It's Football Season!!!

Tyler and Camden both played flag football this Fall. Camden was on the grey team and they won almost all of their games. They had one kid on their team that was fast and really good at avoiding flag pulls by moving his hips away. Camden had a good season. He even got a pick 6 in one of his games.

His last game was played in the rain. It was coming down pretty good and Camden was dressed in shorts and a t-shirt. He was soaked and cold by the end of the game. This picture does not really show just how wet and miserable he was.

Here is his team after the final game (the one game they lost). You can see a little better how wet they all were. But they still had a lot of fun.

Tyler was the lucky one to have his dad as a coach for his team. Neither team had a coach as the first games were approaching, so Danny was fully prepared to go in and coach Camden's team. Fortunately, someone had stepped forward to coach his team earlier that day, so Danny volunteered to coach Tyler's team. I helped him with the communications at the beginning. Tyler had a good season, too. Unfortunately there was one boy on the team that decided he didn't want to play after signing up and getting assigned to a team. And there was another boy that was also doing mountain biking, and a lot of the events were at the same time as the flag football games. He was able to come a lot more towards the end of the season though, Because they were short one player, there were a couple of games where Camden had to step in and play so that they would have enough players.

 

Here is the team after their final game. They didn't win the whole tournament, but they did pretty well. 

We took the boys to the first home BYU football game. Ashley didn't really want to go, so she stayed with her grandma and grandpa came with us to the game, too. It was a blowout, but still a lot of fun.

This isn't from a football game, but Danny and I got invited to join one of his coworkers and a BYU women's soccer game. Her niece is on the team, so we got to be pampered, as well, with a free meal before the game, amazing seats, and a free dessert at half time. It was a lot of fun.

Danny took Tyler to the next home BYU football game. He invited Tyler's cousin, Kennedi, and her dad to come with them. They loved the tailgate party before the game.

They had a lot of fun during the game, too.

First Day of School

 The kids started school the week of August 11. Tyler got to start a day early since it is his first year at the middle school. They had a 7th graders only day. It was a really short day, just enough to give him a feel for what it is like to switch between classes and find his way around.

Ashley and Camden started school the day after Tyler. This is Ashley's senior year, and probably her last first day of school. I don't know if she will ever go to college. She will probably do some kind of online school, instead, to learn how to train dogs and get certified to do it professionally. She plans to enjoy her last year of school and not having to adult yet. Her schedule is pretty light this year, so she has been able to take first period off and sleep in a littl more each morning.

Camden is alone at the elementary school this year. He is in 5th grade and has a boy teacher for the first time, Mr. Alm. Mr. Alm also directs the school play, which Camden auditioned for again this year. He has a couple of lines in the play, which has been better than last year, I think. He has a lot of friends at school and enjoys playing football and basketball at recess. He also gets to do a lot of field trips this year which he is very excited about.

It should be a good school year.

Mission Farewells

We went to a lot of missionary farewells this summer as Alyssa's room mates and friends started to leave one by one. The first one that we attended was for Kate Glazier. She was headed off for Edmonton, Canada. We had a chance to visit with Liesel and Hallie during the luncheon.

The next one I went to with just Ashley Danny was out of town and the boys did not know her well. We didn't get any pictures with her, but here is the yard sign at her house. She is currently serving in the Mesa, Arizona mission.

We watched Robbie's farewell via zoom and then had the chance to see him the day before he went into the Provo MTC. He was headed off to the Jacksonville, Florida mission. 

The last one that we attended was for Liesel Ford. Our whole family has been close to Liesel for a few years now. She is serving in the France, Lyon mission. The picture is funny because it almost looks like a family picture, just swapping Alyssa for Leisel. 

We also went to a few different farewells and homecomings in our own ward and in the YSA ward this summer. Now we have a little bit of a break from it and will start up with all of the homecomings for Alyssa and her friends starting next summer. And then Ashley's friends will start leaving. 

I'm on quite a few missionary email lists, so my Monday evenings are filled with reading all of the emails. LOL.