Amazing Views At Every Turn

I'm a little bit late posting about Ben's football game..........His team won 40-0 :)
He played most of the game and ran an extra point. He had some of his best kicks yet.


The dr. looked at his cast this week and said it could come off in 3 weeks. Saturday is the last game of the season.

Saturday was Heather's 17th birthday! It's hard to believe I got out of the Air Force that many years ago to be a stay at home mom!!

For her birthday we went to a park for a picnic supper with a group of her friends from church and then they all went to the corn maze and had a wonderful time.

Autumn in Utah is spectacular!!

The colors are different this year because of the unusually wet spring and early summer. The aspen have been slow to turn yellow ( and are still working on it ) but the maple have more than made up for that. They are displaying flaming reds and oranges with tinges of pink reminding me of an incredible water color picture.
Of course the scrub oak is beautiful as always.

Yesterday my parents and I took a 13 hour fall color drive. It was actually a 3 hr. drive but we stopped often to take pictures and soak up the amazing views at every turn. I uploaded pictures to my photostream.
We took the dirt Avon road out of Liberty ( Ogden Valley ) over to Logan Canyon which leads to Bear Lake then came home the way of Monte Cristo which takes you back into Ogden Valley.

Then today God gifted us with snow in the mountains.....is anything more beautiful than snow in the autumn? I'll try to get pictures tomorrow. We got some snow down here but it didn't stick.

Are you enjoying Autumn in your neck of the woods?

Blessings to you and yours :)

Boys Will Be Boys!

Last week I took Ben to the dr. for what I thought was a sprained pinky but it ended up he fractured it quite badly.

He had surgery Friday morning. They put a pin in at the end of his pinky and through the bone. It and the cast will come off in 4 - 6 weeks.

Did that stop him from playing football Saturday? With the dr's approval, no it didn't. He didn't play running back, just kicker and outside linebacker. He made a great tackle.

Oh, you ask how did he sprain his pinky? Jr. High boys are so ready to prove their manhood!
A friend at school said "Ben, hit me as hard as you can" Ben hit a wooden door to show how hard he could hit. Well, the friend decided he didn't want Ben to hit him after all :) Boys!!


In Autumn news.....the colors have really come alive in the last week. We've gone on a few drives to take in the great beauty Utah has to offer. I'm adding pictures to my PhotoStream to share with you.

We have a couple fall drives lined up this week as well so look for pictures in a few days :)

We went up to a campsite this past weekend and had dinner and a campfire even though we weren't able to spend the night. The evening ended with an awesome rain, thunder and lightening show.

School is going well for all the kids and DJ is hanging in there over in Sicily. Very homesick. I've really missed him these past few days as we've gone out for our fall drives and such.

Hope Autumn is starting to greet you with all the splendor it has to offer!!

Blessings!

Cross Country and Football.....

Ben had his first cross country meet Friday and he came in 12th. He did good and ran the whole 2 miles ( some kids walked part of it ).




His football team didn't do as well this week. They lost 0-18. Ben did alot better this week with his blitzing. He had 3 sacks behind the line of scrimmage.

Kicking


After kicking





Huddle


On the sideline











My mom and dad are here for 2 weeks. We will be taking several fall color drives that I will share with you in pictures.

Have a great week!!

And He Scores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dani, Heather & Ben ( after the game )



Today was an exciting day in football!

Ben made his first touchdown :) It wasn't any old touchdown. It was a 55 yard kind of touchdown! He floated on cloud 9 the rest of the day :)

He plays right outside linebacker, kicker & running back. His jersey says #2 but we tend to think he's #1 :)

It was a good game today winning for the first time this season!! 18 - 0.


Kicking


Getting Tackled



One on One.....Learning What To Do On A Blitz


Ben's First Touch Down! ( he's in the middle of the first picture)









A Very Happy Team At The End Of The Day!!!!!!!!