Ernie the Eagle

For the high school football homecoming game, I was Ernie the Eagle. It definetely was a lot different than when I use to be the mascot back in high school (20+ years ago). It was fun, but very hot. Now I have something I can cross off my bucket list.
I didn't have as much energy as some of my family members thought I should have had. They were expecting me to be like the Jazz Bear, jumping fences, sliding down railings, and climbing the goal posts. I thought I did pretty good for a fat, 40 year old, out of shape woman.

Broken Thumb

TyLynn broke her thumb tonight. She was playing monkey in the middle (keep away) and fell on her thumb with her cousin falling on top of it. It was really misshaped. The doctor had to reset her thumb. She was pretty excited to get a cast. We'll see how long that excitement lasts.
This is the first broken bone we have had in our family. I'd say that is pretty lucky with 5 kids living in the country.

Flag Football

Wyatt is playing flag football this fall. Here he is running with the ball after the handoff. (white shirt & black pants) He's still running and the other team is frantically trying to pull his belt off, but it just won't come off. I wonder why?

They finally succeeded in pulling it off, but come to find out, Wyatt had tied his belt on instead of just doing the velcro. It was a innocent mistake, because it was their first game. He did run about 35 yards and got a first down, with about 10 yards of it boys pulling on his belt.

Here he is playing defense and pulling the belt off the other team.

Blueberry Pie!

Marissa made a blueberry pie in mutual. It was as good as it looks, maybe even better. YUMMY!!!

Labor Day Weekend

We went camping Friday night until Saturday night and then went back up on Monday to spend the day. We went with Aunt JoAnnn and Brady.

This is TyLynn, Brady, and Wyatt way up on a mountain. It doesn't look like they are too far up, but they are. This picture was taken with the zoom lens, zoomed as much as possible. The boys were looking for snakes and squirrels to shoot with their BB guns.

Everyone loved Aunt JoAnn's laffy taffys, cookies, and pop.

TyLynn

TyLynn is playing soccer. She is on a team with boys and girls. This is her playing goalie. She doesn't like to play goalie very much.

Marissa's playing H.S. soccer

Marissa is on the high school soccer team this year. She plays on the JV team. She is having fun and enjoying it. Between practice every night and games every Tues. and Thurs., we rarely see her. We do enjoy traveling around and watching her. She is #23.

Silly Girl

Lacey is so silly! She hates her hair curled. This is what her hair looks like when she gets home from preschool every day. Within 5 minutes of entering the house, she wets down her hair. When it dries, it is straight again. She also does this after church every Sunday. She has been doing it after church for about a year. I thought once she started school, she wouldn't do it anymore. I was wrong. A day hasn't gone by yet that her hair stays curly very long after returning home.
This is right after wetting it down.

She is also becoming very independent. The first couple days I was out by the bus to get her off after preschool. The 2nd day, she said to me, "Mom, you don't have to come get me off the bus. You wait inside." O.K. So the next day, I opened the door and stood at the door step. When she came up, her reply was, "MOM, I told you to wait inside. I am big! I don't need you to come out. Tomorrow stay inside and I will do it all by myself!" Wow! My baby telling me she didn't need me. I was crushed. She is so so so silly!

F.H.E.

For Family Home Evening last night, we went swimming with Nichole and her kids. We had lots of fun. Here is a partial group shot. Here is Wyatt doing a sommersalt off the diving board.

Here is his dive.

And here is Travis doing who knows what off the diving board.