SOCCER!!

Soccer season ended just before Thanksgiving. Trevor and Ethan had great seasons! I had a great time watching them play my favorite sport!

Is it just me or does my 9 year old look like he is the size of an adult? If I told you he was 5 feet tall would you think that qualifies for tall enough to be an adult? When did THIS happen?

 

Being tall with long legs is helpful to reach the ball before others can.

 

Trevor on a breakaway...

 

 

 

to score!

 

Another breakaway sequence...

 

 

that ends in a goal!

 

Ethan going through the goalie...

 

 

 

 

to score!

 

Scoring again...

 

and again.

 

Ethan has real talent when it comes to going around his opponents.

 

 

 

 

 

Trevor and Ethan were happy to get their fun trophies! Brent tried to take a year off coaching, but ended up helping out Trevor's team because they needed an assistant coach. It is always fun to have that extra time with dad!

 

Ethan was lucky enough to get some FANTASTIC coaches who were perfect for him!

 

November Happenings

In November we...
earned spots on the honor roll at school.

 

went to Apple Hill for Veterans day with friends and a million other people. Kids played and mom stood in line for apple donuts. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

 

discovered we could see our self and make funny faces in pots and pans and giggled so cute that all our brothers joined in during dinner. Mom got the camera instead of getting after us about our manners at the dinner table.

 

 

enjoyed Ethan's artwork. Mom the robot, Dad the mummy, Cade the bank robber, Carson the cowboy, Trevor with a pistol and Ethan with swords. Hmmm....

 

Ethan earned his Bobcat in scouts and Trevor earned his Bear.

 

Ethan wrote about what "Caring, Giving and Service" means in class and read it out loud at the character awards assembly.

 

Ethan received his "Caring, Giving, and Service" award.

 

Ethan did his student council duties by helping with a relay at the awards assembly. (Yes, that would be cotton balls stuck to people's noses with Vaseline.)

 

and there is more to come on soccer season wrap up, Thanksgiving week, and Ethan's baptism!

Halloween

We celebrated Halloween early with a family theme. If you want to know more about this family and their amazing journey go to, http://mormon.org and order your free copy of the Book of Mormon.

 

Sam was woken from a short nap after a long day of soccer games to go to our trunk or treat at church. Can you tell?

 

 

 

 

Pumpkins carved by daddy again this year. No one wanted to try to carve them cause daddy is so good at it. Brent did these all in an hour to have them ready for our ward trunk or treat's centerpieces and pumpkin carving contest. And yes, he chose the green one from the pumpkin patch on purpose.

 

Bishop's Pumpkin Patch

We finally got to Bishop's pumpkin patch as a family on Friday! (With only a couple days left to carve our pumpkins we needed to pick them fast!) First stop was going to our friend's pony rides. Da Boyz love the ponies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmmmmm... You thinking what I'm thinking? Maybe I could get Brent to build me one of these in the backyard for time outs!

 

Carson is never without a big brother looking out for him.

 

CUTE boys!

 

LOVING the tires!

 

 

 

 

 

My 5 favorite boys!

 

Petting the animals...

 

 

 

 

 

Going on a hayride out to a beautiful pumpkin patch at sunset to pick our pumpkins! (Cade's face is painted from "scarecrow day" at school. He didn't want it washed off for the pumpkin patch.)

 

 

 

Happy Halloween!