Skydiving!

Logan went skydiving! Crazy! He loved it.

Celebrating Grandma

Aunt Crystal set up a fun get-together with all the BYU/Provo area cousins to celebrate Tina's 80th birthday. What a good-looking group!

Halloween

Happy Halloween! Jake was excited to host our annual party, and he and I added popcorn balls as well as s'mores eyeball cookies to our regular treats. There was something so sweet to me watching all these boys on the cusp of teenagehood running around playing like the little kids they were not that long ago. 

We had our quickest, easiest pumpkin carving session this year. Eli and Jake did almost everything themselves, and they turned out great.

Halloween felt different this year, for sure. Of course, Ali and Logan weren't here, which we're still getting used to; Eli went to a party, and Jake went trick-or-treating with a friend. It turned out to be an easy, quiet day for me and Jason while all the kids had fun!

BYU Games

Ali and Logan both got the BYU sports pass and have been using them like crazy. They both go to football games and volleyball games and have loved it.

Last Primary Program

Jake participated in his last primary program. And since he's our youngest, it was the last primary program in which one of our kids will participate! It's the end of another era...I feel like that's happening a lot lately!

Fishing Trips

Jason went with Eli, Eli's friend, and his dad to Wisconsin to fish for the day. Surprisingly, no one caught anything, but they enjoyed the beautiful fall weather and the company.

Eli decided they needed to go on a make-up fishing trip where he guaranteed they would catch something. They did indeed catch three catfish, including the biggest fish Eli's ever caught.

The Rains Visit

We were so lucky to have the Rains Family come visit us! We had such fun time with them here. We took them to Cantigny, of course.

We stopped by the temple on the way to one of our other adventures. I was worried the gates would be shut because it was Tuesday and it's closed on Tuesdays. I said a little prayer that the gates would be open for some reason, and sure enough, when we arrived, we could see that the gates were open, though blocked with cones because they had repaved the parking lot. We parked across the street and were able to walk in. Such a sweet tender mercy.

Eli played hooky and came downtown with us the day we went to Millenium park, the Bean, and the Museum of Science and Industry.

Jake played hooky the day they went to the Shedd Aquarium (I skipped that one).

Jason loved having people to play Axis and Allies with.

I loved having someone to puzzle with!

And we all loved having cousins around. 

Come again soon!