Decisions, Decisions, Decisions, Decisions.........

I remember when Aub was in preschool in CA and they took field trips to the pumpkin patch and I thought, "why on earth would you spend a field trip at a pumpkin patch?" Over the years as I've become wiser and more observant: It's like searching for the Holy Grail. Which one is the perfect one? And there has to be hundreds of them to inspect and to make such an important decision takes TIME!!! To add to the fun, this year the owner (who must be about 100) sat grumpily telling the kids "don't pick them up, if you drop it, you pay for it", "don't pull those wagons too fast or down that little incline", "don't step on them" and other encouraging phrases. In past years, there's been teenagers sitting bored and not even acknowledging our existence until it's time to pay. I prefer the teenagers myself. We are now officially decorated for Halloween. And we look forward to the marathon carving and decision making for the perfect Jack O'lantern face.

Mountain Shack Fun

Last Saturday after B and I thawed from our exposure to the elements in separate sides of Northern Utah - we thought we'd spend a snowy weekend up at the shack. It was very bizarre weather. It snowed all the way up to Parley's summit and then as we drove down into Park City it stopped. As you can see, Lelu and Mr. T were able to scrape up enough snow to make mini snowmen, the twins enjoyed a movie in the "electronic free zone" or at least that was the original idea (sorry Big B), and we had a little visit from our friendly neighborhood Bullwinkle. He walked right past our front door and mosied down into our meadow. It was very exciting. The leaves were beautiful - okay Utah has one plus - I really do LOVE 3 out of the 4 seasons. And for snippets of time I enjoy the fourth season. We actually did listen to conference on the radio too. I liked the "Good, Better and Best" talk, I think by Dallin Oaks?? D was there texting (his new obsession), torturing the twins and listening to his ipod (those are all habits I'm not too thrilled to preserve on film). Aub was MIA working hard at Babies R us, studying, volunteering at the homeless shelter, having gospel discussions with return missionaries, finding the cure for cancer, running a marathon and writing the talks for the General Authorities. (or maybe one or two of those activities???)

Sorry Mom & Dad, next time give me the heads up in advance when you need a ride and I'll be happy to shuttle you.

I was sad to miss Brecklyn's wedding and I've heard NOTHING about it - please Peg, Becca, Sherisse share - and a big fat Congratulations to the happy couple! I still need their address ;)

The Soccer Uniform for UTAH! And still cold :(

Well, the soccer season is over. At least outdoor soccer (thank heavens). For those of you who don't live in this great state - it has rained or snowed the last 4 Saturdays in a row! The weather is nice and fall-like all week and then the weekend it says "I don't think I like all of you people enjoying the outdoors" - punishing all of us who have kids in football and/or soccer. Lelu's last game was kind of a bummer because they've won every game until this one. The other team only scored one goal - but the last time we played that team we beat them 8 to 0. Looking at it from a positive perspective, I was secretly a little happy for the other team because it really meant a lot to them. Lelu has informed me she wants to play indoor soccer now (just when I thought I could convince her to go back to gymnastics with Arielle, so that I could drive two birds with one destination).

I missed D's football game again, which I understand was a good one. D got in some time on the offensive position that he loves, so he was happy. D also brought to my attention that I needed to make a retraction - his team has lost 2 games (ones I missed and somehow assumed was won).