Flippin Fast Fresh!!!!

Well today Thomas proved what an awesome swimmer he is! It was his first Woods Cross High swim meet. They are only allowed to swim 2 events and 2 relays. I think both of his relay teams came in second and in the 200 IM he came in second, a big Senior kid from Tooele beat him (but not by much). He then swam the 500 free and actually lapped everyone in the pool. He finished first by over 30seconds, it was awesome! Not bad for a little Freshman! After he beat everyone so badly in the 500, one of the mom's leaned over and asked me what I feed him to make him go so fast. He works SO hard and SO much that it is fun to see him do well. I guess all those 5:30 a.m practices are paying off.

Long time no Blog!

Life has been incredibly hectic this month, but what's new right. We have had a lot of fun but things have been super busy.
I was in charge of our ward's "Souper Saturday" which took up most of my time this month. On Mondays I pretty much do nothing but sit at the computer and wait for my missionary to email. Mitchell's best friends mom said it best when she said it is like being paralyzed, you can't get up from the computer until you get that e mail!
Mitch is doing AWESOME if you haven't yet be sure to check out his blog HERE.
Thomas started his high school swimming career. His first meet was in Tooele last week, if you can call it a meet. It was a relay meet to kick off the season. It consisted of a bunch of relays, most of which were silly ones they never swim in a real meet. Needless to say Mr. serious swimmer was not amused. He is ready to swim and compete and he is not used to goofing off, when it comes to swimming that is. He can test his hard work this Thursday at the first "real" meet of the season.
Jacob has been busy with friends and school and dentist visits. He had to have a muscle cut on the inside of his upper teeth that ran between his two front teeth ( not a fun day- see picture) and one small cavity filled.
Maddi has been busy with school and the dance and work. But good news for her, she is 17 and still hasn't had a cavity! The day of her dance where we had dinner here was also the day of "Souper Saturday" so that day was INSANE!!! She also took the ACT test that day as well because we thought it would be fun to fit in one more activity that day ha ha!. She is trying to decide which college to choose and wanted to bump up her ACT score by taking it again, mostly I think she just wanted to beat Mitchell's score!
Kevin has been crazy busy with work and school, only 2 more months until he is finished. WAHOO!!! So that's our life in a nutshell.
Apologies to all of our Parents that have not heard anything from us lately we are still alive and still love you! Soooo sit down, grab a drink and lets catch up.......................

Crazy Boys

We have the cutest little boys that just moved in next door and now we always seem to have a gang of little pirates or superheros or spies, depending on the day. Thomas went out the other day to see what they were doing and spent a while being roped in to their game. Maddi was ready with her camera...awesome!

Early Halloween

Here is a sneak peek at Jakes costume. He had a friends Halloween party last Friday so he got to try out his costume. He didn't want to put the white face paint on ( he probably won't on Halloween night either, he hates stuff on his face). He is super excited to go trick or treating and just went to the dentist to have a cavity filled so he is ready to make more, bring on the candy!

Happy Birthday to the BEST!!!

I can't forget to mention Kevin had a birthday this month too! We are so lucky to have the best, hardest working, funniest Dad in the world!

Sadies

Maddi went to Sadies this last weekend. Her group dressed in T shirts. The boys had a super hero on the front and the girls were the superhero girlfriend. Maddi and her date were Spiderman and Mary Jane. They went to the Zoo during the day and then back to our house for dinner and then on to the dance. The next day...flowers from the boy she took!

Mini golf and Pumpkin Patch

We have an awesome site where we can buy half off coupons to restaurants and fun things and the deal of the day a while back was mini golf at Scary Hill ( Cherry Hill). We decided to go use the coupons to enjoy one of the last Utah weekends with awesome weather. It was fun to golf and then we went and did the batting cages. They are built for bigger people and it was the first time Jake had been to a batting cage so he got a little frustrated because he is used to smacking the baseball! But he made up for it on the rock climbing wall, he made it all the way to the top, what a little climber! After Scary Hill we went to the pumpkin patch to pick out the best pumpkins for the front porch. Thomas always scouts around for the biggest one he can find. Along the way he found the perfect pumpkin and raised it over his head, he is so funny. He ended up with a big one in the end.