Happy Halloween!

Back from Idaho

We had a great (short) trip...apart from my camera breaking (boo hoo!!), loosing my car keys in the football stadium (and then finding them 20 minutes and a heart attack later), and gaining at least 10 lbs from the muffins and Cheetos we ate in the car. I have to say that for the crazy day that Ashton had (2.5 hour drive to Pocatello, going to a 3.5 hour football game, immediately over to the 2 hour volleyball game and then on to an amazing dinner at Ruby Tuesdays) he did amazingly well... yes there was a short time during the football game that he transformed into a little devil child and screamed like a banshee... but other than that, he was great! We met Katie at her office and drove over to the stadium together to watch Per's game. My mom decided to come as well and met us at the game. Unfortunately neither Per or Katie's teams won (Katie's was SO close!!) But it's always fun to go watch! After dinner with Katie and Per and Per's cute parents we went to sleep at Katie and Per's cute house in Old Town Pocatello. I love Katie and Per! I love my boys :~) Enjoy some pics of our trip~~~

~KatiePer~

We get to go visit these guys this weekend! We think they're pretty awesome! Our favorite Canadian and Canadian in training!! Uncle Per plays football for Idaho State and Aunt Katie coaches Volleyball. They both have home games this Saturday so the boys and I are headed to Spudland! We haven't seen them for a couple of months so we're all pretty excited. I love my little sis so much! I wish she lived closer!

Justin has a home game against Murray this weekend as well. We're doing half time treats. Hopefully we can get another win... did I ever mention that we WON last week?? Finally!! Bountiful-28 Highland-0 The boys were so excited!! Definitely a morale booster! I guess I also need to paint a very large paper banner for the boys to run through tonight too... busy!!

Mark will be staying home to work on our basement and it's endless projects. I love this man so much! I miss him already and we're not gone yet!!

October... finally!!

I love fall. I finally get to wear the copious amount of jackets that reside in my closet. For those of you that listen to Stacy and Clinton from What Not to Wear... you'll understand. Jackets are a must! They make you look thinner and more put together; not to mention they cover the puppies! All summer I feel blobish (my own word) so I'm always thrilled to feel a little crispness in the air.



We celebrated Mark's birthday in September. Since we're saving for a very special Christmas (more to come on that later) we decided to keep the birthday pretty uneventful. We did get a new TV and some family room furniture though. Yay!
















Justin is halfway through his football season. He is doing such a great job and we're very proud of how hard he's practicing . It is so much fun to be a part of this team. I love going to the games each Saturday. We were able to attend the University of Utah football game vs. Louisville. I went with Justin and Ashton and Justin was able to march in with and meet the Utes. It was really fun! I'm shocked Ashton lasted as long as he did :) We rode the Trax train for the first time too!!

My dear sweet Ashton has had yet another illness coupled with a pretty traumatic injury to his knee. Last Sunday Ashton and I had a walking to the park date with our friends Kayci and little Tyler. We walked out to the garage to get the stroller. Ashton ran out around my car and tripped on some of the corner metal that Mark is using to finish our basement with. It had been left sitting between the two cars in the middle of the garage floor. The way the metal was angled made it comparable to paring knives sitting blade side up just waiting for an unsuspecting victim to trip and fall on them. We called my dad (doctor dad, md...) who was on his way home from Idaho. He said he was almost home and to quickly meet him at his house. Ashton and I drove up the hill so "Papa" could investigate the injury. Luckily no stitches were necessary, just a few butterfly bandages to hold it together (which Ashton promptly took off the second his pants were removed). He will have some pretty gnarly scars... cool dude :) ... on to the illness... This past Tuesday morning I received a call from Ashton's daycare stating that he had some spots developing on his bottom, stomach and back... I of course think their overreacting about some diaper rash and begrudgingly make my way over to the center to pick him up. When I arrived I was shocked to see the blistery bumps that were developing before my eyes. I packed Ashton in the car and headed back to work and awaited my lunch break. 1:00 came and Ashton and I made our way to the instacare (since our doctor takes Tuesdays off and Ashton ALWAYS seems to fall ill on Tuesdays). They took his temperature (100 F) and the on call doctor came in to ask some questions. She asked if he had blisters on the bottom of his feet or the palms of his hands... off came is shoes, and sure enough there were blisters. He was becoming covered in these bumpy red blisters. The doctors diagnosis: Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease. Treatment??? NOTHING. You have to wait it out while your baby is covered in painful blisters and feeling sick sick sick. I can give him Tylenol and a hug. That's it. So Mark and I have taken turns taking off work to be with him since he's not allowed back into daycare until he's well again. It's really the saddest thing. Especially because he's only 20 months old and you can't explain what's happening to him. So sad :(


Mark has been hard at work finishing a theater room in our basement. I am SO excited!! He is doing such a great job!! We're to the point that we can now shop for paint and carpet / wood flooring! YAY!!











Sorry for the lack of blogging happening... life is crazy. Happy October everyone!! Enjoy your jackets ;)

Football Season

Football season has started!! Justin made the "A" team with the Bountiful Braves 9 year old gremlins. This year he's # 78. He's WAY excited! They are working their butts off and it paid off today when they won their first game against West High School!! Go Braves!!

We'd love to see people at his games. You can see his gremlin's schedule HERE and field locations HERE.