Candy Apples

WE finally got to see Whitney and Gordon's house while we were in California, and it is awesome!  We all went over for dinner, and then the fun came.  Whitney made me make the candy for candy apples.  It all started off great, and they looked really cute, but we used the thermometer wrong, and cooked the candy mixture to long, resulting in a hard shell on the apples.  They still tasted good.  It was like having a sucker over the apple.  Now I know what to do next time. 

Disneyland

Instead of blogging our whole trip to California, which was so fun, I wanted to post these pictures of our two days at Disneyland.  It was so good to get back.  Carley was way into the princesses, Jensen loved, and remembered all his favorite rides, and getting a snake in adventure land, Tanner went on Indiana Jones for the first time, and made sure not to look into the eyes of the statue, Brynn loved any fast ride, and Braden loved his Turkey leg, and yes, it was good.  Whitney and Gordon joined us the second day, and they were very patient with us.  We all had a great time, and can't wait to go back again!!

We are so proud of Brynn.  She just finished her first big project in sewing class.  She has loved it, and is now making clothes for Carley and Jensen's stuffed animals.  

Fall Happenings

We had a fun week last week.  My mom and Jillian and her two kids came out to Utah for the week.  It was a little chilly, but beautiful.  We took the kids to Thanksgiving point, and to a lot of soccer games.  Carley rode a horse for the first time, and I accidentally erased all my video and pics of her, Jensen, and Berkeley trying to figure out my new camera.  Oh well.  My mom was great.  She babysat almost everyday.  I think we ate lunch and dinner out every day except for Sunday, we saw a movie in the middle of the day and felt like we were ditching school, and we got to go shopping in Salt Lake till our feet hurt and we were out of money.  Thanks Mom for spoiling us and giving us a break to remember that we are still girls.

Braden's soccer team made it all the way to State Cup finals, but lost in the last minute 3-2.  It was so close and we were so proud of him and his team.  It has been so fun to watch him and the other kids progress.  He literally dribbled through three players at the end of the game.  All the kids were good sports about going, as long as there were plenty of treats; and you'll notice, Jensen has a new obsession with leaves.  He thinks they are great, and is always picking them up and saying how beautiful they are.  It's pretty funny.

Unfortunately, I think fall is almost gone because it snowed yesterday. Yikes!!

Love your house!

I just wanted to give Whitney and Gordon props for a job well done.  I haven't seen it in person yet, but your home looks amazing, and am in awe that you guys did almost all of it yourselves.  That takes true patience, vision, and as I saw, a lot of RED BULL.  Can't wait to visit you guys.  I promise, my kids won't touch anything.

I don't have any fun pics right now, but wanted to give an update.  We are full swing into soccer and if we aren't an official soccer family I don't know what is.  I was lucky enough to find an old BYU soccer buddy at pre-school of all places, and she invited me to play on her indoor team.  The first two games have been painful; I'm not going to lie, but I am so looking forward to getting back into shape and doing something that I absolutely LOVE!!  Jon is playing on two indoor teams with old friends, and is coaching Tanner and Brynn's teams.  We are definitely the old people out on the field but we don't care; it's still fun.

Braden is loving his new club team and can't get enough.   When he's not with his team, he's outside practicing in the street.  Brynn is a goal-scoring crazy girl on her team, and usually gets called for an elbow to the side.  She has a lot of heart and hussle.  Tanner is hilarious to watch because he's always trying new moves out on the field, and actually pulls them off sometimes.  He's struggling a bit with listening to Jon, but hopefully will get used to it.  Jensen and Carley are good sports, as long as we have movies and sippies in the car, coloring books, and lots of snacks and treats at the games.  

Last Sat. Jon and I went on a date to the US/El Salvador game at the Real stadium.  The kids were mad that we didn't take them.  It was a world cup qualifier and was so fun!  We saw some friends there and had decent seats.  The only bad thing was getting beer thrown down at us and landing in our heads.  

So right now I don't have much to write about except for soccer.  Let's hope we don't all get burned out. NEVER!!!

I found my pictures

The camera was working this morning so I hurried and downloaded everything before it was too late.  Just the first day of school, Jensen on his new bike, and Carley's awesome hair.

I can't believe this.  I went to post pictures and the camera said "memory card error, no image".  I'm so mad!!!!!  I'm buying a new camera tomorrow!

I can't believe how soon we start school!!

I thought I would hate school starting on Aug. 20th which was also Jensen's birthday, but I was ready, and so were the kids.  They were anxious to get in and meet new people, and I was anxious to get them out of the house.  Not having a yard kind of limits us.  Jensen also started pre-school and learned on the first day that animals don't go to school.  He told everyone this.  the kid's school is huge with 1200 kids!  It is very nice though, and so far they like their teachers and we were impressed with how well things were organized.  There is also a law in Utah that the teachers are not allowed to ask for school supplies, it is all voluntary.  The kids had stuff waiting for them on their desks; this was different for us, so we saved some money.  

      For Jensen's birthday we went to McDonalds and had a little party.  He had a Diego cake, spongebob napkins and Micky Mouse plates and goody bags.  He picked everything out, and now that we don't have a McDonald's close by, this was a huge treat.  They had a great play place and all his Utah cousins came.  He got a new bike and still needs a lot of practice, and he got some games and toys.  It makes it so much fun for the mom when the kids get so excited!

We made it another week in Utah.  I've lost my momentum to unpack.  I feel like we can't do much more until we find out if we're staying in this house for good.  We met more people at church today.  So far, Brynn has the most girls age in the neighborhood so she is a happy girl.  Braden loves his soccer team and we go to his first tourn. this week.  I got to go to Urban outfitters and Anthropologie this weekend which made me a happy girl.  Jill and Whit you would love Gateway, the outside mall in salt lake.  Hope everyone is doing great.

Well we made it to Utah.  Last Thursday about 1 in the morning we drove in.  It has been a crazy three months.  Selling our house, twice, doing all the repairs, closing escrow, looking for a new house, having a rental fall through, finding a new house to rent, making an offer on that house, still waiting, going crazy not knowing if I should unpack everything or not, packing and more packing, unpacking, vacation, signing up for everything, and finally getting the internet hooked up today!  I promise now that we're far away my blogging attempts will be more heartfelt.  Hope everyone is doing well and I'll do my best to keep updated.