Tristan Football Game vs Boise

Tonight Tristan's team played against Boise High School, and crushed them 48-6. It was a great game, and after last week's win over Mountain View (boo- no photos!), our Grizzlies are 2-0!

Court of Honor

The Scouts held their Court of Honor this evening, and it was nice to see all of the boys' hard work over the summer be awarded.

Hunter was presented his Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks, and he earned his Totin' Chip as well as 14 merit badges: Railroading, Environmental Science, Lifesaving, Rifle Shooting, Wood Carving, Sculpture, Swimming, Chess, Fingerprinting, Astronomy, Personal Management, Cooking, Personal Fitness, and Family Life.

Jasen was awarded his Silver and Second Bronze Eagle Palms. 

Tristan was also awarded his Second Bronze Eagle Palm.

Jamboree

Today we kicked off Hunter's football season at the Jamboree. This year his team has 11 returning players, and 9 new players. They've been practicing hard for 2 weeks, and it was nice to see them scrimmage another team. Even though they didn't win, they looked good and are excited for the season! It's also pretty cool that Hunter is playing center sometimes this season, and he reminds me of when Tristan was his age and played center :)

Back to School

The kids all went back to school today. This year is definitely bittersweet and full of firsts and emotions for me, since Brinley is by herself for the first time, Hunter has moved on to the middle school, and Tristan is in his last year. 

Brinley is a 3rd Grader at Prospect Elementary, and she is so excited to have Hunter's old teacher, Mr. Gentilman. 

Hunter is a 6th Grader at Heritage Middle School, and he cannot wait to take the STEM and engineering classes. He is also stoked to have been selected at a lunch worker, which means he gets free lunch and gets paid every day!

Jasen is a sophomore at Renaissance High School, and he is so proud to be driving himself! He also worked hard and took a class over the summer, so he is just a little bit closer to graduation. 

Tristan is now a senior at Rocky Mountain High School. He has also worked hard of the last few years, and earned enough credits to have release time each semester. He is still looking at and weighing all of his options for next year, but he is leaning toward mechanic school. Either way, we are very proud of him, and excited for his future!

Birthday

Happy Birthday Cahl! After a busy work and practice day, we celebrated with cake and gifts! Here's to a great year!

Fair

This afternoon Cahl and I decided to take just Hunter and Brinley to the Western Idaho State Fair. Jasen went later in the evening with a group of friends, and Tristan has plans to go with his friends in a few days. It was so much fun to watch them go on the rides together and walk through all the livestock barns. They especially loved meeting Harley- Idaho's biggest pig, and Idaho' smallest horse! The sky tram was also really cool, and totally worth it!

Dirt Bike

We bought a little dirt bike for my nephew, and Brinley was so excited to try it out. She had a blast zipping around the backyard until she crashed into the fence and garden boxes. But it didn't stop her from getting back on! Looks like we're going to need to keep and eye out for one her size :)

Hunter Scout Camp

Last night was the 11 Year Old scout campout up at Camp Morrison. Hunter was so excited to go, and even more excited that his best friend Dalton was able to go too. They had a ton of fun doing the classes, and loved the archery.

Black and Purple

Tonight was the Black and Purple- the kickoff of Tristan's football season. His school scrimmaged against 6 other schools, and they played well. It looks like we should have a great season ahead of us!

Bathroom

A few days ago as I was cleaning our master bathroom, I noticed the floor around the toilet was squishy, so Cahl tore it up to find that our toilet was not sealed properly on the pipe underneath it, and water had been leaking into the floor for who knows how long and rotting the wood. So out came half of the flooring, the insulation, and the pipe. It all got bleached and dried out, then replaced and painted. It was a pain in the butt, but i'm so happy that we caught it when we did, and it hadn't spread into or under the back wall or into the kitchen ceiling!

Lucky Peak Campout

The scouts headed up to Lucky Peak for their annual boating campout last night. They had a blast boating, kayaking, swimming and cliff jumping.

Education Week

This week while the kids were off at grandma's, I had the opportunity to spend a few days in Rexburg and attend Education Week at BYU-I with some girl friends. The classes were awesome, the company was awesome, and it was such a fun and much needed trip, and I'm so happy that I was able to go!

While I was away, Cahl kept himself busy doing an electrical project on the back patio. He installed a fan and 2 overhead lights on the patio cover, a new light by the door, an outlet for additional decorative lighting, and flood lights into the yard. It turned out awesome, and it just what we had been envisioning!