October comes to an end

A round-up of the rest of the things that happened this month:

- Josh started clothes pinning is socks thanks to the idea from Papa.  It's like a flashback to my childhood!

- Color run at the elementary school

- Rease's band concert

- Piles and piles of laundry! It's never ending in our house

- We have mice...

- Stocking up the pantry thanks to a reminder from my mother

 

Halloween

 

Quick trip to La Brisa

Josh and I took a quick trip down to La Brisa to do something really exciting!  After 3.5 years of owning the house, it is finally registered, documented with the state and in our name.  It has taken a lot of work and patience to get to this point but we finally made it!  That means we can finally get a loan on the property, so we flew down for a few days to close on the loan and sign all the paperwork.  Of course it wasn't just that easy and even as we were there, it wasn't certain that it would happen.  PR has it's own time schedule and we've learned to adjust to it, but sometimes it gets frustrating!  Anyway the day came that we were to sign the documents and we had to be downtown at the office at 4:00 pm to do that.  Josh had work meetings right up to that point so we ended up renting an office space in San Juan close to the title company so we could get over there in time.  It worked out perfectly and we got there just in time to wait in the waiting room for 2 hours before they finally had everything ready for us.  Even up until the last minute we weren't sure it was going to happen!  But it all worked out and we officially have a loan on our OWN house and our OWN property!  Wohoo for us!  

We got to see some of our favs while we were there - Eudaldo and David met us for dinner one night and it was such a treat to be able to see them for a few hour. 

A successful, short trip for us!

 

Fall Break

We spent fall break at the cabin this year which was so fun and relaxing.  It ended up being just the boys and me for most of the time so we really just took it easy.  No plans, just lots of sleep and fun and a little bit of nintendo thrown in there.  

One morning we got up early and hiked the Y.  It was so fun and something we haven't done for quite a few years so we figured it was time to get back to it!  

It was a quiet but restful fall break for us and sometimes that's just what we need.

 

BYU Football

Football season is here and we're so excited to get back to the BYU games!  Fox Big Noon Kickoff was in town this week and some of us early-risers got up and went to the show before the game.  We're just so excited to be back cheering on our Cougars!

 

Liev band concert

Liev had a halloween band concert tonight and they did awesome! It's so fun to hear them and see him enjoy what he's doing.

 

Homecoming

The girls were both so excited to go to Homecoming this year! Rhen got asked by the cute boy that she likes (Trevor) and was so excited for her first high school dance.  She looks so DARLING in her black dress and heels and had a really fun group that went together.  Wow I can't believe she's old enough for this!

Rease got asked by her good friend (Sig) from the marching band and loved being a part of the group she was with.  She look GORGEOUS in her skirt and top and amazing hair!  Senior year is already so fun for this girl!

 

Marching Band

The Marching Band team has done a couple of fund raisers this year and one of them was a Chi-Fil-A night.  They all went and played outside the store and a portion of the proceeds went to the team fund.  It was a really fun way to earn some money as a group!

This week all the seniors from all the teams were honored at the Homecoming football game.  It's so crazy to be at this point with one of our kids - I can't believe she's a senior!  We loved being there and seeing her out on the field with the rest of the seniors that have all worked so hard in their different sports and clubs.  Such a fun night for all those kids!

This year the Marching Band boosters made banners for all the seniors and have had them hanging on the football field fence for the season.  Such a fun idea to be able to honor the kids and what they've accomplished!

So proud of you Rease!

 

Cross country region and state

Rhen finished off her cross country season this week with region and state meets.  We hosted the team dinner the night before at our house and had a big crew of kids come and eat lots of food!

Rhen has had a really amazing season and has loved being a part of this team.  She has made lots of good friends and also some really good habits and routines.  She has found a love for running that I wasn't sure she ever would but she did!  She is so amazing at what she does!