Dallen got a cookie from his grandpa reading buddy. He was so excited he wanted me to blog about it.

Fall break camping

During Fall Break we decided it was time for a road trip. We started out thinking we would take Grandpa Dale and the big girls and hike havasoupi Soon the rest of Davids family decided they wanted to come and we felt bad about leaving the smaller kids. We ended up with a huge group at Capital Reef.

Makenna and Dallen

The Hike.

My favorite tree. There is no dirt under the trunk the roots are growing back into the bank.

Do you see the Man in the mountain. He was hard to see at different times of the day.

The whole gang.

David and diglet tired after the hike.

More of the hike.

David on pride rock. Dallen said the photo is not right the rock that he is on is higher than the one David is on.

Cute photo to end the fun.

Nicole is 18!

Not an easy task but I think we embarrassed Nicole. All you have to do is take her out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse and let the restaurant know it is her birthday. They make you sit on a horse saddle and tell everyone it is your birthday.

Nicole acting excited about her gift. She on reacted because I said I would return the gift if she didn't give me a good reaction.

Happy 18th Nicole, we love you!

Marrissa football part two.

I told Marissa to put some shorts on and get ready for football. She said "Why can't I wear a skirt?" I said what ever thinking she would put on her skort almost the same as a pair of shorts. No she comes down in a TUTU. When Nicole asked her why she wanted to wear what she had on she said "So the boys will notice me." Well the boys did notice her. I am pretty sure every one saw her twirling around on the field. This is what she looked like.

This is one of my favorite shots. I will tell you what is going on because you might not see it all. Marissa has the ball. The boys with the orange Flags are trying to figure out how or if they should pull Marissa's flag. The orange boy on the ground has Marissa's shoe in his hand. In all the excitement she lost it. I am surprised the photo is not blurry I pretty much laughed the whole game.

This was Marissa hiking the ball. The coach later said this was the best hike all season. He is very good at humoring Marissa.

We only have two more games until the season is over. I am not sure how we will top this game.

Are you ready for some football? Marissa style!

When Marrissa decided she wanted to sign up for football like her brother I was surprised. I was even more surprised when she was the only girl on her team. We have only found one other girl in her age group.

Marissa was so excited at her first game she even made her first tackle. The problem is she is playing flag football and the boy was on her team. The boys don't take it easy on her and she is hard on them also.

When you are seven it is all about the treat you get at the end of the game. They were very upset when someone forgot to bring a treat to the game.

My favorite game was the week she showed up in a pink skort. She is such a cute girly girl that she always turns heads when she plays.

Her coach is great with all the kids. he is allowed on the field to coach the team. The kids all love him.