School pictures

Every year Dave is forced into having his photo taken for the staff picture board at IHS. Here is this year's picture. He gets a small package of this photo for free from Lifetouch. I like to tease him that one of these years I'm going to hang all of the 8 X 10s up on the same wall...you know, like a shrine to Dave.

I have included the previous years' photos for your looking enjoyment. Hope you do enjoy!

Dave as a brand new teacher!

Go Cougars!

So far the BYU Cougars are undeafted! Their last two games have been complete shutouts! They beat UCLA on 9/13 59 to 0 and yesterday they beat Wyoming 44 to 0! I have to admit that I'm very proud of them, but the games do tend to get boring when the score is so lopsided. In fact, I left at halftime yesterday because it was obvious to me that it would be another shutout and I was sick of sitting in the hot sun. Dave watched the rest of the game by himself. He is a die hard Cougar fan until the end!

We survived!

Last week I had the opportunity of babysitting my niece and nephew for a couple of days. Dave's sister, Ann, and her family are moving to Vancouver, Washington soon and needed to make a quick trip up there to arrange housing for when they officially move. I agreed to watch the kiddos at their house so they could make this 11 hour trip by themselves. Their trip was going to be a short one so it made sense to leave the children behind. We were all a little nervous about how it would go, but I'm happy to report that everything went well. Ella (1) missed her parents, but she did very well for being so young. Nate (4) also missed his parents, but seemed to have a good time. He wasn't a huge fan of his Aunt Holly when I asked him to pick up his toys, but he got over it and was a huge helper. I'm glad I got this opportunity. It was nice to spend some time with those two and also some good practice for the future! Thanks Ann for thinking of me! I'm glad I could help out.

Nate & Ella

This is proof that Ella had a good time and didn't cry the entire time

My gem!

This is a note I received in the mail yesterday from Dave's boss (the high school principal). I've been in one of those "moods" lately and this was the perfect solution! I have a GREAT husband and the world seems to think so as well. I'm so proud of him and love him very very very much!

One Last Hoorah!

Our pop-up trailer has to be "winterized" every year so that the pipes don't freeze, etc. We decided this year that instead of popping the trailer up in the parking lot we store it at and winterizing it there that we would instead go camping one last time for the season and winterize it while we were out. We went camping about 30 minutes away from our house up Provo Canyon, but boy was it worth it. We did a whole lot of nothing and it was nice!!!

Our spot for the weekend

Playing Uno to pass the time

The best thing about camping...foil dinners!

Never wear your favorite jeans camping...the campfire could attack them!

Buddy trying to stay warm under his blanket

No Hill For A Climber

Our weather has been perfect this week! It makes me excited for fall. We've had the windows open and have enjoyed the fresh air. A couple of days ago I heard some commotion in our bedroom and went in to investigate. This is what I found...

(sorry the picture is blurry)

He also likes to use the recliner in my "office" to accomplish his task...

He will go to great odds just so that he can see out the windows. He isn't much of a barker, but he will do his little growl if he sees someone/something and get Missy (the Pomeranian) going. She doesn't stop for like 30 mins. if you let her. Annoying!!!