Falling

A couple of Sundays ago (I think it was during the afternoon break of
Saturday session of General Conference) we went on a family walk
around the "Sunday Loop." It was a perfect fall day. The
temperatures must have dropped because the leaves were falling by the
handfuls. The sight of all that yellow swirling around us was
breathtaking. The boys were having the best time trying to catch the
falling leaves and giggling at their success. It is moments like this
that I would love to bottle up and save forever.

Just Chill'in

Holland just chilling at our public library.  

Groupies

I think these two girlies are sweet are my boys.  And while I'd prefer girls to stay at least 50 yards away from my boys, these two are about as amazing as they come and I'm grateful for their goodness and innocence.  

I think I'll stop encouraging my boys to shower and brush their teeth . . . perhaps that will buy us another five years or so. . . right?

A few random photos

Recent google search inspiration: Toothpaste in a soap dispenser.
After discovering 8+ open tubes of toothpaste, oozing with dried and
gooey toothpaste, I serached for a solution. While this doesn't
appear appealing, it has been a miracle worker in our little boys
bathroom.

Me and my Monster. Holland is something special right now. Loud.
Demanding. Volatile. While my heart clings to the theory that it's
just teething, something is telling me this is just the beginning. . .

We bought Tanner a guitar at a garage sale last summer. While it
looked cool and sounded cool, it didn't PLAY cool. Apparently the
guitar has warped causing the action to be too high. We were hoping
there was a easy solution. . . and there was, it was to get him a new
guitar. He's been in guitar heaven ever since. I've probably failed
to mention that he is taking weekly guitar lessons. He LOVES learning
new skills and LOVES LOVES LOVES his guitar teacher.

Eric and Holland grilling some Salmon together.

Just a glimpse of feeding our cast of thousands quesadillas for lunch.

Bball's begun

Practices and games started with a bang this year. Sam is on a team
with his two best friends Dallin and Jared and coached by Kevin,
Jared's dad. C&T are on the dream team with Harry and Coach E&E again
(Eric and Ed). Both teams are Brown this year and have their games at
Mirror Lake Middle School.

We usually have a one game bring-the-whole-family maximum. It only
takes one game to realize why we don't bring everyone each week. The
first game Holland was wiggly, Warner wanted to go home, and Hyrum was
begging for snacks. Aside for the Bacon chaos, I enjoyed visiting
with the other parents and cheering on my boys.

Hyrum desperately wanted to play this year, but I just couldn't figure
out how we'd fit that into our schedule AND I couldn't talk myself
into watching pack mentality/sub par bball. I'm grateful for our 5th
grade playing policy we've instigated for our own family and look
forward to cheering him on in a few years. One of the greatest perks
of living here is that our kids don't have to start sports young,
don't have to join comp teams or travel teams, and we don't have to
interrupt family life too much for them to have a chance at playing
high school sports.

Sneak Peak

Here's a sneak peak on my parents visit. It was a glorious 10 days of
project after project after project. The last picture is of our "to
do" list. It is downright amazing all that we accomplished. The
Bacon Home is definitely more sparkly and grand. I need to take more
pictures of the finished projects and post some before and after
photos so you can get the full measure of all the good that was done.

Six

I love this sweet sweet boy. I can't believe he's already six. He
loves legoes. He loves being in 1st grade math (he leveled up). He
loves saying "sure." He's in speech therapy and working on the R
sound. He memorizes really well. He and Sam have a special little
connection (that is when Sam isn't teasing him). He swings between
wanting EVERYTHING and being sincere and grateful. He loves to draw
and do puzzles. He loves macaroni and cheese (his birthday meal of
choice). His best friend is Kohen our next door neighbor. He loves
sleeping with "letters" a blanket Donda gave one of the twins years
ago. He loves reading scriptures with the big kids in the morning.

September 22

I have to admit, I started to panic when this happened in September.
Luckily it only lasted a few days and we were back to fall, but for a
moment I thought winter was here to stay. I'm grateful it was a false
alarm and we were able to enjoy yellow leaves and afternoon
neighborhood football games in the cul-de-sac.

Beach Lake Jamboree

It took every bit of effort for me to take my little four to the beach
lake jamboree this year. . . but it was worth it. The weather was
perfect. The boys had a great time. And the annual tradition (we've
never missed a jamboree since moving here) continues.

You've Had a Birthday Shout Hooray

Eric turned 39 this year. I made him a glorious GF boston cream pie
which was devoured. We sure are blessed to have him in our family.
The boys love playing Dungeons and Dragons with him. He invented a
Harry Potter sword game (akin to Paper, Rock, Scissors) and the boys
were having a blast playing it on Sunday with him. Today he was up on
the roof with Christian putting up the heat tape that will hopefully
save us from a ice dam this spring. He's the perfect parent for
Tanner and gives great PPI's. I personally am a fan of the head and
back rubs, which I've been getting my fair share of recently. I know
he's felt overwhelmed with work and family this year and I'm so
grateful for the effort and attention he gives to both! Happy
Birthday Love!