Taggart's Soccer Season

Tag finished up his fall season. His team tied one game and then won the rest so they were 1st in their division. He has struggled with his coach this season. The coach is well known and really successful but he is a yeller. He doesn't say enough positive things and so Tag feels like he's being torn down every practice and game and not being built back up. He is nervous that if he makes a mistake he will get chewed apart. So he's committed to this team til end of May but hopefully we can find a different team for him after that.

Whenever a La Roca team plays a La Roca team they take a picture. So this is from a game this season.

Fall Break

Fall break started off with a sleep in day. James then went to McKay's for breakfast with his friends. 

We went to Provo Beach Resort Resort around noon. The flow rider was full so we went bowling first. We had to split lanes so we got a picture of each group bowling.

Kade came to check out our lane.

Cuties!

We did the flow rider after bowling. I only have video from that. We all changed into swimsuits and I realized I didn't have my swimsuit bottoms. So I was going to sit out but I was really sad about it. I looked on the Riverwoods directory and saw a swim shop nearby. I walked over to it, found some swim bottoms, bought them and ran back. I was able to change and only ten minutes had passed. I still had plenty of time to do the Flow Rider. I love doing to boogie board. James and Marshall surfed and the rest of us did the boogie board. 

We went to lunch at Costa Vida after. Then the boys and girls split up. The girls left to Heber and the boys prepared for hunting.

We went to Wigglish with my parents and Grace. 

Then to Dairy Keen for dinner, yum!

We had a fun movie night where we watched Father of the Bride 1 & 2. It was fun watching it with my girls, Grace and my Dad. We laughed so much!

We went to bed late that night. Sienna got tucked in with Mr. and Mrs. Peter rabbit.

Friday was a wet and cold day. I went running that morning on my favorite route up Lindsey's Hill. 

We met Betsy in Park City for lunch and shopping. We ate at Zao and then shopped at the stores around there and the Outlets. My girls each picked out some winter clothes. 

Taking a break at Home Goods. 

That night we had to head back home because Lynnlee was babysitting for a family she normally babysits for. She hadn't been able to babysit for them a few times in a row so when they asked her again she really wanted to. We made it work with our fall break plans. Marshall, James, and Tag were hunting and Kade was home because he had a soccer game on Saturday he didn't want to miss. So that night Kade and I hung out. Saturday morning I took Kade to his game. Then once it finished, Kade, the girls and I went back to Heber. We hung out and had pizza that night. Marshall, James and Tag got back from hunting later and stayed with us at my parent's. Sunday we all went to church with my parents. They are serving in the Spanish ward now so that was a fun experience. I'm trying to learn Spanish so it was a good check for me. James and Lynnlee are taking Spanish so they really liked it and James said he understood a lot in Sunday School. Tag and Sienna were nervous to go to primary but it ended up going really well and they were glad they went. 

Sunday we took it easy and played games. Ali's family came up for dinner and hanging out. Drew got to stay over with us.

We enjoyed walking around Cobblestone.

Monday morning James and Marshall left early to go hunting again. The others slept in and I went running. 

My parents took all of the kids to get donuts and chocolate milk for breakfast. The kids loved it!!

We hung around and the kids played croquet. We headed back home after lunch. Marshall and James hunted all day and then came back for James's soccer. They didn't have any luck.

Football Concessions

XC was in charge of the football concessions. I haven't been able to help as much with XC dinners so I made sure to help in the concession stand. Marshall came too for a little bit in-between taking kids places. The theme of the game was Western wear so James dressed up. He came and found me so I made sure to get a picture.

Books and Buddies

Fifth grade books and buddies was on Wednesday from 8:15-8:45. The minis get to choose who else go besides me. They wanted favorite Aunt Babs! I'm pretty sure Aunt Babs was the only one who went last year because I ended up working and couldn't get out of it. 

It was fun being there and reading together. Everyone got a cookie while we read to each other.

It's a quick activity but fun to see their class and be at the school with them.
 

