Football Season--Preseason Game #3

I promise this isn't turning into a football blog, but since it's so hard for me to go back and catch up I'm attempting to stay current.

Adam and Tess joined us for this game since they live near Brighton High School (Amy was out of town and Bella and Megan had other plans), but I didn't get a shot of them.

Friday September 4th was our last preseason game against Brighton. They have a gorgeous stadium and it was a beautiful, breezy evening with a tiny hint of Fall in the air.

Landon lost his spot on the Offensive Line and got moved to Nose Guard on Defense. He didn't know how much he'd get to play this game, but ended up playing quite a bit.

It's still a bit surreal for me to see him out there.

He amped up his intensity (as a result of losing his spot) and played harder than usual.

He held his own.

It was an exciting game, but sadly we lost by one point because of a missed extra point that hit the uprights.

Pocatello or Bust!

The football team had a tournament in Pocatello, Idaho on August 29th so we drove up there (about 3 hours) to see Landon play.

They played in this indoor stadium at Idaho State University, which turned out to be incredibly hot and muggy. We had sweat dripping down our backs just from watching the game. Ugh.

Our game was the top game of the day and we played the Highland Rams of Pocatello (they won State last year).

It was exciting to see Landon (#55) all suited up with his team.

 I love it when they run out with the Caveman club (bat type thing) and the school flags.

Landon plays Left Guard on Offense, so he has to protect the quarterback from the big defensive lineman of the other team.

Are rare shot of his face, since he's usually too far away to really see in detail.

Landon weighs 250, so that means the guy on him was even bigger!

Every time the other team would kick off they would send this dog out to retrieve the tee after the play. We'd never seen that happen before and found it quite endearing.

After being evenly matched most of the game they beat us 28-21. Our boys were crushed. This didn't count toward our regular season record though and they were a super tough team so we're hoping we're in good shape for this year's season.

Good game, good game, good game, good game.

Friday Night Lights--Caveman Style!!!

Friday August 21st was the first home game of the season (though it didn't count toward our record because it was an out-of-district team).

Landon started Varsity! We were so excited. We never saw tackle football as a real possibility for him (remember the years of flag football?) and didn't think starting Varsity was in his future either, but booya!

He's #55 and plays Left Guard on Offense.

He's got to hydrate.

Boom!

As a fundraiser the boosters had parents write a tribute to their son to be included in the home game programs, but I gave Landon the option of writing one to his teammates instead.

It was a fun game, especially because we won!

We love football season!

We surprised Landon with these customized shirts which we will be wearing all season.

Landon with a couple of his friends.

12 on the 12th--January Edition

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1. I'm participating in BofM 365 so I've been reading every morning.
2. Ten minutes of Jimmy Fallon.
3. For family scripture time this year we're watching church videos on the Mormon Channel, so far so good.
4. I stopped at McDonald's to get my Coke.
5. It was seriously rainy all day (rare for Utah) so it felt like it was night time at school.
6. My desk at work.
7. Whitney had to wrap Junie in a towel to get the mud off her paws so she could be inside.
8. I started a new book!
9. We went to Landon's football banquet (for 3 hours!).
10. Landon hit the homework as soon as we got home.
11. Whitney cleaned out her binder for the new semester and found all kinds of doodling.
12. I have a couple stacks of books on my dresser, so pleasing.

12 on the 12th--September Edition

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1. The morning school mess.
2. Landon catching his ride and Whitney leaving for the bus.
3. The morning's dishes.
4. Our spider extermination device, we've been over run by spiders lately.
5. Loading photos from yesterday's football game.
6. Part of a funny text exchange with my sister Lori.
7. The leaves on the mountain are turning orange.
8. I spent some time reading in the cozy.
9. Picked up Whitney from school and took her to Lori's for some cake making.
10. Lori at her house.
11. I had to make cupcakes on Whitney's behalf for the country fair.
12. A funny card from Rebekah 3 years after she wrote it.

Five for Friday--I'm So Far Behind Edition

I am so far behind with blogging these days. We had the cousins here 2 weekends in a row including Conference Weekend, we helped Adam and Amy move, Randy turned 45, Whitney turned 13, and Landon just had his last football game. I have oodles of pictures but have had a crazy couple of weeks. 

