October 2025

 Fall season soccer is in full force in October.  This was a game of Siena's that was cold and rainy and Shane and Aria were at a different really cold and rainy game all while missing the Saturday am session of general conference.  President Russell M. Nelson had just passed away a few days before conference so we were all happy to be able to listen to all the leaders express their love for Pres. Nelson and give us inspirational words.

Jaron had his first 7th grade choir concert.  They sang some fun songs and it was a great night.

More soccer pics

We volunteered to help with a soccer morning along with some of Jaron's teammates to help play soccer with some kids with limited abilities. It was a fun morning and always good to go serve.

I went to one of Aria's horse lessons to see how she is progressing.  Aria is such a confident good rider.  I love watching her come around because she just smiles the whole time and really just has pure happiness in her when she is riding.  This was one of her last times riding Zoe because Zoe has been sick/hurting and they can't figure out what is wrong with her.  Hopefully they will figure it out because Aria loves riding Zoe.

Siena has been trying to teach herself to decorate cookies and cupcakes lately.  This was her batch of Halloween cookies that turned out so cute and we took to YWs as a treat one Sunday.

For fall break this year we drove to California.  We took the kids to Six Flags Magic Mountain for a day and had the best day.  They love roller coasters and Magic Mountain is the place to be for roller coasters.  They rode just about everything they could, the crowds were low and we got a food pass that allowed us to eat a meal or snack every 2 hours along with soda refills all day.  The weather was perfect and we had such a fun day and now everyone wants to go back again!

After that we headed to the Brians and stayed there for a couple days.  Went to the beach and had a fun time.  Christy was out of town in Utah but let us stay there and then they came home on Sunday and we had dinner and then drove home Monday.  Such a fun trip!

Our neighbors the Debenhams invited us to a murder mystery party.  I was a shop owner and Shane was a photographer.  It was a fun night and not something Shane and I normally enjoy doing but we were both glad we went and had fun.

Halloween isn't what it used to be with little kids but they still dress up and still love carving pumpkins.  And they still all 3 go trick or treating and come home with a ridiculous amount of candy.  So they love this holiday and I love they go hang out with friends while I stay home and pass out candy to the kids.

September 2025

 After the van overheating and a few other problems creeping up with the van, we decided to get a new car. We ended up getting a Black Grand Jeep Cherokee Laredo.  It has a 3 row of seats and we have really liked it.  It was a rebuilt title cuz of a front end damage accident and the bumper was on backorder for a long time.  We had a few issues getting the lights to work properly but the dealer we bought it from finally bought brand new lights from Jeep and everything has been fine since.  We traded in the Van to Carvana and felt like we got a good deal from them but were sad to see 'George' as the kids named him cuz we took him to St George the day we picked the van up.  We named the new Jeep 'Larry' for Laredo and now Shane's old 2008 jeep is called OJ for Old Jeep.

Jaron had his 2nd Mountain Bike race in Manti.  Our whole family went down the Friday night before for the pre-ride and made it just in time before a rain storm came in.  We grabbed some pizza and then stayed with the Alley's and Bolz at a big house.  The kids had fun playing downstairs and the adults got to talk.  The race was fun again.  Jaron lost a few places but overall did really good.  We left as soon as the race was over because all the kids had soccer games that afternoon.  Made for such a busy day but fun.

My birthday fell on a Sunday this year.  It was nice to just have a relaxing day and go to my parents for dinner that night.  My friends all met at Creamworx for Ice Cream one night and it was fun to get together and see everyone.

Jaron's last bike race of the season was in Beaver.  We made it down for the pre-ride but sadly it started pouring right as we got there and although we waited around it never stopped so they cancelled the pre-ride.  We stayed with the Alley's again in a cute little house.  A sad night as there was a baby deer in the backyard that had gotten stuck or broke it's leg and was dying.  Sadly Aria saw it and Shane tried to help it but it was of no use and we had to walk away and let it die in peace.  The bike race was great.  Jaron got to start right next to his friend Graham and Jaron moved up quite a few spots and ended the season on a good note.  I had to volunteer as a crossing guard for the start of races for about an hour.  It was kind of fun and I was glad Siena and Aria could help out as well.

Chase Larsen took the Deacons fishing one day.  Jaron caught the biggest fish but they threw it back.