James XC: Divisionals

James did race at region because his coach wanted to let some of the seniors run which was fine with James because he had already qualified for state. He did get to run Divisionals at Lakeside Park.

Cam's family came to cheer him on. 

He had a great race! His time improved.

Lynnlee at Imagine Dragons

Imagine Dragons came to SLC. We all wanted to go but there was too much going on. Grace mentioned she wanted to go a second night. She went one of the other nights. Lynnlee asked her if she would take her. Grace agreed and then we asked Ali to see if Drew could go. He was able to go too. Huge thanks to Grace for picking both of them up, stopping for dinner and then going to the concert. Lynnlee had a great night! The weather was really nice too for October.

Her friend Hannah was there too!

Marshall and James: Indoor Soccer Team

Marshall has been playing indoor soccer since we were first married. Now that James is 16-years-old he can play too. They formed a team with James's teammates and Marshall, Cam, and some of the dads. They play every Thursday night. Good memories for them!

This picture was taken at the end of their first season and they won the championship!

Northern Lights and a Comet

 There were two nights when the northern lights could be seen between 10:00-2:00. I saw them around 11:00 both nights. I wanted to wake up around 1:00am but I slept through my alarm. 

The second night had some purples and blues.

It is really hard to see the comet but it is right above the houses. It was seen right after sunset just above the mountains for about a week. 

Old Pictures

When we were at my parent's house for general conference my dad pulled out a box of old pictures. There were pictures of my house in Daniel where I grew up. I wanted to post them here so I can show my kids and their kids what my house looked like. It is no longer there so I can't show them in real life. 

One time we had rolls of carpet in the garage and I remembered it being unrolled and I took the radio in there and danced around what felt like for hours. 

The living room was to the right when you walked in the front door. I spent time in there playing the piano, napping, and reading books. It is the room where we set up the Christmas tree so I have lots of good memories of Christmas mornings, sleeping around the Christmas tree leading up to Christmas, and decorating the Christmas tree. It was a nice large room so it was perfect for the home teachers or visiting with anyone who came over.

My room was upstairs and the window looked down to the front porch. Ali and I shared a room for the majority of growing up. Charlie's room was next to us. We had a lot of fun playing Legos together and going back and forth between rooms when we were suppose to be going to bed. 

The basement had a large theater room that was fun for movies of course but also playing with friends, listening to music and walking on the treadmill. Lots of good memories with my family in that room. 

The kitchen and family room were to the left when you walked in the front door. I always liked that they were separated from the front door. I haven't liked houses where the front door opens immediately into the kitchen/family room. 

The dining room window looked out to the front porch so it was funny if someone came to the door while we were all at the dining table. We all had our spots at the dining table. The big kids on one side and the little kids on the other side with my mom and dad on the ends. I loved the pass through window from the dining room to the kitchen. We lots of guests over for dinner growing up so we had a lot of fun dinners in the dining room. 

The house was off the road in the middle of fields. We snowmobiled all around. I loved mowing the fields with the sit down lawn mower. The driveway was long and so fun to roller blade up and down. We had a really fun tree house in a tree next to the driveway. At some point we even had a zip line from the tree house to a telephone pole. It was pretty awesome!

I loved sitting on the deck at night. We got to sleep on the deck. Sometimes we would go to sleep on the deck, get too cold and end up back in our beds. 

I have so many great memories from this house. We also had a detached garage/shop and I have lots of great memories playing in there. 

General Conference Weekend

 General Conference weekend is always eagerly anticipated. The talks are amazing and then the treats and yummy meals are a bonus. Betsy joined us for the Saturday night session. We had pizza and made caramel apples. Yum! It was a fun night!!

Sienna's 😀

Sunday we went to Wes's baby blessing. This is a random picture of Sienna that one of her cousin's took. It turned out so nice so I included it in this post.

We enjoyed Sunday morning session after the baby blessing and yummy breakfast.

We went to Heber for the afternoon session and dinner. Kade, Tag, and Sienna were laughing really hard at dinner so I took pictures because I love their smiles when they laugh.