September 29, 2015

Decorated for Halloween today.

 All done decorating.

September 28, 2015

Some soccer fields are better than others.  Tonight's was nice with green grass and mountains as a background.  Murray Park brought back some XC memories.  Kenzie ran hard there and Mason played hard there.  In and Out Burger always cheers Mason up.  Good evening with that boy despite a lame game. 

September 27, 2015

Watching the lunar eclipse (AKA blood moon) with the kids was totally cool.

D showed me a good talk - Neal A Maxwell, April 1978 GC, "The Women of God".

September 26, 2015

Sadie was the cutest and hardest working soccer girl today.  She was so fun to watch as she played so hard and took on girls twice her size and didn't back down.  She was  a defending machine.  Cute #2.

Also - President Uchtdorf's parable of Great Aunt Rose was fantastic during the Women's Meeting of GC.

Also - Mason cleans up nice.  He looked very handsome for homecoming.  Very handsome indeed.  I like the gray Nike shoes with his suit - nice touch.

September 25, 2015

D and I wandered around Brighton and Solitude taking in the amazing yellow.  We hiked to Twin Lakes and Lake Solitude.  Fun, I know.  We saw 5 deer (one that hung out right by us at Lake Solitude), a pika (way cool) and a moose (driving down the canyon).  My favorite part was the pika and the spot where D blew my mind and found a shortcut to Solitude where we found the most amazing scene with gorgeous yellow aspens and pines with yellow aspen leaves intermixed with the green and a path that lead right through it all and I glimpse of the blue, blue sky.  It was magical.

September 23, 2015

Good hike today up Battlecreek with Lorien and Sariah.  It's so nice to have ladies to hike with.  We hiked up 3.3 miles to the sign.  Funny the destinations we make for ourselves.  Almost 2 hours hiking up and 1.5 hours hiking down.  We saw some pretty red trees.  I love the echo up top.

September 22, 2015

Elder Scott passed away today.  I loved reading his talks.  He was an amazing disciple.  "Your joy in life depends upon your trust in Heavenly Father and His holy Son, your conviction that their plan of happiness truly can bring you joy.  Pondering their doctrine will let you enjoy the beauties of this earth and enrich your relationships with other."

September 21, 2015

Took the 3 girls to "Once I was a Beehive" movie tonight and we loved it.  Way fun movie. 

Also took the hiking ladies on a walk along a dirt path for a minute to Buffalo Peak.  It's a hard to call it a hike at only just over a mile RT but we went for the color and to take some pictures.

September 20, 2015

Read a good talk by President Benson title, "Beward of Pride".  Good talk and it reminded me of another talk I listened to by him that I liked even more titled, "Cleansing the Inner Vessel."  "To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts."

September 19, 2015

I'm already tired of soccer Saturday and just want to go hiking on September Saturday's.  That happens.  Crappy refs happened today at Mason's game.  Sometimes that really gets me going.  I mean I'm quite tolerant of somewhat bad reffing but the guy was way bad.  Ugh. 

(This picture was typical of the reffing - it's his, "he's so offside" gesture.)

September 17, 2015

Such a beautiful fall day.  The air is cool, the sun is in and out of the clouds, and it's just awesome.  A few worms even came to say hi.  And it was such a beautiful fall night.  A fantastic night to take in a BYU soccer game - especially on the 2nd row center field.

Also, Darren likes to eat his shakes and Frostys through a straw.

September 15, 2015

If you want to feel good, have your friend throw your daughter a shower and just let people come and hang out and talk to lots of people you know.  It's also fun.

September 13, 2015

I love that I can walk to church.  Even when meetings are at the Stake Center I can walk.  And I love walking to church.  Also, I love when I get to play with Mason.  Playing see how many times we can keep the little ball in the air with the tramp frisbee things was way fun.

September 11, 2015

I love seeing all the flags around.  Also, I love fresh peaches.  Also, I liked this quote from my run listen this morning, "The Prophet Joseph Smith taught, 'Friendship is one of hte grand fundamental principles of 'Mormonism''".  Also, "Ironically, you'll find that as you care less about what others think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves."  (From Neal Cox, BYU Speech, October 2014.)

September 9, 2015

Back to Logan.  This time for Mason's soccer game.  It's a good thing I got to see Kenz and a good thing I'm OK with mini road trips and a good thing I got to hang out with Mase.  (And a good thing they won.)  Otherwise it would have been lame to drive 4 hours for a soccer game on a weekday.

September 7, 2015

Just a good couple of hours spend at Bear Lake.  It was so cold and windy for 90% of the time but it was still just good.  Seeing Cam finally get to a beach with water was worth it.  She was the only one strong enough to brave the freezing water.  We played Bocce, kicked the soccer ball around, threw the fox tail, found sea shells, built a sand castle, played water baseball, sat on the sand, and just enjoyed the warm feeling inside from being all together.  Good couple of hours.  We need to try it again when it's a little warmer.  But still a really good couple of hours.

September 5, 2015

Good hike to Cuberant Lakes in the Uintas with D.  A little rain, a bit of hail, some sun, a few lakes, and lots of wind.  Phrase of the day from D, "Sippy bag."  Translated - hydration pack.  :)  I liked the green, the pine smell, and the trail covered in pine needles.

September 2, 2015

We watched some old home movie clips of when Cam was about 4.  She was so funny and we laughed and laughed.

September 1, 2015

Good Stake Standards night tonight.  Rylie rocked being on the youth panel.  "Keeping standards brings libery, confidence, and happiness."  I have my own path.  I do not need to hike someone else's trail.