4 Days of No School? Here we come Utah!

Due to the fall teachers conference, the kids were out of school Thursday and Friday.  Utah had the same schedule, so we decided to head down for some fun time.  Paige, Kyla, and Karissa came too so they could hang with their cousins that live in Salt Lake as well.  We decided to start the morning with going to the Draper Temple.  Jackson, Max, Aliza, Kyla, Karissa, Paige, and their cousins, Sammy, Allie, and Jessie went and had a great time.  It was nice of their mom to meet us in Draper so they could go.  

Later that day, we took the kids to a fun pumpkin patch.  There were certain witches we had to find to get a treat.  Some were Witchy Poo and St A Spell.

The stacks of pumpkins were pretty.  My girls and Brooklyn made them look prettier.  

Saturday we drove down to Provo and picked up Sammy from his dorm.  It was fun to see him, it was the first time since we dropped him of in August.  He went with us on the hike to the Y.  You can't go to BYU and not hike the 'Y'.    

Here we are ready to go with the whole group.... half way up with the laggers.  

I love my kids...... We finally made it to the top!

We took turns getting pictures of each others families.

Not too many more of these pictures with all the cousins together.  :(

I love my sisters so much, I don't know what I would do with out them.  Good memories too, while the three of us were in our single days and living in Provo.

Until next time 'Y'

Off to BYU Provo!

Well, the time has come.  My boy has moved out.  Oh he'll be back to stay for a week or two, or a month or two, but he will not be living at home again.  It truly makes me sad.  I was helping him get his room cleared out, because the girls were going to move into it and their room will become my office.  Finally, not in my room any more.  

I got this BYU Cougar at Back Alley in Arizona a long time ago.  Sammy has had it in his things, in a box under his bed.  He pulled it out and said "This is coming with me."  It plays the fight song.  So I Instagramed it.  "Guess who's going to BYU with Sammy"

Sammy and I left on Tuesday to get down there so we could check him in to his dorm room.   May Hall at Helaman Halls.  We had a nice drive down there.  We had to stop to fix the underneath piece of the Beemer because it was dragging on the ground.  When we pulled into the rest stop, people were looking at us like "what is that noise coming from"  Well, some guy came up to us and offered some wire to tie it back up.  Sammy climbed underneath, got all dirty, and fixed it.  It was fun to see.  The guy that helped us had a dead battery so we told him we would run to Target and get some jumper cables, Sammy needed some for his car anyways, and give him a jump.  It worked out great and we were on our way again.  We didn't leave until later on Tuesday, so didn't get in until 2:00 a.m.  We slept in a little, then headed down to Provo early afternoon.  We found his dorm got him checked in, and started moving his stuff in.  He is on the top floor (3rd) and at the very end of the hall.  We had to make about 4 trips.  I got my workout in that day.  We then went to the Wilkersen Center to get is ID card and his books.  He didn't have his drivers license, so we had to go back to his dorm to get it.  When we got back, he hadn't shaved, so when he went to get his picture, they gave him a razor and he had to go to the bathroom and shave.  It turned out nice.  We went to the store to get him some extra dorm room things, church shoes, etc.  It was a long and busy day.  I left him there when the day was over and went back to Sandy. 

Thursday, Sam was flying down and wasn't getting in till mid morning, so I headed down to go to Orientation for the parents.  I saw Sammy for a moment, he was with his group.  There weren't too many parents hanging around their kids, so I took a quick picture and left to wait for Sam.  He showed up in this nice convertible mustang.  Crazy guy.  We went to some meetings, then drove around town.  We drove by our first house/apartment, up the canyon, then back to meet up with Sammy to go to a movie with him.  Sam and I ended up staying in a hotel in Provo because it was so late.  

 We said goodbye to Sammy after taking him to a quick lunch (boy they kept those kids busy during orientation) then Sam and I headed home.  We rented a cheeper car to drive home.  We stopped off at a place near Jackson Hole, WY.  It was my birthday get a way.  It was so nice.  We picked up some food, made stake, potatoes, bread and had a late dinner.  The next day, we did nothing.  Just hung out at the Hotel the whole day.  We did go out to dinner though.  Sunday we got up and headed home.  When the girls were setting the table for dinner that night, they set six plates.  Only 5 needed to be put on.  Sammy wasn't there any more.  We will miss him terribly.  We already do.

Have fun at college son!

Blessing #46 Making Memories BYU/Utah Game

And so it begins.......

Who do we cheer for? The team our nephew and cousin J.J. plays for? or the team we have cheered for, for years. Some made their choice strong.......

and some couldn't choose just one.

Either way, we sure had a fun time cheering.

Saturday, Kass's family and my family went to my mom's house to watch the BIG GAME.

Mom and Zack went to the game with Aaron and Brock. Curt had season BYU tickets, and of course Doug and Rhonda and their kids were there watching J.J.

The rest of us (Franckowiak's, Tomany's, and us) had a blast, painted faces and all, watching the game on T.V. We cheered when we saw J.J. on the field, and we cheered when BYU made some points. It was a fun game to watch. I always love it when it is a close game, as long a BYU wins. (Sorry Amy).

Cade was really upset, and sad that J.J lost, but he still has two years to play, and he will be playing a lot more next year.

Anny had all these T-shirts and brought them out after the game. The kids put them on to watch a movie while waiting to go to bed, or home, whichever came first.

Aliza, Blake, Cade, Cameron, Maren, Abby, Brynn

What a blessing it is to be able to make such fun memories for the kids. I'm thankful for the opportunity to put these moments down so memories won't fade.