a football, swimming, cooking, teeth, election week

Cody had a play off game. They didn't end up winning but Cody had a great game.

Ben named him the defensive player of the game, unofficially, to our family.

It totally counts:)

He had some key flag pulls and a swat to a ball that would have been a touchdown.

The kids (Cody and Macey) have been doing a non competitive swim team for several months.

Mackayla finally got some flippers and a kick board and loves cruising through the water too!

This time they practiced dives into the pool. Not a great pictures, but there's diving going on:

Stay tuned for Macey's cookbook.

All the recipes included have been tested and approved, and just as many rejected.

We take this seriously.

Mackayla lost her first tooth!!

She asks us to call her toothless. I also overheard her telling her friends she waited up to see the tooth fairy but finally fell asleep. I think she must have stayed up a long time because she was a hot mess tonight! But she's a keeper!

I spent so much time this year preparing to vote, reading about candidates and through the propositions for our state. The only answer I knew for sure at first was marijuana legalization. No thanks. That didn't work! 

What a crazy election year! President Trump 2016.

The latest mormon buzz is about keeping our own homes faithful and strong.

We'll go with that.

Our trip to the beach after games was cut short by the fastest moving fog I've ever seen. Within five minutes the entire beach was enveloped by clouds.

In the five minutes it took us to wash ourselves off, they were mostly gone. 

Hoping that's how the craziness of this election plays out:)

Halloween Month

Halloween may be the last day of the month but the celebrating lasts a whole lot longer!

Mackayla's Preschool went to Tanaka Farms one day. 

They got to pet the animals.

 One tried to gobble her:) 

And they made it through the corn maze

They picked some fresh veggies

and a pumpkin.

Mackayla had a fall along the way. She's pretty tough though.

 We had a bunch of games and gymnastics mixed into this month.

There were clouds one day. Which might not sound exciting to anyone, but I was laughing at just how many people posted cloud pictures to instagram. It really isn't that common around here:)

Game day for Cody. And Ben on call taking a call that day. So tricky to work that in sometimes. 

Cody's in there, but I bet you can't tell where! I know I can't! 

 Mackayla has some serious range in her kicks.

This is the one carving picture I got. Fail. 

 Our ward trunk or treat was extra exciting because Macey's favorite person in the whole world came. She's not a member of our church, so Macey loved showing her around and introducing her to people. They mostly all know each other from school though.

It was extra exciting for me because I WON the chili cooking contest!!!

This is only most exciting because I'm usually the person that brings the thing that no one eats. 

This is my awesome trophy.

Mackayla loved it too and we really didn't see Cody for much of the night:) 

Since Mackayla had already gotten to go to Tanaka Farms, while she was at preschool I took the kids on their day off. 

This not-working picture is a picture of Macey perfecting a skill. But I guess no one can see that.

She can also hold an L on the bars and do "skin the cat" and she's super excited about it!

 On Halloween night we went to a friend's house and had pizza and then the kids trick or treated with them. We didn't go to the crowded fun street with the haunted houses this year, but it's trick or treating, so you really can't go wrong:)!

Any time I couldn't find Macey she was crawling around like a cat. Under tables, around people... 

 I chose to ignore the fact that the huge pile of wrappers growing in the garbage meant that's how much candy my children were consuming. :)

Happy Halloween!!