1. Whitney has been wearing these fashion glasses lately, so when she stopped by the office Wendy grabbed these purple frames from the lost and found and put them on me. It was a random and funny moment, plus Whitney actually cooperated for the photo.

2. This was taken at our local Chili's...it seems like a back-handed compliment, but maybe I'm just reading into it. As we were waiting to be seated a group of women came in asking to be seated at the bar and were informed that the American Fork Chili's is the only one without a bar area (though they carry alcohol).

3. I found this picture on my camera and think it's hilarious...Whitney and her slime. 

4. Our shadows at Landon's football game last week...we look like fat cartoon characters.

5. I have never seen a sign like this before and immediately picture misfits sprinkling wild flower seeds on the turf football field. I pointed the sign out to Randy and he informed me it is about spitting out Sunflower seeds. Who knew?

Life Update--Phone Style

On October 2nd I went to a Secretaries Conference in Park City along with 4 other ladies from work. The highlight of the day was the scenery on the way there!

The Conference itself was okay, but it was a long time to sit and the room was freeeezing! (And you know if I was cold everyone else was downright frigid.) I kept looking around at all these women who are used to being so busy and thought it was a colossal waste of time. It's nice to recognize secretaries, but I don't think having them sit in a room for 5 hours is the way to do it!

I saw this Personality Test on Facebook and was immediately drawn to tree #2...which one calls to you?

Apparently this means--2. You are a fun, honest person. You are very responsible and like taking care of others. You believe in putting in an honest day's work and accept many work-related responsibilities. You have a very good personality and people come to trust you easily. You are bright, witty and fast-thinking. You always have an interesting story to tell.

Landon's football game on October 3rd was a freeze-your-nards-off event that meant I needed hot popcorn and hot chocolate...the only problem is that I either scald my tongue on hot chocolate or have to wait until it's just warm chocolate so mainly holding the hot cup was soothing.

I love the view at his home games, especially with the leaves changing on the mountains and the temple in the background.

I'm happy to report that my Secret Pal has been pretty good to me and that I'm enjoying being in charge of the whole thing. I've cracked myself up by sending a couple "inspirational" emails with quotes in them to help nudge the slacker pals (why do they even sign up?).

I used these 2 quotes:

"Generous people are rarely mentally ill." --Karl Menninger

“I got him a cool gift. I got him a pack of razors, and a really furry dead cat.
”-- Jarod Kintz

Since Adam and Amy have been in Europe (I'm so happy for them...) we had the girls here two weekends in a row. I picked them up Friday after school and enjoyed this lovely view from their front porch.

It's amazing how much talking one little girl (Megan) can do!

Lori and I went out for awhile Saturday evening.

Fall is officially upon us and is so beautiful! I was driving home from work and had to pull over to take this picture.

I found this note on my computer at work, so sweet.

Whitney and I met with her school counselor this week for a routine check in (they do that with all the 7th graders!).

I proposed that we take a self-portrait after our meeting and this is what we got...remember how Landon used to hug me in the middle of the hallways at school when he was in 7th grade?!

I spent most of the next day (which was my day off) listening to this!

And planting these.

I don't enjoy having this on our counter but our dishwasher is so lame that we haven't used it in over a year!

This week's installment from my Secret Pal.

Lori and I went out yesterday as part of Fall Break.

I texted this picture to Landon to see if he would wear this shirt ahhh technology.

Lori and I saw "Gravity" which proved to be a stressful movie. At one point I leaned over and said, "next time maybe we can see a movie about being stranded in deep water with sharks".

Later we picked up Whitney (who had stayed at Lori's place to play with the cats) and went to Michael's, Gordman's and Hobby Lobby. Even though my last sewing project was an exercise in swearing I am going to try again but this time with Michelle's help. There are so many cute fabrics how can I resist?

We spent a long time looking at all the cute miniature stuff because Whitney is always thinking of stuff for her Barbie creations. Of course I was drawn to the tiny good mail packages available and told Whitney she should make me some!

Whitney and I stopped at IFA for little pumpkins and these orange wheel barrows caught my eye.

I was scrolling through all my Instagram posts and am smitten with these little grids. I took screen shots of them just because they delight me so.