Valley of the SUN

I truly am a warm weather person so any chance I get to visit Phoenix - I'm there! Hilary had a soccer tournament (in October) so my Mom, Calli, Andrew, Hilary and I made the LOOOOONG drive. We picked up Michelle and Em from their short flight to spend the last part of the trip with us.

Congrats to Avalanche for taking 2nd place in the 12 Year old division (they play up a year)!

Hilary played goalie most of the tournament. She only gave up one goal (no one could have stopped it). The one game she came out for a quarter she scored a goal - Nice Job Hill-Bill!

Thanks Mom for coming and helping me with the kids. I loved spending time with you.The highlight of the trip - MAKUTU'S ISLAND!
This place "Rocks". It is an indoor playground that looks like the jungle. It is full of mazes, slides, a small zip line and food of course. The best part about it is that s can participate in the fun.

Happy Anniversary Adam, thanks for the beautiful flowers!
I love you more and more every day.You can't go to Phoenix and not spend time with the cousins oh and SWIM!

Fall Shelf

Reflections - Winner!

Congratulations Hilary!

This is the picture Hilary entered into reflections at her school. The theme was "Wow" and her category was photography.

ReachThe beautiful trees reach to the sky, WOW!

PARK CITY, UTAH

Fall is in the air! In September we visited Park City for a weekend stay. We rode the Alpine Slide, the new Roller Coaster, ate Carmel Apples and just enjoyed the beauty of the mountains we live in.

I love to take pictures of flowers. This is one I took while we were in Park City. How beautiful!

I LOVE my kids!

Random shots of SILLY kids.

These pictures are what life is all about. I love to be a mother and see my kids having fun, being silly and just being kids.

Gremlin Football "Go Alta Grey"

What a great football season! I really enjoyed football this year. It was Marshall's second year as a gremlin so of course he had way more playing time. Marshall's team was 7-2 in the regular season. They made it to the playoffs and faced the two teams they lost to in the regular season. The first team they played was Bingham, they won 6-0. The championship game was against Grantsville. This team was unstoppable. They didn't lose a game all season AND they didn't get scored on all season. Alta had their work cut out for them. Well, unfortunately those stats for Grantsville stuck for the cahmpionship game but Alta Grey Gremlins played their hearts out. I would have been OK with a touchdown - forget the win. Marsahll was crushed after the game. We both sobbed. I am so proud of Marshall and I love that he is so passionate. Great Job Bubby!

The one thing that I love about Marshall and his sports is that he is always with his Dad. Adam is such a wonderful father and coach. So many parents tell me they want him to coach their child over and over again.

It is such a sweet relationship that Adam and Marshall have developed from sharing the experiences of being on a team, hard work, tired muscles, losing and winning. Marshall looks up to his Dad like he is the greatest person in the whole world. Thanks for all you do for our kids Adam. You are truly loved.

Halloween 2008

Halloween was so much fun this year. We started the morning off going to get Cruella and her puppies pictures taken at Inkley's - they turned out fabulous! We then went to the kid's school for the Halloween Parade.

It never ceases to amaze me how smart Calli really is. As we were walking in she saw a little boy that was her same age and said Hi to him. This is very normal for her. Then she started saying his name, "Hi Michael." His mom and I looked at each other in amazement. His name was Michael and when Calli took off her hat he knew who she was. About a half hour later we figured out that they are in Kindergarten together. Being a mother of a delayed child little things like this are cause for CELEBRATION. They recognized each other not in their regular environment. WOW, great job Calli and Michael.

After we left the parade Calli asked me why I didn't come to her school's parade?#*@? Confused I told her I didn't know about it. She felt sad when her mom wasn't there. WOW - I was so happy, she feels real feelings at the appropriate times. I was feeling horrible about the situation so I talked to the teacher about it, I was afraid I lost the note about it. I wasn't such a bad mom after all, parents weren't really invited.

We went to Grandma Faiths next to have some yummy lunch together from Zupas. It was great to visit with Grandma. She misses Grandpa so much. I wish I could spend more time with her.

Off to the Wentworth for trick or treating festivities and visiting Grandma Dona aka "Devil." (I dressed her up in my devil costume from last year!) Grandma Julie, Faith, Molly, Susan and Jeff met us there. My kids got so much candy they didn't need to go out again. But of course we did anyway. Grandma Nice came to help Curella chase the puppies around the neighborhood. What a work out. We didn't make it that far but Calli scored. At every house she would take a handfull of candy. Most everyone thought she was so cute - but not mom. After we were done, Our cousin "Cowgirl" Eliza came to visit. Well, how do you measure a successful Halloween? By weighing how much candy you accumulated... 7 lbs for Hilary, 3 lbs for Marshall and 21 lbs total for all the candy combined. This translates into 5 lbs of weight gain for mom!