Our favorite season is here again!! We love the smell, the feel, the color, the activities. This pic is from a drive we took up the canyon at the end of September and it doesn't even convey the bright yellow colors intensely enough. We are so lucky to live by the breathtaking mountains!
We loved going to Snowbird at the beginning of the month and spending our annual Petrick family time. Gage came and introduced his fiancee to all the peeps and Emmalee and Bucky were able to surpise us all with a stay as well. Blake and Lindsey made it for a few days, as well as Caleb-so the week was represented by each family of the clan!
The Activity Day boys got to volunteer at the Healing Fields by assisting in putting up the flags for the 9/11 memorial there.
They did such a great job and worked hard in the hot sun. The camera crew that followed the helpers around seemed to be in our vicinity a lot, so Harrison was sure he would get on the news. Alas, it only caught Dave and the most shy/unassuming of the fellas- little Cameron. Harrison was not pleased, but I think he will one day remember it was about the service and not the minute of fame. Ha!
Fall sports are always being watched at our house-whether in person or on the tv. We all get a turn to attend a BYU football game with Dave
and this month it was Harrison and Katelee that each went.
Harrison loved his game and Katelee...well...she continues her streak of never watching a good/winning game
The cougs started out strong, but lost it in the end. Harrison was so upset as we were viewing it at home. He started yelling, "I blame Katelee!" And he legit meant it. She did get to sit by a boy that caught her eye and they stopped at a restaurant that served gluten free crepes prior to the game. So, I would still call the date a success.
Super Sevens rec league lacrosse started and Katelee is loving playing with her buddies as we watch beautiful sunsets and time Harrison as he laps the fields over and over.
With sports and school beginning, so do the fundraisers and shelling out of all the money...I actually won't complain about the Swig cards we buy/sell and the color run at the elementary school is one of this boy's favorite events. I had to work this time around, so i didn't get to spray the young runners with the chalk. I didn't miss out on the neon colorful boogers that accompanied that but I really was sad to not see Harrison and the other kids enjoying themselves so much!
Maybe it is the crisp air, the onset of our familiar and healthy schedules, the routines, the traditions that seem to be prevalent as we get into autumn and holidays, who knows- but it is a time of year we love and we are enjoying all the moments, well...maybe not all the moments- like the ones where we are picking up endless leaves for hours and hours. But, overall, it is the best!
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