Keep on trying..

This boy is in his second year of college at the tender age of seventeen. He studies his little heart out to get good grades. I’ve had people ask if he’s sad that he misses out on prom and other high school events that he’d be involved in had he not graduated early. I say this. He sure doesn’t seem sad. He seems happy to be accomplishing something that’s so difficult. It’s a road he’s chosen and he’s happy he did. We all have to choose which direction we go and thankfully we don’t all have to be from the same mold to be happy. Homeschool...high school...college....private school....we can be happy no matter where we are or what we do...

Sometimes you gotta just get out of town...

And that’s exactly what we did this weekend. We went away for two nights just to kiss the chaos goodbye. We went to the temple, ate good food, stayed up late watching movies and just chilled as a family. It was perfect.

P.S Connor wore this mask every time we got stuck in traffic and just stared out the window at people. It was pretty darn entertaining, to say the least....

The bug killers in my life...

It’s no secret. I hate bugs. I especially hate spiders. They are so fast and creepy and yucky and I have it in my head that if I go to kill it...it’ll either jump at me or maybe even eat me. You just never know. Every night before I go to bed I check under the covers for bugs. Here’s the blessing in it all...Chris used to be my only bug killer but now I have several teenage boys to help me kill bugs too...although, I think I passed down the scared Gene to Connor because he hates bugs too...

Passing down...

Tradition: the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation.

When Halee texted over general conference weekend to show us that her and Jared were making donuts (just as we have done on this special weekend for 15 years) I was more than thrilled. I told Chris “this is what makes traditions worth it.”

P.S we made donuts too...🍩🍩

When the boys are away...girls will play.

One last picture from our girls night. We ate pizza and came home to watch our movie. We also watched YouTube Makupe tutorials because it’s just plain fun. And we ate powdered donuts because who doesn’t love 50,000 calories once in a while? I also ended up having to chase a mosquito eater around the house with a towel and the girls seemed to find it hilarious how intense I got about it. I really missed Chris at that moment. He kills all living insects for me. 

Oregon Ducks...

The boys are off to see the Ducks play. They’ve been looking forward to this game since I purchased the tickets in July.

I’ve been disgusted and saddened by the actions of the NFL these days and must say that college football for us is where it’s at...The players are still honoring this country, our flag and our freedoms...so I’m all in until I hear otherwise.

Win The Day...🦆🦆

Girls night...

The boys headed off today to see the Oregon Ducks play and the girls and I decided to get crafty. When you’re a mom who doesn’t know the first thing about sewing, you improvise so we did some tie blankets. The girls each picked their own materials and did 80 percent of the work on their own. Later we will grab pizza and watch a movie. Yay for girl time...