Cornbelly's with Bear Hollow

Cornbelly's with my little punkin was the best!

Nut jobs!

We had to liven up the corn maze by going off the path.

Pumpkin bowling

Corn hole

Man I'm going to miss preschool days with my buddy.

And preschool days with my little sis and Tucker...how lucky am I?

I know I'm weird but I love field trips.  I'm not missing one!! Such a perfect fall day.

School Pictures

Feast your eyes upon the the most handsome boys in the world.  I can't believe how grown up they look.  

Sixth Grade

Third Grade

Final year at Bear Hollow

Duck Hunters!

Randy, Hank, and Max got to join my dad at the club for the opening of the duck hunt.  Since Hank has his hunters safety done, he was able to shoot a bird himself!  It was Max's first experience and he's ready to move up there.  They had so much fun bonding with Grandpa in his element.  When they got home they had so many stories to tell.  They also had stories I couldn't hear.  Bro code apparently. 

Max holding a gun makes me a little anxious though.

Sam and I decided to go to a movie with the boys gone.  

We went to Pete's Dragon and both bawled our eyes out.  Love this boy and his tender heart.

Griffy made sure I wasn't lacking in the cuddle department.  It won't be long until it's just me and Griff when the boys go hunting.

October is off to a Great Start

Randy wins son in law of the year!  He hooked our crew up with VIP tickets to see Neil Young.  Look at that smile on my dad's face.  I don't think I've ever seen him so happy.  Witnessing my dad watching his idol is something I'll never forget.  Plus the old dude can still jam!  It was an awesome concert.  At one point in the night, Randy leaned over to me and said, "I kinda feel like the best son in law ever right now."  

The Cubs are on a roll and Randy had the chance to see a Division Series game at Wrigley with James and JR.  He was so excited as you can see!  Go Cubs Go!  They had an awesome win too.

While he was gone, I held down the fort with these rascals.  We had an eventful weekend as well.  First of all the weather was fall perfection.  Hank passed his Hunters Safety class, thanks to my dad stepping in and getting him where he needed to be.  Max and Sam played in awesome soccer games. I changed Hank's Dexcom site before bed and noticed a little blood which isn't totally uncommon.  Next thing I know Hank came running upstairs with blood gushing out of the site.  Good times.

Sam is so much fun to watch on the soccer field.  His intensity can't be matched!

I hosted bunco night with my neighbor friends while Randy was gone.  These chicks are crazy.  We had arm wrestling, tables flipping, and candy fights.  The kids were downstairs thinking we were nuts, and they were right!  Moms gone wild!

We had the chance to join these awesome people at the Adobe building to help with a JDRF fundraiser with the employees.  The kids got to miss school and have delicious breakfast so they were happy.  We ended up raising $2,000 in a couple hours.

Randy and I had the opportunity to meet the president of JDRF, Derek Rapp in Park City with a handful of other volunteers.  His speech was so inspiring.  This is the beta cell encapsulation device currently in clinical trials.  It houses beta cells and is implanted under the skin.  If all goes well, it will produce insulin for 2 years automatically, just as the body normally does.  So exciting!

How many pictures can I take like this? I can't help myself.  This dog has my heart.

September Randoms

First Bear Hollow field trip of the year, Farm Country.

Soaking in every last preschool field trip with my baby.

I guess I could field trip with Russ one day.

I want to bite his face off.

Griffy has been missing from my September posts.  Don't worry, we're still crazy about him.

The purple ninjas are ready to rock!  I love how Sam names every team he's on the purple ninjas.

Since soccer teams are based on birth year, he's not on Tucker's team.  He has a really good coach though and is making lots of new friends.

We endured some freezing conditions for all 3 of the boys games one Saturday.  I'm one proud mama.  They played awesome and Max got his first goal of the season.  I almost jumped out of my seat but refrained.  Number one fan right here!

Hank's being a good sport about flag football but they are killing every team.  Most of the boys his age play tackle and he's wishing that's what he did.  There's always next year.

My little cutie keeping warm.

Hank at QB

Jenni asked me to be her golf partner at her work golf tourney.  We played at a gorgeous course in Bountiful.  Any chance I can get to golf, I'll take.

We had a total blast.  Team Griffin wasn't messing around, or maybe we were. 

We had a fun Sunday night S'more roast up the canyon with the fam.  It freaks me out how Russ looks like he could be Lucy's!

Mike at JDRF gave me a few tickets to meet the RSL team night.  Max was in heaven and so was Sam.  Let's be honest, these soccer players aren't too hard on the eyes.  I was in heaven as well!

We watched a soccer game afterward.  I'm becoming quite the soccer fan thanks to Max.

Hank is loving 6th grade.  He has the best group of friends.

Little Bear paid us a visit so Sam and I met Lucy for lunch at Chick Fil A for some photo ops for the journal.  We love some time with sweet Lucy!  It's been a crazy month.  I'm relieved October is right around the corner.