Camping!

This has got to be the most spontaneous camping trip ever!!! Brinley had a soccer game early in the morning and then Sam had a football game at 12:45 and then after that is when we decided for sure that yep we would go camping for the night! We came home, Steve had a meeting with the Bishopric and we started to pack while he was gone, called the Page brothers to see if they wanted to come because they had mentioned that they had wanted to if we went, and then we were off. We drove up past Grandma's, luckily we found a spot and started to set up camp. We even brought Roxy with us this time and she was as happy as can be! So happy, she had to say hello to everyone that passed the camp site! HOW annoying is that! We were shushing her all day and night! We had Lyndsie start us up a fire and she got the biggest logs possible and then decided we better have someone else start it! :)

We had a great time...we went for walks with Roxy, played in the river (even Roxy got in the water...she went under like a cannon ball though and hated every minute of it), we went exploring, Allen and Brent went tubing, and we sat around the camp fire and talked and told stories! We were so glad that Brent and Allen went with us because they make us laugh and they entertain us so much! It was a great spontaneous camping trip! Even though we only had time to go for one night, it was worth it and you can fit a lot of fun into one over nighter!

A New Legacy...

The Opening Assemby at Legacy Jr. High was so fun to watch! What a great year these students are going to have here at this brand new school! Sydnie did a great job, the other cheerleaders did a great job, the student body officers did a great job, everyone seemed to be having a great time. Everyone seemed to be happy and the best part is that it wasn't crowded and it didn't take all morning for them to load the gym with kids like at Syracuse jr. high. What a fun morning! The Stadium Dance was the best part...(besides Sydnie performing) I loved watching all of the kids come together and dance! It was so cool!

Lost Pigeon!

We have got ourselves a new friend. This little grey pigeon has been hanging around our house all weekend long. Then today when I came home from getting groceries and was bringing them in through the front door, and the dang thing scared me half to death! It was just perched right by the front door just watching me bring in the groceries for about a half an hour, not the least bit nervous of me going in and out. I saw Shayla Cook drive by and asked her if they were missing a pigeon because we had one that seemed lost and was trying to find a new home. She had Colten come and capture it and take it home so it could make some different friends other than the Adams!

Bowling! Yea!

I wasn't going to bowl this year...I thought that it would be best if I saved that money instead. I let time go by though and didn't find someone to take my place. Well Kim called me and told me that it was bowling today at 9:00 and I said that I thought that we had a couple more weeks. Oh well, I guess I will be bowling then. I am somewhat glad that I didn't find someone in time because I do love it and I do love my team! It is so much fun...and how can the "Most Improved" player not come back and give it another go? It is a time when we can laugh, eat junk, exercise!, catch up on each other's week, and laugh some more. I just love it. Go Pick Up Chicks...lets show them what we've got this year!

First Day of School

Everything is starting new! Another school year...I can't believe it! Lyndsie is a junior at Clearfield and Sydnie is a freshman at the new Legacy Jr. High. I take their pictures every year on the first day of school, but as they are getting older, it is getting harder. I almost had to get angry with Sydnie because all she could say is "this is so stupid" or "Oh mom, a car is coming!" I got one though, but only one. I hate the first day of school because the house is always so quiet and I always have a little bit of a sadness come over me. I don't like how fast time goes by and starting each new school year is just another reminder of how fast time does go by! I miss them when they are gone.

First Game of the Season

Sam's first game of the season was up in Bear River and it was an exciting day. We definately felt a little nervous all day and when we got up there and saw the size of some of those boys, I just about died. Sam is tall, but those farm boys from up there are big and they know how to play football. I loved watching our little team though. It took them a while to get the feel of the game. Only 3 of them have played before so it took about the first half for them to get used to things...but by the second half, they were doing pretty good! I was proud of them even though the score was 40-0. Sam had a great time. He played his hardest and did a great job! He had some great plays and when he got in the car he said to Steve, "Dad, did you see me sack the Quarter Back?"

The Jerseys are HERE!

Finally, the jerserys made it. Sam thought that they were never going to!

The First Field Trip of the Year

I signed up to be a helper for Sam's first field trip. It was a walking field trip to the Linda Vista Park where the Book Mobile is. It was great! The Book Mobile had different activities where the kids would rotate from station to station. They had crafts, puzzles, animals that they could pet, books that they could check out and popsicles to eat. It was a long field trip and by the time it was over I was ready for a nap!

Before the field trip started, I was in the room looking at some papers that all of the kids had filled out and on them they had put their favorite things and such and a long with that was their best friend. One kid named Austin (who is on Sam's football team) had put that his best friend was Sam. I thought that was so nice. Well when I got the paper that said all of the names that I was in charge of for the field trip, Austin was on there so I asked Sam to point him out to me so I could gather up my group. Sam went over to a boy and asked him "Um, is your name Austin?" Steph and I laughed, how funny it was that Austin had put Sam down as his best friend and Sam didn't even know who Austin was. He really did though...he knew he liked to have fun with him out on the play ground every day, just didn't ever think to ask what his name was! Haha!!

(Thanks Steph for the pictures!)

What would we do without our neighbors?

Sunday evenings in the summer are the best...this is when the neighbors all meet to visit and the kids all play. Today the famous Page brothers came over and painted Sam's bike wheels silver and gold (Sam thought that it was so cool), we made cookies, did each other's hair in extentions and visited with anyone who passed by. It is great fun and every Sunday all of us just watch to see which family goes out first and then the rest soon join in and it becomes this big party! I love it and I love my neighbors!

A Great Visit

On our way home from Jackson Hole, Christie and I stopped in to visit my Grandma! She was happy to see us and asked us about our weekend. She asked us "Why in the &$@! did we have to go that far to find fun?" and "What fun is there to do in Jackson Hole anyways?" Even though it was nice to be with my mom and sister and Tami...I had to agree with my Grandma. She always knows just how to put things! Jackson Hole isn't that fun of a place when you have been there before, all of the shops look the same and there really isn't anywhere to eat and just like Grandma said, it is a LONG drive!

While visiting with Grandma, she showed us some of the things that she has been working on. I am amazed at the perfect stitches that she is still able to make! She still does such beautiful work...and this is not all that she is working on. She found some old quilt blocks that were about 16X16 in size with a lot of stitching on them that needs to be finished so she plans on finishing them and making a table runner. She's just amazing!

Grandma is 96 and will turn 97 in November...she is doing so good!

The first day of school...

Oh man...I can't believe that it is already here! Things are changing around our house now...we cannot stay up until 11 anymore, we have got to be back on a schedule, and we cannot play all day every day! Yep, things are going to change! It is time to pull in the reins! Brinley is going into the 6th grade and her teacher is Mrs. Petersen. We are so excited to have her again! Sam is going into the 2nd grade and he has Mrs. Katie Bills for a teacher. Both of them came home today with great big smiles...they loved their first day of school!