October Objectives

With General Conference falling on Danica's 18th birthday we decided to kill two birds with one stone and head south for some new scenery and a spiritual up-lift.
 (We also had to pick up Kim in Salt Lake, she had done a wedding there and then we got to spend some time with her).

So we got tickets to the afternoon session of General Conference and made the trek. This time we were in the Conference Center hearing and seeing the speakers live---not watching it from a screen in the tabernacle.

 What a spiritual high!!

There's something special about being there to hear it for real.

We thought about seeing if the choir would sing Happy Birthday to Danica, but decided that it might not fit into the program so we sang to her around the dinner table instead. It's hard to believe she's 18!

Kim got to see Danica play in her soccer game under the lights on Crimson field. We had our very own cheering section and it must of worked because she played great. They won, and secured second place going into the state play-offs in girls soccer for Sky View.

We were all very thrilled!!

Sky View went on to win the next play-off game against Olympus 4-2, but lost to Timpanogas 7-5 in double OT and losing in the second round of a shoot-out 5-7.

 (Timpanogas ended up taking state by the way)

Dont' like those kind of losses :(

Every good thing has an ending, right?

We joined with the Hansen Clan in celebrating Dale's mom's 80th birthday. They had a nice dinner and program at The Coppermill  restaurant to honor her, and most of her posterity was present.

 It was a nice tribute to a special woman. We wish her to have more happy birthdays.

We had fun carving pumpkins with Jaxson and Kennlyn while they were here. Danica used her artistic skills and Dale used his carving skills and they came up with a horse pumpkin for Kennlyn and a Sonic Hedgehog pumpkin for Jaxson. Guess who came up with the ideas?

Dale and I joined some old neighbors and good friends, Floyd and Alison Griffiths, and went to Island Park to stay in their cabin over the UEA break. Dale was in heaven---fished his little heart out and even got enough to bring some home for the freezer.

We had a great time relaxing, going on walks, playing games and visiting. We stopped at Mesa Falls on our way home and enjoyed one of nature's natural wonders.

Danica took her first "solo" trip and drove to Oakley, Idaho to stay with the Mallorys.

She conquered the highway and had some quality time with her sister.

They went to a huge straw maze, played and worked in the yard, and Danica just soaked up the hugs and kisses.
What more could she ask for?

Andrew really did it this time....He passed the test and is an offical commerical helicopter pilot!!
WAY TO GO ANDREW!!!!



I got in some quality time with some of my high school girlfriends by heading to Park City for the last week-end of the month. We stopped and shopped on the way and even conquered the mountain by going down a zip-line up Provo canyon. It was at night so we never really knew how far above the trees we were, but we had fun. Check that one off my bucket list!

We also hit the outlets in Park City and then went to a Halloween Comedy show at The Off Broadway Theatre; Dracula vs Jekyll & Hyde. Very entertaining!!! We've got ideas for next years trip in the works already. The "Golden Girls" are making their mark!

Good times!!

Dale has taken up the hobby of remote control airplanes and built a "trainer". After a few earlier failed attempts he had a successfull flight with a perfect landing.

We were all smiles!!

My uncle, Jack Whitlock, passed away---he lived to be 92 yrs. old and lived a good life. We attended his funeral and realized more, how blessed we are to have known him. Our thoughts and prayers will be with his good wife, Vonda. I'm sure glad that we have the knowledge we do, knowing that we can be be with our loved ones again. We'll miss you Uncle Jack!!

We had a fairly quite Halloween this year with not very many trick-or-treaters, but Garrett, Zandra, Danica, Titan, Andrew and Lindsay dressed up to help get us in the spirit.

That's the fun of it!!!!

 

 

Looks like this month was full of emotions----happy, spiritual, thrills, sorrow from losses, and full of love...... however, that's my objective :) :) !!