Eves Soccer Time

Yes, it is soccer time for the Eves' once again. This year Jason is on the Black Knights team, and Kaeley is on the Seahawks team. The kids are having a blast and doing very good work. They both prefer the defender position. Jason is honing his skills at stealing the ball and protecting the goal. He gets better every year. We are so proud of him and his accomplishments. He does a great job.

Kaeley is notorious for never backing down. If someone charges the goal, she charges them right back. She always kicks the ball away from them, and many times they end up on their little behind. (Not because she is kicking them, but because she stops them so abruptly!) The parents have taken to calling her "The brick wall". Nobody gets through. In saturday's game, one boy, the opposing team's star player charged the goal three times in a row, and Kaeley put him down 3 for 3, One mother told me he would think twice before trying that on Kaeley again, and sure enough, that ended that! She is becoming somewhat of a celebrity. She loves it!

Ryan and Sally's Update

Well we did go on our cruise to the Mexican Riviera and we had a great time! We appreciate Anita and Mom watching our kids!!! They had a great time with you all!!!
And we did have a great time! It was so relaxing!!! And we got to do a lot we snorkeled in Cabo and Played on the beach in Mazatlan and then we shopped in Puerto Villarta - well me and Ryan's Mom and sister did - while everyone else went on a Huge Zip line adventure! They were 400 feet above the jungle ground and zip lined from tree to tree. Ryan said it was one of the coolest things he's ever done!
On the boat we got to be lazy by the pool, do Kareoke, go to 2 movies (Get Smart and Hancock - I hadn't seen either of them) We also watch a fun game called Quest, it was like a scavenger hunt with teams and it got pretty crazy!! We actually adapted it for our Halloween party the other night - details later :) We danced at an 80's party, and went to "singin' with Cory" in a piano bar. It was so fun! It was nice because there is tons to do, but if you don't want to do anything you don't have to! I think we took a nap almost every day - we never get to do that at home so that was great too!
It was a great vacation from our stressful life! We needed it!
Hope you enjoy a few of the pictures.
-Sally

Mom's update

Hi Kids, I had a good week with Chris. He came last Saturday and left Friday morn about 4:30 am and got home at 2 pm. He helped me mow the lawns, rototille the garden and back area which didn't come back this year. He also helped me plant a Honey Crisp Apple tree. I now have 4 fruit trees. We went to a Chinese buffet in Richfield and ate toooo much. but it was good! Last Sunday he sang in our ward Sacrament meeting and was really good. We even went to the Sr Citizen potluck. He came over and ate at the Sr Center one day too. I'm sorry he had to leave, but he's already back to work.
I had taken care of Kate and Emily the last few days that Ryan and Sally were on their cruise. Also Danielle. They were all so good. I enjoyed it a lot. I'm glad they were able to go on the cruise, and that they had a great time and weather was good. Anita and Todd are now on their cruise to the Carabian. I sure hope the weather is good and that they have a wonderful time too.
I'm enjoying my work preparing meals for the Sr Citizens. Right now I have a cold which took me by surprise. It's down in my chest so I am trying to get rid of it.
I love you all. MOM

Family Wall

We are all having a great time building a wall in our back yard. Jon and I both are major rock hounds and we love big rocks. Well Jon's obsession got the best of him and he has been building a rock wall in our back yard. I am posting some pictures from the summer at our quarry (a Friend has a ranch in the desert and lets us collect from an old dry riverbed). The boys have all developed strong muscles and learned the many engineering feats of an inclined plane, leveraging and teamwork (our favorite tools are the two dollies, the ramp, chisel and the steel pole). Thanks to Peter, Alex, Anna, Robby, Jared & David for all their help with it. Jake and Jordan even helped when they were in town (this has been a three year project, so far).
There used to be stairs coming down from the side of the house (Jon and the boys jack hammered them out, along with the rubble that was there when we bought the house). We are going to put curving rock stairs in their place, right behind the rock wall.
Jon built a seat for me in the rock wall, it is the most comfortable seat, it has an arm rest too. I am getting very excited. You may be able to see the split in the rocks on the ground just in front of the wall, that is where a fake river is starting and continuing out into the yard (see the picture with the Dolly). And we get to see the beautiful sunsets in the desert too.

Honey Candy, Family Nights

REMEMBER HONEY CANDY?

Last night for family Night we made HONEY CANDY! It took me back to my childhood the second i tasted it again! i was amazed! We had a lesson about following the "Recipe" in life and how our lives turn out better if we follow the proper directions. then we make the candy.

Here is the Recipe if you don't have it anymore.

Honey Candy from Grandma Zora

1 C Honey

2 C Sugar

1/4 C Water

Cook to hard crack stage. Pour on buttered plate, start folding up edges until you can pick it up then start pulling. it will harden as it cools! stretch it out to cool then crack it apart.

We all had SO much fun pulling the candy! we have never done that till now. Cameron and i saw an old fashion taffy puller on our trip and he said that was a fun family night they did once. I told him we used to make honey candy all the time and pull it for family night! so we decided to carry on that tradition. Try it with your kids!

Love Bec