Soccer and getting ready for Winter

Another season of soccer has come to an end. Its definitely becoming one of our favorite activities.

Kooper kicking the ball down the field.


Kollin on defense...he's grown a lot these past few months and has become way more aggressive at this sport!


Kollin taking the ball down the field.


With winter approaching we went up the Mountain to gather wood for some cozy fires.


The kids really enjoyed finding the trees that were already on the ground for Kevin to cut.


They were all huge helpers too. Here's Koop rolling the log to the truck.


Me and the girls.


Kevin hard at work...


Crazy Man...he even let me have a go at it. It was fun but used more muscles than I think I have:)


While driving around looking for more logs we found some spots that were very picture worthy!


Me and Kevin.


We're looking for wood and this is what Kevin's looking for the whole time. Lucky for him we saw a few...


Wow!! Check out those colors...




This was at Sunset so its a little dark but it was a beautiful view of the changing leaves!


After the truck was full we stopped to have some smores and fire with the kids.


Yummy!! Khloe hated the stickiness so this is how she ate hers.


The temperature dropped soooo quick once the sun went down. Here's me and Khloe warming up by the fire.


Kevin and the Kids.


Mr. Koop with the moon in the background.


On the way home we grabbed some pizza for a late dinner. It was such a nice day as a family, which is something I'm grateful for how often we're able to be together.
And to sum up how exhausted we all were by the time we got home...


I didn't realize how much Kollin's neck was about to break off, but I thought it was sweet how they were laying on each other. I love my kiddos (even more so when their getting along like this!) :)

Ice skating and Kollin's Volleyball

Since Kevin and I are completely obsessed with volleyball, usually playing 3-4 times a week, we had an opportunity for Kollin to be on a youth league and decided to coach his team. We were called the Passers and had the funnest time! At the end of the season we ended up only loosing 4 of 13 games. They did awesome!!


It was fun watching Kollin progress. At the beginning he could barely serve over the net but a few weeks later it was one of his strong points. Here he is serving...


We were so proud of him trying a new sport.

There's lots of reasons why we love Vernal and one of them is the Ice skating Rink that opens in the winter. They had an opening night that was free admission, and if you know me you'll know that I wont pass that up for ANYTHING!
This is how most of the kids started...(Khloe stuck to the wall)


...but you can tell by Kollins determined face that eventually they became brave enough to go faster and faster.


Even Khloe ventured off the wall...


Kaylee.


Kooper did soooo good, he went around that rink probably 100 times.


Hanging out while they resurfaced the ice.


Kevin and Khloe.


Me and the girls. Its not so bad when you have one kid holding your hand but its a real challenge when you've got one on each side! If one goes down you better believe we all did:)


Even though Ice Skating reminds me of ice and snow, I love that we've been able to enjoy Fall this year. Last year it went from Summer to Winter. We've loved seeing the Foliage and enjoying drives up the Mountains to see the seasons change.

Soccer and the Zoo

These next two photos are way random but I thought they were interesting. For Kaylees birthday back in April I bought a bunch of balloons and covered the ceiling with them. But I didn't realize a week later they'd still be there. So this was our idea to get them down...
We taped a thumbtack to the top of Koopers arrow gun and shot them:)


It was working great until the thumbtack got stuck in the ceiling! Plan B...
Tape a thumbtack on the top of the broom and poke em...


A few weeks ago my Mom came out to see the kids play soccer.
Khloe, Grammy, and Kooper.


Kaylee and Kooper were on the same team this year and did wayyy better than we expected. Kooper we knew had the athletic gene but little miss Kaylee found her new love! They each scored at least 1 goal per game!
Here's Kaylee taking it down the field...


And all alone making a goal...


Kaylee.


I have to add that this is so late getting posted because I have been going crazy trying to find the pictures of Kooper I took. I try and make life a little organized and put individual pictures of the kids in different folders and I swear my computer ate koopers! I found all the videos but not one picture. So I'll add those soon but I have to add him to this because he did so good this year!

Kollin moved up to a bigger field this year. He did great but it usually took him half the game to get into it. He scored about 4 goals through out the season, but was the guy waiting at the goal to pass it to one of the stronger kickers. Here's an action shot...


He's more of a reading, artsy kid so we were so proud of him for playing and doing his best!

After soccer games we headed to the park for some lunch.
(In this picture...me, Kaylee, Kooper, Kollin, Jaxon, Tim and Allie)


When we got home we went in the back yard and played some more soccer in the back yard.



A few weekends later we all went to Salt Lake City. My mom got the Grand kid pass at the Zoo so its our new hang out place! This year they have this dinosaur theme thing going on that the kids really enjoy. Kevin snuck in the picture so Rylan would sit with the rest of the kiddos.


Kooper getting eaten by an t-rex.


Our annual family shot by the rhino.


Kooper and Kaylee diggin.


This guy actually roars and moves around to seem life like. The big kids loved him but not so much the smaller ones.


It started raining the last few minutes we were there. So Khloe got all snuggled up in my sweater. Oh those cheeks are so squeezable!


After the zoo we got to take Rylan and Addilyn back to Vernal with us. Stacey and Kyle went to Vegas for a week and it was a BLAST having them here with us.
Rylan on the way to Vernal decided to try and eat the chicken nugget carton. He's such a funny kid!