BSU

John and I are by no means true football fans.  But we do embrace our hometown team.  (Although I'm still a BYU fan as well and will be for life.) So last week when I got a call from my friend Brooke who's husband had been given 4 tickets to that nights game I was excited. 

 

Night out to BSU game, awesome. 

 FREE night out to BSU game, even better!!!

Firsts and Lasts

First: Ainsley had her first real paying babysitting job on October first.  During the Young Women in excellence program.  When all the Young Women were unavailable.  Lucky for her!  She watched 3 kids who were 8, 5, and 4.  She fed them, watched tv, lost a bean bag on the roof, and most importantly kept everyone alive and safe!  A true little babysitter in the making.

Last: I went on my last preschool pumpkin patch fieldtrip!  Emmie and I had a lot of fun.  Although I think she had the most fun with her friends.  I can't believe she will be in Kindergarten in less than a year!

Random

My kids (probably technically Owen) made paper boats. And floated them in the sink.  With bubbles.  And took pictures.  And I never even knew about it until I saw these pictures.  And that's all.

 

Conference Projects

While conference weekend was a pretty typical one for us (full of cinnamon rolls and watching conference) there were a few noteworthy events.  The missionaries ended up watching the first session with us and hanging out for a bit that day.  We've never done that before.  We now have a set of missionaries for every ward.  It feels completely weird to have that in Boise, Idaho.  I've never lived anywhere where the missionaries were so present.  It was actually nice having them here.  And the kids were pretty well behaved.  A win, win situation I'd say!

We also got some projects done.  We completed this puzzle.  I'm now going to be a conference and a Christmas time puzzler.  (A puzzler is my name for people that do puzzles.) 

And Owen got a great start on the Griffindor scarf he is knitting himself for his Halloween costume!  Yay Owen!

Volleyball

Ainsley decided she wanted to try volleyball this year. And since I love volleyball, I happily obliged.  I ended up being the assistant coach.  Mostly because I realized that when my children play a sport that I know and enjoy I become a little controlling and bossy and a little bit obnoxious.  It was really hard to keep my mouth quiet sometimes. 

I think Ainsley enjoyed it. I'm convinced she could be quite the volleyball player with some time and practice!  She is willing to try and learned a lot for her first attempt at the game.  Her team improved a lot over the season as well, although they still only won their first game.  Some of the teams they played had fourth and fifth graders serving overhand!  Crazy!  I think she wants to try it again in the spring.  So yay for me!  I might have a child come to love a sport I love as well! 

It's that time of year again.....

 The one time of year when I feel the need to make sugar cookies with orange frosting.