October Misc

 

Sam's pastry class made bread.

Sam's monkeys were excited that he came home from school.

Sam making his Halloween costume.

Seth played prelude in Sacrament meeting.  He was so nervous but did it!  He played clearly and loud!  It was awesome.

Valynn had an extra ticket to Adamm's Family musical.  It was so fun and it was great to have one on one adult time.

Seth made a suit that he could hide in and pretend to be a box in the corner.  It started as a nerf gun war and turned into a camouflage thing.

Sam and I got to be the organist and music director today.  That was so fun!

Sam's soccer team.  We missed most of his season and definitely missed the picture day.  We missed Seth's picture day and about half of the games.  It just wasn't a priority this season.

My Sethie

 

Seth has been loving 7th grade.  He's a sweet kid.  He's loving anything new.  Ceramics, volleyball, percussion, karate free friends day with Jack, 3d printing projects, etc.... He is always ready for a hug.  

New soccer season

We started a new season.  Both our boys are playing again this year.   Seth is mostly playing defense.  He seems like he's the oldest of his group and doesn't know anyone one his team, but he just jumps in and plays anyways.  I enjoy driving to his games with him and chatting about books and random things. Ada surprised him and came to last weeks' game with me.  Seth was so happy to see her there.

Sam does know several people on his team, which is nice.  The play well together and I love that his games are earlier in the day.  It's nice to go before it's hot.  His last game, he got shoulder checked hard in his chest by the goalie.  It popped his glasses right off his face and they flew a few feet away.  His breath was knocked out of him, but he recovered pretty quickly. I'm so proud of him and his growth. He's endlessly kind and helps all around him.

 

Last soccer games

 

Mother's Day and Misc

getting ready to graduate!

My family (especially Ada) put together a wonderful Mother's Day for me.  I loved every minute.  I played the piano for the Primary's Mother's day song, took a nap, ate a yummy and well thought out dinner by Jer, found out that Seth is also allergic to snap peas, played games, went on a walk, watched a movie.  It was a great day.

They made a pathway for me to my seat at dinner.

Ada played the prelude at church on Mother's day too!  She did great.  She came down all embarrassed, but there was nothing to be embarrassed for.... she did amazingly well.  Seth passed the sacrament and Evelyn was an usher.  What marvelous kids!

Ada made a Walmart run and found new sugar free snacks to try.

I took Seth for a quick date on the way home from his soccer game.

Sam's Priests group had all the moms come and we had "ice cream" and talked about fun things.  It was so funny.  Sam brought me the order sheet for the ice cream with a laugh in his eyes... both he and I are allergic to ice cream.  So I ordered strawberries and he had oreos and gummy bears.  He's a cutie patootie.

Seth drew this cat at school!  He's a great artist!  He has a good handle on proportions and perspective.

sushi date with my MTECH graduate and two of her friends.

 

Soccer

There's one soccer game left in the season, but I've loved seeing the boys growth this year. Seth has gotten bolder and Sam is remembering that he is capable.  This last time, he was playing offense for the first time in a while and all the parents kept remarking on how well he was playing and I was grateful for no asthma attacks!