Soccer Season

Soccer this Fall was a Blast!! Stratton grew so much as a player and really showed a lot more effort and enthusiasm than ever before. He scored several goals over the season. He played with two good friends...Easton and Cade. They will be playing together again this Spring, can't wait!!

Layton High Football

That's Haden #50 on the Layton High Sophomore football team. We were proud that Haden made the Sophomore team as a Freshman, and also earned a starting position as right guard. He also got to play some defense at Linebacker, and started both ways for a short while. The team started out slowly, but as the season progressed they started to gel and become more effective. The last 5 games were very close and we came away with a couple of wins. There was a double overtime loss to Fremont (real heartbreaker) and a last second loss to Roy and Syracuse as well. So even though the overall record was not real exciting, we have high hopes for next year as we combine many of the same players that dominated in little league over the years. As for Haden, I think he played great! He was kind of an undersized lineman, but he made up for it in technique, speed, & hard-hitting tenacity. His coaches love him, and have made some big promises for next year if he can keep it up! Go Lancers!

Preschool Field Trip

We went on a field trip to Black Island Farms with Evie's preschool. It is not your ordinary pumpkin patch. There were lots of fun activities to do and we even got to see some pig racing. We took a hayride out to the pumpkin patch where Evie picked out her pumpkin!

Pink Pony, Pink Blankie

Evie carries around her pink pony and pink blankie everywhere she goes. They are starting to look very worn and more grey than pink. Ashlyn gave her the pink pony and she grew a immediate, strong attachment to it. The blankie she has had since she was a baby. These two items always give her comfort when nothing else will do!

Preschool

My little girl is officially preschool age. She is enrolled in "Mary's Little Lamb" Preschool. She has been loving it! She is growing up so fast. It's weird to think that this is the last time I will take a child through this stage in life. I am just trying to really enjoy this time. It will be gone all too fast. I love this age!! Isn't she adorable?

Socks and Pillows

It was crazy sock day at school. Stratton decided to wear his Soccer socks from the past two years. He is always so excited about getting involved in his school activities. He also came home and made this creative beds for his Mario characters out of napkins. Look how they even have pillows under their heads. I couldn't resist taking a picture, Stratton always comes up with such fun, creative ideas!

Our Adventurous Afternoon Walk

All of the boys are in school all day now and Evie and I have all of this wonderful time together now, just the two of us. This Fall day in September, Evie and I decided to go on a walk. We headed down 3200 W. It wasn't long before we noticed Sister Allred (a sweet, elderly woman in our ward). She is in her 90's, she lost her husband quite a few years ago. She was taking out the garbage can to the road over a very gravelly driveway. We stopped to ask if she needed any help. What came next was when our little adventure began. We got talking to Sister Allred and she invited us to come and see her farm. We fed the horses with her... we fed them the fallen apples from the tree. One of the apples Evie threw to the horses fell short and Sister Allred crawled through the fence like it was nothing, picked up the apple, and threw it back out to the horse and crawled back throught the fence. It was amazing! Then she took us to her chicken coup, we got to go right inside, as the chickens pecked around us. She showed us where they lay their eggs and let Evie have one to take home. She also showed us her many trees and gave Evie a plum from her tree. Then she insisted that we try out her hammock, which was hanging from a very large, aged tree. She not only wanted us to get in the hammock, she wanted to push us! So here she was 90+ years old, pushing us in the hammock and talking to us all the while. It was the sweetest thing ever. She was so kind and made Evie feel so special. It is a walk to remember!