Week 43

-Sunday we went to Bannock, a little ghost town outside of Dillon.Then once again the painful goodbyes to the Pepiots and the end of a fabulous weekend! -Mason got his braces off! -Happy 4th Birthday Easton! He got to take treats to school, had a costume party with his primary class and Conner then off to the ward Halloween party! What a day!!! -First snow of the season! I am so not ready for winter! -Off to Vegas! Jaxon’s last tournament of the year with Clutch Performance. While inVegas we drove past the Gold and Silver Pawn shop. Where the show Pawn Stars is filmed, people were lined up out the door to go inside.

Week 42

-Conner got to go to Sunbeams with Easton. They learned about the Stripling Warriors. -The boys were out for Fall Recess so we went to the Ogden Dinosaur Park. -We headed North to meet the Pepiots in Dillon. We spent Wednesday night with the Palmer’s in Rexburg. Thursday we spent the day in Yellowstone. We saw bison and elk. Friday we left West Yellowstone and drove over thru Ennis and Twin Bridges to Dillon and saw a Bald Eagle. - Friday afternoon Shannon took our Family Pictures. -Saturday we went to the Montana Western football game to cheer on Jackies boyfriend #7 Will Fields. Mason and Easton almost made it through 2 quarters before we headed back to the hotel.

Week 41

-The Jenkins girls came over between General Conference Sessions to say one last good bye and the boys convinced them to have an airsoft war!-We decorated for halloween! -Such a good feeling when we get the storage room is clean. It was way past due! -Carson thought it was Hilarious that Easton fits in his locker. -Mason had a fieldtrip to This Is The Place. They got to pull handcarts. -Conner came and spent the weekend with us. Him and Easton are Best Buddies and  Mason loved reading them bedtime stories. -The boys had a yard sale!

week 40

- Mason and Easton picked the pumpkins we planted! Mason took 20 “Jack-Be-Littles” to school for his class! Not a bad crop, just no big pumpkins for carving.  -Last month we attended the baptism for our good friend Emily Cox. She is adorable and we all love her. Easton would not leave until Gayle (Emmi’s Mom) took their picture together! -Carson Had an AWESOME cross country season! He finished his last race at region in 15:05! Way to go Carson, we are so proud of you! -It only took the dentist telling Carson he would have to have some teeth pulled because the permanent ones were coming in behind them to light a fire under him! He pulled 3 teeth by himself in one week! - Jaxon and his friends had a big surprise after school. Makenzie Jenkins came back from Pennsylvania to visit for the weekend and no one knew she was coming! They had a great time going to the Haunted Corn Maze, Night Games, Smores and just hanging out! We miss that girl. -Mason is so glad football season is over because it really interfers with his social life! Zach can now have late nights and sleepovers again! -General Conference Weekend! The first session Pres. Monson announced changes to the missionary program. Young Men can now go at the age of 18 after graduation and Young Women can go at the age of 19.(photo of Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles discussing the changes in a press conference following the session) - Saturday evening Carson attended his first Priesthood Session with Jim and Jaxon.

week 39

- Carson had another Awesome Cross Country Meet. He is consistently beating his previous time with a time a of 15.39. After the race the Easton ran up to Carson and got right in his face and said “Good Job Cars!”. - Easton is so funny! I asked him to pick up his toys and he replied “I’m Busy Mom.” while laying in the chair. -We went on a “Fall Colors” drive. We drove up the Mirror Lake Highway. Stopped for a little hike, before it started raining.It was a fun time! -Mason had his 4th grade Mtn Man Rendevous. -After baseball Bentley Fuller came and played with the boys. I took them to GetAir Trampoline Park. They had a blast! Easton was full of personallity. At first I was not going to take him but he informed me he didn’t have any so he needed to “Get some Air”. Then he found this block in the foam pit and said it was his best friend “boxy”.

week 38

-Carson’s cross Country time for this week 15.41! His goal was to beat his previous time and he did by 10 seconds. - Mason and Easton are such “Troopers” They are always there to cheer on their brothers. It always helps when the other teammates have younger siblings also. Mason looks forward to Carson’s meets because his friend McCall is there. -Mason had his first Raingutter Regatta. - The Marlins played in the Cache County Tournament. - I ran the Big Cottonwood Half Marathon. I beat my Personal Record by more than 13 minutes and made my ultimate goal of under 2 hours with a time of 1:59.58 ! I loved the course and it helped that it was all downhill.

Week 37

- We attended the Brigham City Temple Open House. It was BEAUTIFUL! I am so thankful for such great boys that know the importance of the temple and how excited they were to go see the Brigham City Temple. How grateful I am to know our Family is Forever!   -Carson had his first Cross Country Meet. He ran 2 miles in 15 minutes and 5l seconds. Good Job Carson!-Jaxon and Jim went to Las Vegas for a tournament with Clutch Preformance. -Easton was excited to get “Aliens in the Attic” at Walmart. That boy knows how to watch a movie, He ran into my room and yelled “Mom get my favorite drink and some popcorn for my show!”