Brad and Kade went hunting today. The mountains were beautiful they said but they didn’t find a deer. They made it home in time for dinner and for Kade to head to the last home football game of the season.
Luke had his first basketball game of the season tonight! He was so excited to play. The team played great and won!
Luke found an instruction book for different builds to do with his magnet blacks a few days ago. It has kept him busy! He’s built a lot of fun things with them. Today he built a ball! It was the trickiest build yet and broke twice after he built it but he kept trying and finally got it to work!
It gets so dark so early now. I’m just not a fan of daylight savings… but Ryder and Luke had the idea to watch a movie on the back patio tonight. Instead of setting up the projector they just took out the laptop, their minky blankets, and their hot pads and watched a movie together. They had a blast!
We had the elders over for dinner tonight. Elder Langston has left already but Elder Whalin came over with Elder Andersen. He used to serve in our ward and he actually goes home this weekend so it was really fun to see him one more time! Honestly my favorite thing about having the elders over is the great example they are for my kids. They’re the best!
Our Elders came over to say goodbye today because transfers are this week. We are so sad to be losing them both!! Kade especially has gotten along well with them and enjoyed knocking doors with them several times. They’re the best missionaries and we will miss them!
I know I’ve been grateful for safe travels so many times over the years but it always feels good to get home safely from a long road trip. Especially when it rains the whole drive like it did today. We hydroplaned more than I wanted to count but thankfully we stayed on the road and so did the cars around us.
We’re happy to be home and we’re so happy for the fun memories we made this weekend!
We got an early start today and headed straight to the BYU bookstore! The kids got to pick out a souvenir. Then we walked to the stadium and enjoyed some tailgating and cheering the players on as they walked into the stadium. The kids played games and got their faces painted. Ryder and Luke did a dead hang for over a minute to win earbuds and a speaker! We ran into friends from Montana and some old friends from dental school in Indiana. The game was good and we stayed dry and warm. We weren’t sure how much we’d get rained on but luckily it wasn’t bad at all.
After the game we walked down to high five the players as they walked around the stadium. Then we made the long walk across campus again. As we walked past the bell tower we noticed Cosmo so we stopped for pictures and had Cosmo sign the boys’ hats. They told us some players would be coming to ring the victory bell so we stayed and waited for that. One of the players ended up being Legend Galsker. It was exciting for the kids to meet him and ring the bell.
We took the kids to The Brick Oven for dinner. It was so delicious. And then we begged Brad to take us to the creamery one more time! It’s such good ice cream.
We drove by the new Provo temple that is still under construction and we drove by the MTC. We saw a lot of missionaries in classes together. Then we headed back to the hotel. We were all exhausted! But we had the best day.
We made the long drive down to Provo early this morning. The drive went pretty well! We stopped at Maverik for a soda, but the kids were disappointed to see that the soda machines were broken! We eventually found a Maverik with a working soda machine.
We definitely hit a lot of traffic in Utah but thankfully we still made it to Provo in time to have dinner and get to the volleyball game on time. The cougars played the utes and it was a closer game than we thought it would be but BYU won! The kids really enjoyed it. Ryder and Luke were pretty happy to make it in the big camera, get some free stuff, and see Jarom Jordan from Sports Nation. They also got to give Cosmo a high five. Luke says he’s never washing his hand again! 😂
After the game we caught some of the women’s soccer game and walked around campus. Then we ended up at the creamery for dessert. The ice cream was delicious!
It’s bitter sweet to be celebrating the end of Tenley’s freshman year of volleyball. She had a great coach, made a lot of good friends, and became a better volleyball player. But now it’s time for more sleep, more focus on school, and more family time!
It was crosstown again and they beat Great Falls High in 4 sets. They had such a great season!
I filled in at Brad’s office today. I missed being home with my boys a lot but I kept a close eye on them! They had a good workout this morning and got school and chores done! I’m proud of them for staying on task!
