Oh the Joys of High School Football

On Friday night we went to the Pindale vs Lovell football game. Chantel's nephew Dino plays for Lovell so we went to watch for a little bit. Unfortunatly a little bit is all we got to see. Payton and Cameron were interested for about 3 minutes and then all they wanted to do is go run around like the other kids. Since we are still new here and don't know very many people neither Nate nor I wanted to let them go off by themselves. We were trying to explain this to them and tell them to give us 5 minutes and then one of us would take them down to play, but they started to throw a fit and we decided we weren't going to fight them. So we left.
We got to go watch my nephew Trystin play football up here against Pinedale Monday night and had fun. The boys got to play with Paxton and Kannen at the little playground by the football field and Nate and I got to watch the game and talk with Justin and Nikki uninterrupted. THANKS KINZEE for watching the boys. Mountain View won 36-8 and Tryster played for almost all of the game. After the game we went to the Chinese place here in town for dinner with Justin and his family. We had a great time talking and enjoying some pretty good food. We are looking forward to them coming up again in a couple of weeks.

Payton and Cameron playing with Paxton

Trystin is #56

One of the few times Tryster got a break.

Nate and Emma enjoying the game.

School and Soccer

Payton's first day of kindergarten was September 6th 2011, the day after Labor Day. I stayed home with Cameron and Emma and Nate took him to school. He had the biggest smile on his face when he got of the bus in the afternoon. He got to go to art and library and explore the school a little bit. He also said they have 4 recesses ( they go out to recess as soon as they get off the bus in the morning.) I asked him what his favorite part of the day was and he said it was art. He likes his teacher and is getting to know the other kids in his class. I think he is finally starting to like Pinedale.

Payton has also been doing soccer. He loves it. He is in the 3-5 age group and is usually the biggest kid on the field. There is another kid on his team that is his same size and they seem to work well together on the field, although sometimes when there is a break they like to start wrestling. He gets so excited when he scores. Here he is doing a little victory dance of some sort after he scored one time. Nate likes to challenge Payton with a different # of times he wants him to score. I think it is Nate's way of trying to keep Payton focused on the game. He still likes to twirl in circles and play in the grass but when Nate askes him to score a certain # of times he is more into the game.

Emma isn't sure about the camera and usually gives me a weird look when I try to take her picture. Here she is at one of Payton's games giving me a smile.

Cameron is not quite sure what to do during the day while Payton is gone to school but I think he is starting to get used to it. He gets to watch Little Einsteins while I am exercising and sometimes will work out with me. He did some yoga with me yesterday and it was fun to watch. He likes to color and practice his letters. When I am doing computer work he likes to sit next to me and write his and Payton's names. I have been helping him with the letters he has backwards and teaching him our names too.

Emma is still growing and is definately in a fun stage. She has turned into a talker and really likes the sound of her own voice. She loves to sit and stand and can sometimes get quite mad if try to lay her down and she doesn't want to. She has also discovered her feet and likes to grap them and squeal at the same time. I haven't been able to take her in for her official 4 month checkup but she is around 12.5 lbs and 23 inches.

Labor Day Weekend

We went school shopping in Evanston, Park City, and Salt Lake over Labor Day weekend. We stopped in at Jordan and David's house for a little while and Jordan introduced us to a little restaurant called "Moochies" which has been on the TV show "Diners, Drive Inn's, and Dives," and she eats there with her girlfriends sometimes. It was super yummy. While Jordan and I were out getting the food she got a call back from a neighbor who had tickets to the Real Salt Lake soccer game that night. She asked if we wanted to go and I said that Nate would probably like to. So she got some extra tickets. We got back and ate and then David and Nate took Payton, Cameron, Corbin, and Zaylee on Trax to the soccer game. Jordan stayed home with Porter who was sick again, and I finished up our shopping. The guys said they spent more time on Trax getting there and coming back than they spent at the game, but they had fun. Nate has talked about going to a game for a while and was excited to be able to go, especially because the tickets were free! Except for the tantrum by Zaylee, a good time was had by all.

Walking to the Trax stop by Jordan's house.

Nate, Cameron, Payton, Corbin,and David at the game. I don't know where Zaylee is hiding.

Payton and Corbin checking things out.

I sometimes wonder what they are thinking.

Nate and Cameron

The stadium and field

Riding Trax back home

Payton and Cameron being entertained by Nate's phone

We went to church in Mountain View with mom and dad and then had some yummy sweet and sour chicken for lunch. We chatted with Tonya, Nikki, and Devin for a little while and then went to Green River to Kim's house for dinner. We had BBQ chicken with salad and corn on the cob. I haven't had corn on the cob for a while and it was delicious. We talked with Kim, Jeff, Candace, and Alma for a while and then went to Killpack's for the night. What a YUMMY YUMMY lunch and dinner. On Labor Day Nate helped his mom and dad paint their back porch. We stopped in Rock Springs and did a little more shopping and then headed home. We really enjoyed spending time with family and eating good food over the holiday weekend.