Another Baptism

 Thursday night we attended another awesome baptism.  This time it was for one of Kevin's friends, Juan Robles.  He's the one in the orange tie.  Kevin has had the opportunity this time to attend missionary discussions and church with Juan, and it has been a great experience.  As you can see, Juan has a lot of great support from friends at school and seminary.

 Scott and Lyden have been there from the beginning.  Pablo should be in this picture, too.

  Silliness

 Soccer buds

 Juan and the elders

Before leaving and invading Farr's

Fall Photos

 I dragged my kids to Beus Pond today to snap some quick photos.  Beautiful day, cute kids :)

 Matt, age 10

 

Kevin, age 14

 Scott, age 17

Camille, age 20 (next week)

Fall Sports

 Sorry about the picture, Kev, but it's the only one I got without another runner in my way.  Kevin ran cross-country with the high school this year, and he did great.  His team won the 3A state championship today.  Kevin didn't run today, because the JV team didn't compete in the state meet, but he ran in the region championships last week and got his PR of 19:10.  Not too bad for a 9th grader.  Especially since he has been playing club soccer at the same time, and he decided at the beginning of the season that when there was a conflict he would give soccer the priority.  He missed quite a few x-country practices and a couple of meets so he could fulfill his soccer obligations.  Next year if he does both, those priorities will most likely switch.  He has been good to not complain about his busy schedule and to keep his grades up this term, so maybe he can do it all. We'll see.  Now that x-country and outdoor soccer are over it's almost time for school basketball and indoor soccer to begin.  It never ends with this kid.

Matt has been busy with soccer, too.  He has had a good season, but unlike the rest of our kids, the intensity of club soccer has become a little too much for Matt.  He has started to be sad when it's a soccer day.  Now that the fall season is over, he's going to take a break.  Soccer is so all-encompassing (2-3 hours a day, 3-4 days a week, year round) that if a child isn't enjoying it, there's really no point.  We're going to try tennis lessons for a while, and let him see if he likes that. He took some from the city this summer and thought they were fun, and the best part -they'll only be once a week :) If he wants to play a session of indoor soccer with his team he can, but he's not going to do all three sessions straight through the winter like last year.  Personally, it wouldn't hurt my feelings if he were done with soccer for good.  It has been really fun and good for my older children, but it takes so much time, and Matthew, at least right now, just doesn't have the same love for it.  Time will tell.

Back on Matt's birthday, before the season started, -Strikers Cup Champions

Thanks, Dad!

We went to Bountiful for John's birthday a few days ago and Grandpa L. mentioned that he had more grapes than he knew what to do with.  I offered to come down next day to pick a bunch because I was getting low on grape jelly.  When I got there the next day, the grapes were all picked and juiced! He sent me home with 12 quarts of juice as well as a 1/2 bushel of tomatoes.  I stopped by the produce stand here in town for some more tomatoes and spent the next few days canning.  Here are the fruits of my labors.  We now have our year's supply of pizza sauce and grape jelly.  I feel so prepared.