Snow!

We had a snow storm a couple weeks ago.  The kids were so excited! Dawson and Easton would go out and play before school in the morning.  And then they'd play several more times later that day. One day I counted 5 times that I had to put Easton's snow clothes on and off him.  I watched them thru the window one of those mornings and it made me so happy to see how excited they were to be able to play in snow.  All those years living in texas, I wished my boys could see snow... play in snow...  do snow things...  and now they can.  It's so fun to watch them get this experience.  The snow has since melted and we are enjoying beautiful fall days.  The kids are looking forward to the next snow storm.

he loves baseball...

Easton and I had a little mommy / son date one afternoon while the other boys were in school.  He got to choose what we would do.  He wanted to play baseball.

ice skating with their friends...

 so much fun!!!

Flag Football - QB

Dawson had a really fun season of flag football this year.  Aaron (assistant coach) and Max (head coach) put the team together.  Lots of boys from our ward played on the team which made it so fun to get to know those families better.  Dawson was awesome at quarterback and played that position all season.  He has a great arm and threw some really amazing passes this year.

Go Patriots!

Dallon just finished up his first season playing with his new middle school team, the Patriots.  It was so fun to watch his team spirit grow as the season progressed.  When summer came to an end Dallon was dreading school.  I tried to get him excited about going back to school by talking about football and how it would be fun to be a part of the team and make new friends... it didn't work.  April and May of last year as the new kid in middle school were really rough.  He had no friends and hated it.  He missed everything he had in San Antonio.  During the summer we were very involved in church activities and he was getting to know the boys his age.  I was hopeful that those new friendships would help him get thru the next school year.  When school started Dallon was quickly taken in by some awesome boys in our ward that he had gotten to know over the summertime thru the young mens / scouting program.  Two of these boys were also on the football team with Dallon too.  He was excited about having friends to sit with at lunch.  And football was much more fun knowing a couple of the boys on the team.  Those friendships continued to grow throughout the season and Dallon's school spirit did too!  I can't tell you how exciting it was to see him be excited about school, about football, about new friends.  It was like a big weight was lifted for me.  My heart has worried about Dallon so much since making the move.  He was so unhappy and I hoped and prayed he would get thru it and be happy again.  I know he will be ok now.  He has friends here now.  He is hanging out with them on the weekends and having fun.  They are good kids from church and I am so grateful.

His 2 good friends here...  #18 Caleb, and #5 Ben (both pictured above with Dallon)

camping and fishing in the mountains

It's been great to be living near the mountains again.  We've had fun fishing and camping in the mountains this past summer.  We love to get out and explore around camp...  hiking around to see what we can find.  And we found a fun new place to fish too.