Basketball

I've been watching a lot of basketball this past winter and I have enjoyed every minute of it.  I have been coaching the young women in the ward.  We were able to qualify for region this year and play our first game tomorrow.  My youngest son has been playing junior jazz and church ball, my oldest son played church ball once swim season ended and my daughter has not only been playing with the ward but has been playing on the 9th grade team at the middle school.  They went the whole season undefeated and won the championship.  She won the MVP defensive player twice during the season and played her best offensive game in the final.  It was quite exciting and so fun to watch.  Now that she doesn't have practice 3 days a week, I hear "I'm bored" a lot. 

Learned a little something about photography.  Just because you go and buy a really nice, expensive camera, it doesn't mean it will automatically take nice pictures when set on automatic.  Ugh.

Akino

I never thought I would see the day when my husband consented to getting a dog.  He was so adamant against having one for years and years but 2 weeks ago we brought this little guy home and now our whole lives are wrapped around his little paw.  Part Siberian Husky and part Malamute, he is a cutie.

Autumn

I just love everything about fall - Crunchy leaves, brisk air, chimney smoke, scenic drives.  And my new fall favorite:  Boot Socks.  Saw them on pinterest and tried to find out where to buy them and the only place I could find them was on Etsy so I just decided to make some.  Super easy.  I found instructions online and pretty much all you do is cut off the arms of your old sweaters.  The cream colored one, however, I made from a scarf.  I still want to add buttons to the gray.  Love them.

Ran the Haunted Half.  I was a little disappointed with my time considering I felt like I was booking it the whole time.  My sister got sick and so I ended up running by myself and totally biffed it about 1/2 mile to the finish line.  But, all in all, it was a fun race.

I bought a new silhouette machine from my brother and sister-in-law and have been dying to finally use it. I'm kind of into subway art right now and came across this:
And transferred it into this:

Love my machine.

A Wicked Weekend

A weekend that started with this:



... and ended with this:


With family sandwiched in the middle made for a fun, exhausting, but wicked good time.

It looks like I’m late for my semi-annual posting. I’ve gone to work full-time. It’s the most boring job EVER! But they pay me well to just sit there so I may keep it (at least until something better comes along). I was put in young women’s as first counselor and have FINALLY been able to go to girl’s camp. This was the first time going since I was a laurel. It was a good time and I am so glad I got the opportunity. I love my calling and know that this is exactly where I’m supposed to be (although I’m not sure my daughter feels the same way). We took a family trip to Moab. We did a lot of hiking and it was really HOT but we had fun. But I am already looking forward to Fall because it’s my favorite. School starts once again soon and it just floors me that I’m going to have a senior.