Bear Lake...

AAAHHH...Oh I love to go to Bear Lake. We go up every year in September with Steve's family and we stay in the condos up there. We play games, swim, golf, play on the beach and a lot of other things, but best of all...we all just get to relax! This year was a lot of fun and everyone was able to be there. Grandma and Grandpa, Greg and Paige, Us, Ben's family and Jennifer. We all have fun together and we laugh...Ben and Steve put on a comedy show for everyone...Lyndsie even played the guitar for us a little...and Kale made us laugh too ( his voice is sooo funny!) We all love to go to Bear Lake, it is a trip we look forward to every year!

Buying shakes

Minature golfing (Brinley won)

playing games like horseballs, football, and kickball

riding bikes

swimming
walking out to the lake at night up to our necks
then running back to the hot tub

staying up late

Sydnie...

Sydnie needs a couple of pats on her back...here's a shout out to her! She has been working so hard on a few things and has been doing a great job. For cheer, she set a goal to get a solid standing tuck and a cartwheel tuck. So she went out in the front lawn for weeks and practiced them over and over until she got em without even thinking about it. I am so proud of her for trying so hard, she worked on it for so many weeks, that our lawn is even wore out because she kept doing it in the same exact spot. Another thing that she is doing so good in is piano, I can't believe how amazing she is becoming! She played all summer long and now that September is here, she has started in with a new teacher and I think that she will love her and I think that this teacher will be able to help Syd find out how good she can be. I am excited for her! Sydnie is doing great in school and is trying hard there too! She is a hard worker and really, a lot is expected sometimes it seems. She is always so busy. Here are some pictures of Sydnie at Legacy at their first home volleyball game. Legacy vs. Westpoint.

Homecoming Week

Homecoming Week for Lyndsie is busy, busy, busy! How does she fit it all in...Powder Puff games, early morning practices, cheer meetings, decorating football player's doors, dinners, football games, assemblies, decorating, dances, the lists goes on! Even though it is crazy, I think that it is one of the funnest weeks ever! Lyndsie participated in the Powder Puff game where the Junior girls play against the Senior girls in a football game. They take it pretty serious with practices and a coaching staff and such! Pretty funny...the juniors won!

The actual Homecoming game was so fun...Clearfield won and it was a great game against Roy...Go Falcons. On the first touchdown, the fans let balloons go and the cheerleaders did their traditional pushups! It was a fun night for everyone...Steve got to drive a convertable car for royalty so Sam and Wyatt was able to ride in one of those cars, they thought that was so cool! I wish that I had gotten a picture of that...darn it. There was definately a lot of excitement in the air and I was so glad that Clearfield won, I think that Clearfield deserves it! It's a great school and most everyone there works hard to make it a great school!

The Homecoming Dance was a success too. Lyndsie had a great time! She looked so beautiful and Darren looked handsome. They went with a fun group and there were a lot of them and they were all good friends! Wow...what a week!

Powder Puff Game

Homecoming Game

The Homecoming Dance

Nine Eleven

Patriot Day for me started out with an assembly at Clearfield High School for Homecoming. They started the assembly with a moment of silence and I was impressed with the respect that the students gave during this time, the auditorium was completely silent for about 30 seconds. It gave me the chills. Eight years ago, the morning of Semptember 11, I remember waking up to the news in horror and confusion and after I had gotten Lyndsie and Sydnie off to school, we were all outside to wish Jennifer Ence a Happy Birthday! We were all in shock, crying and devastated over what we were discovering. What a sad, sad event...something that has changed our lives forever...escepcially our children. A few weeks later, we had a trip planned for disneyland and I remember being in the airport waiting for our plane and Sydnie kept asking me over and over

"Mom, do you think that our pilot is nice?"

What a simple question, but the meaning of it was huge, she was scared to death to get on the plane. They have true fears and most of the time, they just don't know how to show them. She was only 6 and that was how she was dealing with things...she just needed to know that her pilot was a nice one and wasn't going to fly our plane into a building. If 9/11 would have never happened, that question would not have been on her mind at all that day in the airport.