Nana have a special kindred bond for each other.  They may have been best friends in the pre-existance, because they just adore each other.  Emmy pays more attention to Nana than any other great-grandchild.  It is such a special relationship, I love to watch it grow and grow!  Jeannine and Matt were up for the weekend so pictures were a must, but look at some of those grumpy kiddos!  It looks like we are missing Spencer in the pictures!

Mic and Danielle's Sealing in the SlC Temple!

 Mic and Danielle were sealed together in the Salt Lake Temple.  We had such a pleasant time walking around Temple Square and enjoying all there is to see.  It was such a great excuse to take the kids down and show them around.  We have only taken the kids a few other times, it was such a special afternoon.  My entire family was together except for Berry.  We had family pictures and ate at the Joseph Smith Memorial building which was just delicious!  What a beautiful day!  I only had my phone camera so the pictures are not the best but better than nothing I guess!