Rose's Leadership Training

I had the opportunity to attend a training with Sister Runia, first counselor in the young women's general presidency and Brother Dixon, second counselor in the young men's general presidency. It was seriously the best training. They were so fun, kept our attention, told stories, used analogies, and seemed so down to earth. I have enjoyed my calling and serving with my presidency. They are amazing women! We have about one more year to go. We asked the stake presidency if we could stay in for one more stake YW camp. This calling has helped me grow as a person more than any other calling I've had. My confidence has increased, my faith has strengthened and I know that I can do all things through Christ. Things that seem daunting, scary, or beyond my capabilities, I've been able to accomplish. I'm excited for my last year in this calling. 

The training was based on this model. It was so perfect and so complete. 

James's XC Banquet

James had the privilege of being a captain on the cross country team this year. He is a great leader and I was so happy he could have an opportunity to develop his leadership skills. 

We had the banquet this past week. We took another picture of Austin, Miles, and James. I explained this in the post about state XC but these three have been running together since 7th grade when their team won Alpine Days. It is so fun to see their progress! Miles placed 2nd at state and James placed 12th. Austin ran state after battling cancer for a year so it is truly remarkable that he is running again.

James got a senior poster and it hung at the school on the fence by the stadium. Now it will hang in his room.

Captains for this season...

Recognition of those who ran at state or were alternates at state....

Varsity Letter...

Senior Boys....

Academic All State

Academia All Region

The whole team

James and Miles helped write superlatives for all of the boys on the team. They had so much fun announcing them and their giggles before each one made me smile. 

Cotton Candy Skies

There have been a lot of beautiful skies in the last month. I love these colors so much! 

Pinners

We got discount tickets to Pinners from Drawn In which is the guy's videos we watch for our Come Follow Me lessons. Lynnlee's friends came too as well and Sienna's friend Flora. I stayed with Sienna and her friend. Lynnlee and her friends split from us and went at their own pace. Pinners filled the whole expo center. It was HUGE! I told the girls it was like Swiss Days on steroids. So Many Booths! We got through about 3/4 of the booths in 3 hours!

This is the Drawn In guy we got the tickets from. We were excited to take a picture with him.

We ran into my cousin Stacey there! It was fun to catch up with her for a sec.

James's Wagon Wheel XC Race

Lehi hosted an XC race on the track called the Wagon Wheel. It is a 5k done on the track which is a lot of laps! James was planning on racing until his hamstring started hurting a few days before the race. He was still planning on running until Friday night or Saturday morning when his coach said he didn't want him to run it. The coach said if anything he could run the JV race at a slower pace. James and I talked about it and decided that it would be better just to rest his hamstring and not run at all. It was a bummer but for the best. NXR (Nike Cross Country Regionals) is the third weekend of November so he needs to be recovered for that. 

They recognized all of the seniors at the Wagon Wheel Race. We got to walk James on the field while they read about him. Marshall wrote a really nice tribute. This is what it said, 

"It seems like James has been running since the day he was born. It has been awesome to see him find the joy of cross country and distance running since 7th grade. From winning Alpine Days that year to a 12th place finish at state, this senior year James has seen a lot of success as a runner. However, the race results don't compare to the successes he's gained as an individual. Thanks to the disciplined principles of running and the relationships he's had with coaches and teammates and even the competitors on the course, James has truly found joy that will take him far into the future. We'll miss seeing his big smile in races but look forward to seeing that same big smile in the races of life when he serves a mission and attends college."

20th Wedding Anniversary

Unfortunately our anniversary falls on the weekend of the hunt. This is something we didn't quite think about when we planned the date. I didn't know Marshall was a hunter. We are learning how to adjust and now we celebrate another time after the hunt is over. We went out to dinner to Outback Steakhouse. This has been a good place for me because they have a gluten free menu. The salmon is very good and I don't feel sick after. 

After dinner we went to Dream Walk. It is at University Place. It is a fun place where you walk through imaginary worlds and sometimes it feels like you are on another planet. Sometimes it felt like a fairy land, and sometimes it felt like a spaceship. We did a scavenger hunt type of challenge and we had to use a black light to look for ghosts. It took us about an hour and a half. The walk is over a mile long. You have up to 2 hours to go through. 

Everyone else had plans while we were gone except Sienna. James so graciously offered to take her to dinner so she wouldn't be home by herself. Then they watched a movie together.

I came home to a very beautiful bouquet of flowers!

We've learned a lot and grown a lot in 20 years! So crazy to be to this point. I'm glad we could find a time to celebrate. We love each other and we will keep learning and growing together through all of the ups and downs.

Kade's Fall Soccer Season

Kade played for two teams again. They were totally different teams. Brad stepped down and Eric stepped up. It was a much better team vibe and they were treated with more respect than last year with Brad. They went from loosing by a lot to not loosing by too many and they even won a game. We went back to Price a few weeks after his game was cancelled due to lightning. I took him and it was a fun time driving together, listening to good podcasts and music. His team won and it was so exciting how happy they were. You would have thought they won the world cup. 

He played for Forza which is a type of rec level called AA. They are a good team and they won every game by a lot. They were fun games to watch!

Kade scored a few times this season for La Roca and a lot for Forza. He is great at free kicks! One of the games he had a free kick right in front of where Marshall and I were sitting. He kicked it up and over the goalie's head and into the goal. It was the best! His team ended up losing that game but it was a personal win for how well he played.

Halloween

 Halloween was on a Friday so that was awesome! We started off the day with our last Halloween parade. 

Kade made an epic ghost!

Bingo from Bluey and his friend Gio was Bluey

Lightning McQueen

50s girl

Lightning McQueen and Mater

Harry Potter characters

Sienna went trick or treating with her friends.

Kade went trick or treating with his soccer buddies. The ghost costume was too tricky so he changed into a reindeer costume.

Draco Malfoy. Funny store about his robe. I told him we could order one on Amazon because it would be great for the dress up box. I kept forgetting to order it so I asked Lynnlee to order one while I was driving. She found one that would arrive in time and she ordered it. It arrived with a few days to spare. We didn't pull it out of the package because we assumed it was good. Then the night before Halloween, late at night, I took it out of the package. It was a 4XL!!! Lynnlee had accidentally ordered the wrong size. Thankfully because it was a robe, it was hard to see how large it was. I steamed the wrinkles out and it worked out. 

Another picture of Sienna and her friends.

Lynnlee had a Halloween party at our house. Her friends group did their costumes in pairs. So there was Mike and Sully from Monster's Inc. Lightning McQueen and Mater, Captain Jack Sparrow and Will, Phineas and Ferb, and two Saturday Night Live characters.

Tag got the most candy with 21 lbs total! He and Gio went out for three hours straight and literally ran from house to house. They covered a lot of area!

Tag and Gio......Bingo and Bluey

Marshall and I stayed home and gave out candy.