It was fun having some of the college kids here this weekend. Hyrum and Mel were here today, and we think Joseph and Ethan will be coming tomorrow. Today Hyrum took Owen and Daniel to their soccer game. After hearing of Owen's FOUR goals last week, Hyrum wanted to see his little brothers in action. Owen scored 3 goals today! (final game score was 3-4, purple dragons were 3) Lost the game, but they're still smiling!
Saturday, September 30, 2023
Soccer, Conference & Night Games
Friday, September 29, 2023
Lego Castle and Wisdom Teeth
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Fall To Do's
Hello. I went on a morning ride with Corey yesterday. I am soaking up the fall colors, I love it.
Went on a walk today and visited with Nicole as I walked. Things are good. The elementary kids had parent teacher conferences today. They are all doing well. Then Owen and I headed to his trumpet lesson. Wes has been working on his mission papers and we're making progress there. I called yesterday to get him a dentist appointment and a dr. check up. The doctor visit isn't until next month, but I was able to get him in for a dentist appointment today. They told him he needs his wisdom teeth out, so I was able to call and schedule that for tomorrow, yay. Gettin' it done. Corey went with the youth today to the Draper temple to plant flower on the temple grounds. He was busy and kinda didn't have time for it, but he said it was really nice to be there and was good for his soul to garden. I didn't take many pics yesterday or today. Peter took a few selfies though.Today is Dennis' birthday. He is my dad's cousin who I have never met in person but did connect with in 2020 when I was on a family history kick. I need to do better and emailing and calling him. I did talk with him today, I try to make it happen atleast on his birthday. I used to be better at emailing, but I feel like I hardly have time to sit down at the computer these days. Still, Happy Birthday Dennis! It is also my sister's ex's birthday. I sent him a birthday card too. I hope he is doing well. We see a little bit of what's going on with his life via facebook. We were pretty close with them when we were all at BYU together back in our newlywed days, but now that they've separated I'm not sure what to do, but seems like a b-day card should be ok. Life is good. See ya tomorrow.
Monday, September 25, 2023
Little Books
Katharine was so freaking cute again today at violin! She was cute and happy the whole 75 minutes by reading her tiny books on the little fireplace ledge.
Oh she is adorable.
I loved watching her and took that 3 min video of her, Sophi and I just smiling at her cuteness.
So that was delightful. I love being a mom. I love my babies and toddlers. I'm going to miss Peter when he starts FULL DAY kindergarten next year! <sniff> I wonder if I'll be content to just chill at home with Katharine or if she will want a playmate besides mom, or if I will be itching for some noise? Maybe we'll go on bike rides all day. I had an attachment for my bike, but it got taken off at the bike repair shop a while ago - Joseph took the bikes in and they said that wasn't part of the bike and he said he didn't know what it was, so they took it off and threw it away. I just ordered another one though and put it on my silver bike. Maybe I'll take Peter and K on a ride, since the fall colors are here and starting to enchant our mountains. On our ride this morning, I looked up, and there are those lovely fall reds and orange trees!
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Fourth Sunday
Enjoying dinner outside on their deck.
Ever since Covid, we've become aware of the germs spread by having people breathe on the birthday cake, so since 2020 we have them use a plate to wave out the candles.
Abi waved out the candles...
Hyrum joined in via fb messenger again... sorry Hyrum!
And Bella's has a September birthday too! She and Ethan waved out the candles together, since Ethan had a half bday two days ago. They had a party for him down at BYU - sent out invitations cut in half, had half a b-day cake, sang every other word in the song, funny.
So it was good. It seems like we see the Wrides a lot, and we do, and it's good, but I would like to get together more with Hibberts. It's a larger crowd and a bit harder to get everyone together, even just the 4 of us Utah siblings. I'll try to put forth a more vigilant effort with that.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Last Butterfly
Highlight of my day was seeing our last butterfly come out perfectly ~ and as I was taking it outside, I had ONE fall rose that was starting to bloom, so I was able to get my first picture ever of one of my lovely lady monarchs on one of my beautiful Rosa roses!
Friday, September 22, 2023
Nursery Play
The kids have their primary program on Sunday. Today at 4 they had a final practice at the church. Katharine played in the nursery while I read. She is sooo adorable.
She tried to eat a wood sandwich too. Very honest effort too - put her mouth all over it. I was a bit grossed out thinking of what's been on that wood bread.
So I was distracted by how cute she was, but I did get a little bit of reading in - one of the books I'm working on right now is "On Fire" - which I picked up at the library a few weeks ago and loved the first chapter so I ordered a copy. Really great book. I started reading it out loud to Lily, Sophi, and Natalie last week and a few pages in and they were hooked. Lily said "Can I read that after you're done?" It's going to be good. I'm already inspired by John O'Leary's example.
Peter drew his name today - so good! If you zoom in you can see it and a little self portrait done by our little left handed kiddo -
Owen is hard to see in that photo, but you can get half of his head behind a girl - follow the line of the "d" in 3rd and it points to his half face. I didn't go support anything, and I didn't donate, but I plan to be a contributing member of the school community someday.