Number 8

Tanner played in his first tackle football game this morning. The day started early with a weigh-in for the team scheduled for 7:00am.








Tanner scored 1 of the 3 touchdowns.
He tackled... and he got tackled! Warriors won!

Connor read "Septimus Heap Book Four QUESTE" by Angie Sage, while watching Tanner out of the corner of his eye.

Allison played with her friends.

Scott was bummed to miss Tanner's first game, but it was for a good reason: He went to part of Quinn's scout camp out-- the bike ride part. Scott is a merit badge guy for cycling. All the trails were washed out, so they rode the dam back and forth at Joe Pool Lake. Quinn did 25 miles. He has a 50 miler to go and he's done with that badge.

Speaking of first games, Quinn missed his first baseball one of the season because of the camp-out. There were a couple of other games scheduled before this one, but they were rained out.

Connor's first soccer game will be next weekend (today's was rained out).

Just some photos

Tanner creating with Junior Mints and toothpicks.

The ball was fun, even after it was out of air.
A school morning.
A school girl.

Pads for Tackle

Tanner's first game is scheduled for tomorrow. I asked my friend if she watched when her boys played football (I don't want to see Tanner get hurt). And she said, yes, that she watched and she told them to hit harder! I reassure myself that Scott played football, too, and he's okay!
In fact, lots of people play football.....

Company

Last weekend, we had a visit from Dan, Melissa, George, Ben and baby Henry. We fed the "junk fish" at Joe Pool Lake. Remember when we did it with John and Melissa, Josh, Hyrum, Matthew and Seth? They performed well for us, sloshing on top of each other, fighting for the bread we were feeding them.

One of my favorite parts of the trip was in the mornings....the kids would just be upstairs talking away. So, we'd get them up and take them downstairs. The kids would feed Henry and we'd change him. It was such a treat!

Oh, and of course I loved our girls' night out to Cheesecake Factory. Yum! And the stories Eldon told after the BYU game were killing us. We got to spend time with Eldon and Stephanie and Sophie, too.

We also got together on Saturday afternoon with our friends who moved to Mansfield. The kids swam and swam. The adults (and Sami) just talked and talked and laughed. We had delicious burgers and the kids acted like they never get Root Beer. We appreciate their hospitality. Allison said that their house is almost like a mansion. It is very beautiful and so are they!

The things they write and say

THE THINGS CONNOR WRITES

So, I have been cleaning the kitchen this morning, and I came across some papers on the bar that I need to do something with. So, this is how I am getting rid of one of the papers....Connor wrote this to his teacher (she gave the class some questions about getting to know them as readers).

Dear Mrs. Doskocil,

When I was about the age of four my mom taught me how to read little books. As I got older I started to realize that I was using up almost all of my spare time reading for fun. ONe of my favorite books when I was little was Go Dog Go. I read this book over and over. The only time I don't like reading is when I have to do a book report on it, or if it is too girly. I have always worried about my grades, school and homework, bu tthis year I hope I can overcome that.

From: your student,
Connor

THE THINGS THE KIDS SAY

On a little post-it note, I wrote down what was said the other morning:

Tanner: "We could bike."
Allison: "But I'm going to have pig tails."

Things can be complicated around here in the mornings. We tried to come up with a routine (like: scoot, bike, walk, repeat). But, things keep getting in the way (like: me not remembering the order, rain, big cello instrument) Luckily, we still seem to make it to school each morning!