The other day I was working inside my house when I heard a huge thud
outside. I knew that sound all too well... it had to be my trashcan. So of course I went right out to check things out and sure enough I found
this guy having some lunch in my yard...
I stayed out there watching him for a very long time. I'm always in awe.
I sent my dad some footage right away. I knew he'd appreciate the moment. And while he did, he also gave me a firm talking to. oops :)
...those were just some pictures of Kate. And these are just some pictures of General Conference fun...
And some of Dylan...
...he hurt is foot bad enough one day that even daddy thought he should get an x-ray (it was fine though). And he had pirate day at school.
Clay went to a BYU game where they gave away these shirts...
...and PJ was pretty sure he needed one. Since they weren't selling them Clay was nice enough to mail his to PJ.
Some more beach time...
Some mornings you just give em what they want because they are too cute
and it isn't worth the fight. So... peanut butter, chocolate,
marshmallow sandwich coming right up!! Don't judge... at least there is
protein in there somewhere.
Oops, and sometimes they get to go to a Med Group Spouses lunch with you and you give them the hugest piece of chocolate cake they've ever seen and they do an amazing job eating it all by themselves...
Its only the middle of October. We walked out the door to go to the bus stop in the morning and Kate says
its freezing its so cold and she wants to go home. Mind you, she has
pants and a jacket on. Oh, and it's a gorgeous 64 degrees outside. She
was so upset about how "freezing" it was she wouldn't even let me take a
grumpy picture of her. She has no idea what freezing is...
Kate has really been interested in the mail lately and is struggling with why none of it is ever for her. So she wrote a letter to Gramma Peper, who then sent her a package in return...
And all the kids have been getting fun mail from their Different Grandma too!...
This is the crew I just spent an entire night waiting on and cleaning up
after. Three out of my 4 quite apparently had a stomach bug. I mentioned on FaceBook/Instagram that I felt like
I deserve an award for making it through the night... or at least a
donut and diet coke to get me through the rest of my fun day...
And I should have known that if I said that the presents would start arriving because I am blessed with the best friends in the whole world...
...friends who knew I wasn't kidding
when I said I was going to need a little something and so they
delivered all of my favorites. But not only that... they also knew what responsibilities I had to get done that day (without me bringing it up) and insisted on doing it for me...
which was such a relief since our day didn't go much better then our
night.
Preston got to have a day "off" work to support the Tyndall First Sergeants Operation Warmheart Golf Tournament. He was a good boy and took pictures by the holes the TOSC and Rockwell Watches sponsored (he asked Travis if his company was interested in sponsoring a hole/prize and they graciously said yes).
Kate and I decided to celebrate the first day of fall (September 23rd) at the pool...
...sadly its closed now. I just don't understand why.
Doesn't everybody's seat look like this as they watch shows at night??
Man Primary keeps me busy. Multitasking at its finest. Hubby went to
bed hours ago...
The night before the boys had gotten in trouble for staying up too late
messing around with each other. So the following night they were put to
bed and told that there was to be NO talking. Dylan started sobbing.
When asked why he said (through tears), "But dad, I just want to hear
how my brothers day was...." melt my heart. Love that they are best
buds ♡
These two are getting the school year started on the fast track - both
placed in the quarterly mile run for PE. Must get that from their
mom... oh wait, who am I kidding, we all know it's their dad but I'm perfectly okay with that!!
She loves all the cute little froggies in our yard. She thinks they are
hers. They are the closest thing she will get to a pet so I'll let
her keep thinking that.
Another month. Another trip to Orlando. The girls were having fun together in the car...
Months ago we learned that BYU would be playing a football game against FSU in Orlando. So of course we bought tickets right away - along with a bunch of our friends from the Branch. We booked a condo to share with the Youngs. Originally only PJ was going to go to the game because I was obviously going to have to watch the kids at the hotel. But Cyndee so graciously offered to stay with all the kids so I could go to the game... and I didn't hesitate to say OKAY!
It was fun to be at a game again. In the end we may have lost. But I still think it was a good game. We went from losing, to catching up, to beating them, to letting them tie us, to going to overtime, to then losing at the last minute. It definitely wasn't a boring game to watch that's for sure!
The game was Thursday night at 7:30pm. So we had driven down to Orlando on Wednesday night after work. We spent Thursday hanging out at the resort, relaxing and enjoying the weather. The kids may or may not have talked dad into letting them have pop for breakfast (?!?) whatever we were on vacation.
Friday we swam and relaxed again in the morning. Then we hit up Downtown Disney for a little fun and then we introduced the Youngs to Chevy's for lunch. Friday night Preston stayed with the kids at the condo while Cyndee, Steve, and I did a session at the Temple.
Saturday morning Cyndee and I hit the pool again with the younger kids while Preston and Steve took Cade and Blake to do baptisms at the Temple. Then they joined us at the pool before we had to check out.
I had just bought myself a new toy... a waterproof, sandproof, shockproof camera (should have bought it years ago). So we experimented with it...
Saturday after we checked out we hit up IKEA and then headed home. After a wonderful 3 days on vacation it was so nice to come home and still have another 2 days to chill because Monday was the Columbus Day holiday.
