Ashley made it into the improv troupe at her school this year. She had her first show at the end of October. It was a 2 hour show and there were a couple of skits where Ashley got to take one of the leading roles in them. Unfortunately, the videos are too large to post here, but it was a lot of fun to go and watch her doing something she love. The whole theme of the show was a Hergon Family Reunion. The llama on their shirts is like their mascot. Her group has 8 people in it and only one of them is a boy. That is just the way it worked out. 

She has another show coming up in May and the seniors will be spotlighted with the whole second act being skits run by the seniors. We are looking forward to watching it.

SaintCon 2025

We enjoyed attending SaintCon at the Convention Center again this year for their family night. They add new activities every year we go, but the kids still have a couple of favorites that they do every year. Rocket building is one of those.

Building a lego car to race on the track is another.

This year, they tried out shooting a dart gun, lock picking, and cutting cardboard with a laser cutter.

We stayed all the way until the end of the event that night and didn't even do half of the activities.

Scarecrow Festival

I took the kids to the scarecrow festival at Thanksgiving Point during fall break. Here were our favorite scarecrows.

Drive in movie scene.

Don't let the pigeon drive the bus.

We played a few games along the way.

Chicken Jockey from minecraft.

Another pigeon one.

Dogman (The boys favorite book series).

Gingerbread man

Ashley and I snuck over to visit the tree of life section while the boys were playing games near the waterfall. The large and spacious building.

The iron rod.

The tree.

The empty tomb

Ashley found a grasshopper and still has no problem picking them up. So gross!

It was a fun afternoon and the weather was so nice for us. We voted on our favorite scarecrow, but never actually saw the results of the vote afterwards.

Halloween Fun

October was a busy month for us. While shopping for Halloween costumes, we found these animal heads. Ashley and Camden tried them on just for fun.

Ashley decided on a dino costume this year. She has always wanted to be one of these blow up dinos and this year she figured out a way to make it work with Lula. Have you ever had the internet go out on you and entertained yourself with that dinosaur jumping over cacti game? Ashley was the dinosaur from that game. 

And Lula was the cactus. As you can see, she was super happy with her costume. She sure puts up with a lot to please Ashley.

We were not going to go to Cornbelly's this year. And then the YSA ward had FHE there one night. We decided last minute to join them. We learned quickly that it was probably a mistake. The traffic into the parking lot was insane. And then we had to stand around in the cold waiting for everyone to get there and for someone to pick up all of the wristbands. Ashley made a friend while we were waiting and then after we had the wristbands, her friend asked if she wanted to hang out with her. We were proud of her for saying yes. The boys had a lot of fun, even with the short amount of time we were there and the crowds.

The boys chose a couple of characters from their favorite Roblox game for their Halloween costumes this year. They showed me a picture and I did my best to create them from the picture. They were pretty happy with the result. Garama and Mundungo. Partially finished.

Our Pumpkins this year. We even grew most of them in our garden.

Halloween night pictures. 

The kids wore themselves out trick or treating. Ashley quickly learned that the blow-up costume is not very fun to walk the neighborhood in, especially while holding on to Lula's leash. And she wasn't able to eat any of the handouts, like popcorn and donuts that our neighbors hand out.

YSA Campout

The YSA Ward had a campout up at the Heber Valley Campground. We joined them for the Friday afternoon and evening activities. We got up there as soon as we could after Ashley finished her Improv rehearsal. We barely made it in time to participate with them on the ropes course. Danny and I just watched from the ground, but the kids had a lot of fun.

After the ropes course, we headed back to the campsite to have a dinner of hot dogs and chips. And then we played a lot of nine square until it was too dark to see the ball. We headed home around 9pm.