Happy Birthday Mike

Happy Birthday Mike! 🥳 He just gets better with age and we sure love him! 💕

Bensen came to Spork with us for the first time. There were a few instances where he drove right off the trail! Luckily they weren't off a cliff. He said it was exhausting, but fun. He did great!

Jaycee took Bensen and Viv up to Green Pond to take some pictures. She is the best big sister.

Viv got to hold Neal, at Grandmas house on Sunday. She has been asking for weeks. He is so cute. I also got to watch him a couple of times when Jaime couldn't, which I loved!

 

More Bike Rides

Everyone is probably sick to death of seeing anymore bike rides, but apparently that is all we do anymore. Me and Jaime went and rode Sardine on Thursday. It was fun, but there were so many bugs! I was covered in them, I really should take glasses.

On Friday me and Mike went and rode a new trail up at Snow Basin. It was supposed to be like Spork. It is a good high school loop. It was fun, until the rain came. We got poured on! Mikes bike broke, the derailer fell off. So he was walking his bike. I decided to ride ahead to get out of the rain. Well, I made a wrong turn and was headed down to Old Snow Basin road. In my defense we had never ridden this trail before, by the time I realized I was going the wrong way and got turned around I didn't end up being that far in front of Mike. He is a fast walker!

We had Conference weekend, which is always good. Spending time with family, eating good food, listening and learning, and we got to hold Maverick!

We went to an Escape room with Jaime, Matt, Cynthia and Ryan. It was fun, and we were able to escape!

 

September

Bensen really likes volleyball, I wish the rec league last a little longer. It seems like it only goes for a month. I need to try and find him another place to play.

Mike took me on his favorite bike ride which for now is Mueller in Bountiful. It was beautiful! The leaves are turning and it really was stunning!

We did some night swimming at Joy and Lance's.

I joined a Dr. Mario club...we usually meet after Cookbook Club, but occasionally we meet in the middle of the day.

I made and canned salsa, and I will probably have to do it again. There are still so many tomatoes out there!

We went on another bike ride. Spork and 360.

Wesley got his braces off on the 22nd. Viv gets hers off soon. Also, Wesley can almost legally drive!😬

Jaycee loved Switzerland, she has always wanted to travel the world, now she wants to even more! She had a job interview on the 22nd with America First. Which she got! Knowing Heather definitely helped her along. I think she will do great.

We liked Mueller Park so much we took Amber and Jaime back with us. The leaves were even more amazing this ride! Everyone except Mike fell off our bikes, some even feel more then once...Amber! To her credit, her bike was not working well, it wouldn't shift and the brakes were barely working. I think this is the first time in our lives me and Jaime had to wait for her. It helps that we both have pedal assist bikes.😏

Wes has been playing some Fall lacrosse, it has been fun to watch him and his cousins play. Cousins on a team are just fun!

Viv is also in the middle of her fall soccer season. I don't know if I mentioned it early, when we were in Costa Rica they had their tryout for her extra team. I talked to her coach about her not making it to tryouts. He said she would be fine and she could still be on the team. Well, when we got back I never heard from him, I tried contacting him. Finally he got back to me and said his daughter decided to try out for a comp team, along with several other girls from the team so Viv's team dissolved. She was pretty sad. I signed her up for regular AYSO and she ended up getting the coach she had before she joined the Extra team, so she was happy to have him and a couple of other girls she knows.

This months Temple trip was at Syracuse again. It might be easier to get in there because they have two baptismal fonts. Some months it is hard for Mike to get an appointment and he has to check several temples.

 

The End of August

The kids went back to school on the 18th! 10th, 6th, and 4th grades. It is hard to believe that Wesley is in high school, and that this is Bensen's last year in elementary! I am excited to see what this year brings! 

Jaycee's first day of college was on the 25th! 🤩 Her first day of college was also the first day of her Switzerland trip! She was in Switzerland for her first two weeks of college! She’s crazy, but also crazy smart so she did just fine just fine! ❤️

On the 28th Mike took me to the Johnson Files, it was down in Orem. It was fun.

On the 30th we went and rode Spork.