Getting Up To Date!

As usual I am playing catch up because I am behind. Right now our lives basically consist of Adam working out of town and football.

Everyone is gracious and asks how Adam working out of town is going and my answer is......"it is what it is". We are very fortunate that Adam can stay with his sister, that in itself is a huge blessing! I am grateful for the safety he has had traveling but I am a little concerned for the coming months and traveling in bad weather. I guess we will keep our fingers crossed and say our prayers. We keep getting into accidents so I am a little leery. Some guy hit me the other day and the worst part is he has no insurance. Thankfully the Pilot isn't too bad.


Jake has excelled at football. Hopefully without being too boastful I can say he's.... amazing! I have lost count of touchdowns and tackles. He loves intercepting the ball and now he looks to strip the ball whenever possible. I am most proud of his leadership qualities and how humble he has been. Despite being the quarterback and doing well he is a great team captain and encourages and helps lead his team very well. Thank you to all the friends and family that continue to come to games and support him, it's meant a lot to all of us!




We celebrated Paige's 2nd birthday. It was fun to have her get excited this year. We got her a little 4 wheeler and she loves it. Rudy and Heather got her a B.Y.U. cheerleading outfit, so cute. And grandma Bel got her a plethora of dress up shoes that she lives in. Grandpa and grandma Shaffer got her an apron that is so adorable, I love it! Adam's parents got her this huge stuffed bear that has to go with us every where!

She is talking more and more every day, and is tons of fun and full of energy. She is in to everything, and never slows down, thank goodness for nap time!

Brysen is hanging tough. He has to wait for basketball to start and he is feeling a little neglected since we didn't get him signed up for flag football. He is going great in school and loves to learn. I think he struggles the most with Dad gone, he talks about him all the time, it's sweet.

We have a tradition the first day of school every year. I make chocolate chip pancakes and then they take pictures outside and show what grade they are going into with their fingers, Paige had to get in on it of course!

Some friends gave us some tickets to the B.Y.U. Football game the other weekend. We had a good time. For someone that hated watching sports, I think I have become a real trooper!

Our school does an art contest every year and Jake decided to take some pictures, I thought I would post a few. I think he did a great job and he had a lot of fun doing it. Brysen is going to do some drawings, I will have to post those when he does them.