Utah

Last week we went to Utah for a little business and a lot of fun.  Hyrum is collaborating with some guys at Utah State so we stopped up there for a day. 
On our way through Salt Lake City we stopped for lunch with Karissa and brought the boys to temple square for a little visit. 









Up in Logan, we got to see our cool niece Jasmine for a night and then the next day Hyrum worked and we enjoyed campus.  The boys favorite things were the “race track” (we ran around on the indoor track for awhile), the soccer field (a nice PE teacher who was teaching a class lent us some balls to play with), and the tackling (the football team tackle thing—no idea what that is called-- was there and we took turns tackling it).   They also enjoyed the Aggie ice cream.


Then we cruised down to Pleasant Grove and stayed with Becky and her family while Hyrum did some recruiting at BYU for Sandia.  We had a ton of fun playing with cousins, watching BYU beat USU in football, playing gator ball with family, listening to conference, and hanging out.  I also got to see some old running buddies Mel, and Kristen from my BYU XC days.  I miss all of my old running friends and wish they all could have been there.

We took this picture with our three babies because our last big reunion, we were all prego together so this is the “after” shot of sorts.  Thanks everyone for the good time.

Joy School

I am in a preschool co-op this year for James and we are following the Joy School curriculum.  He LOVES it.  He loves being a part of something structured and regular with friends. 

First Day of Joy School

Joy School Halloween parade and party

All of his friends in their costumes

We are proud of James as he opens up and learns.  He is becoming much more social.  He also loves to ride his scooter to and from Scotty's school to take him and pick him up.  He is beginning to enjoy Grant more and more as a playmate too which is a big help.  We love James.

Scotty’s first lost tooth

A couple of months ago, right when school started, Scotty lost his first tooth.



Scotty already has another tooth almost up in that spot and its neighbor is newly loose.  He is such a big kid now.  He is loving Kindergarten.  He loves his class and his friends.  He is a good reader and is getting pretty good at math these days.  He is a good runner (he was so proud of himself recently because he ran 14 laps in a half hour at his jog-a-thon--almost 2 1/2 miles).  He plays soccer and has scored 5 goals already this season.  He is a really nice big brother too.  We are so grateful to have Scotty as the big brother in our house. 

New Mexico

We have lived in New Mexico for over 2 years now and we decided that we were going to become true New Mexicans, and get our own ginormous bag or roasted green chilies this year.