Seth Basketball

We are missing one player, but here is Seth's team.

Seth played 2nd grade basketball this year with Dad as his coach. He was the stand out player on his team. We were most proud of him because his favorite thing was passing the ball to his teammates so they could score. We loved seeing him be a little unselfish, and his teammates appreciated it, too. We were able to get everyone to score by the end of the season, which was quite exciting!

Seth's other favorite thing to do was block someone taking a shot. I think he liked it because his two older brothers would shout "OOOOO" afterward.

Seth handled the ball really well. 

He made a lot of shots!

I love his little skip in this picture.

Seth was always happy when he was out playing on the court.

He was also intense!

Seth loved playing defense.

He blocked A LOT of shots.

Though Seth's team had some players that struggled, it was fun to watch him root for everyone and help them be successful. Seth's team won most of their games, and Seth had a lot of fun helping them do it!

November Fun

November blew by quickly. We couldn't believe how fast this month went and so many fun things happened. We were excited for Thanksgiving and already looking for Christmas.

Dax's final Primary program took place at our home church. He wrote his own talk and did so well. 

Seth also wrote a talk about how he loves Pahoran and Moroni.

We can't let a month go by without a Seth selfie.

Grandma, Grandpa, and Brittany came down to take Mom to lunch for her birthday. Mark had Wednesday off, so he got to come, too.

It was so good to see Grandma and Grandpa. 

Mom's sister Brittany has a birthday 4 days after Mom, so they celebrated lunch together.

We are sad every day that our field is gone.

We took a trip to Scheel's to get out of the house.

We scored some free tickets to the zoo, and because it had snowed, no one else was there. 

The lions were all sitting by the glass, so we had fun watching them.

This guy was chewing up some cardboard.

Dax had a staring contest with this lioness. 

We also watched this sea lion drag this stick around.

On our way out of the zoo, we checked on the lions one more time.

Mom and Mark went to check out this replica of the Vietnam Memorial on Veteran's Day. 

One of our big adventures in November was visiting SeaQuest Aquarium. They wanted us to come and try their animal encounters and WOW! We had a blast. We got to meet and feed a sloth, kinkajous, a porcupine, otters, and we even swam with the sharks and stingrays. It was such a neat experience. We also enjoyed just visiting the aquarium and feeding the other animals, too.

All of the boys wanted to try snorkeling with the stingrays.

Dad and Mark loved it. Dax and Seth did not.

Dax didn't like the sharks and stingrays swimming over his legs.

Dad and Mark really loved this experience.

The kinkajous were everyone's favorite. They were so friendly and fun.

They walked all over us, even on Seth's head.

The boys liked feeding these fish because they would let you touch them, which isn't common with fish.

The kinkajous wanted to check out everything!

Dax really loved the little fish spa.

Feeding and petting the porcupine was fun.

They let Seth jump right in with these huge pigs.

We liked feeding the iguanas. They were super nice and let you pet them, too.

We also played with the cats.

And we fed the sloth. He didn't move much other than to eat.

We filled our November with adventures. Here are lots more!

We visited the other aquarium in Utah, too. 

It was much more crowded, but we love the big shark tank.

Mom and Mark went on a hike up to Battle Creek Falls.

We were grateful for the warm weather.

Seth's friends brought him a Cougar Tail. I don't know what is nicer than that!

Dad was gifted a 10 gallon bucket of Black Licorice ice cream. He will never be able to eat it all!

Mark stayed home for part of a day and had to do some PE exercises. Luckily Esther was around to help out.

Melanie stopped by after her big adventure back east. 

We started our Christmas season right after Thanksgiving and visited the Tree of Life.

Thanksgiving Weekend

It's not our normal Thanksgiving picture by Grandma's fireplace, but we were happy to be together.

Thanksgiving Weekend was quite a bit different this year than normal. Mom's sister had an exposure to Covid at work, so we decided to be safe and stay home. Mom and Dad hurried and shopped for everything a few days before Thanksgiving and decided to do a turkey and a ham. It was sad not to be with Grandma and Grandpa on Thanksgiving since we go there every year, but we had a lot of fun at home, too.

Seth learned about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade and wanted to watch it, so we turned it on and watched for the first time ever. The boys played a little football in the backyard while Mom cooked. Everyone was great at helping Mom, and dinner turned out delicious. Mom couldn't decide what pies to make, so she made 4 kinds to please everyone.

This was our first time watching the Thanksgiving Day parade.

Seth had made his own Slash balloon for the parade. 

Dad is a great defender in family football.

The boys learned how to peel potatoes.

4 pies: apple, chocolate, banana cream, and cinnamon.

Mark was so excited for all of the pies!

The day after Thanksgiving we skipped Black Friday shopping and headed to Antelope Island. We really wanted to see some porcupines since someone in Dad's class had said they'd seen them out there. Not only did we see porcupines, we saw a ton of porcupines. They were in the trees right next to the road, so we spotted 12 in all! It was very exciting. They were just starting to move around when we found them, so we watched them wake up and eat. We also saw bison, pronghorn, a coyote, a great horned owl, and beautiful views of the Great Salt Lake. We walked around Fielding-Garr Ranch and Dad taught us all about the farm equipment. It was an awesome adventure.

Mark wore his Bills sweatshirt to attract the buffalo.

Mom and Dad always love a trip to Antelope Island.

We spotted buffalo in quite a few places. 

There was a big herd of Pronghorn.

We watched the coyote for quite awhile. He was pestered by Magpies, and he pounced on something.

The porcupines were amazing!

We were so lucky to see them moving around.

This tree had four porcupines in it!

The owl didn't seem to mind we were there.

We always enjoy visiting historic places.

There are old homes and storage places to see.

Watch out for the truck Dax. 

We stayed until it was almost dark.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving is the day we cut down Christmas trees. We couldn't wait! We rode up the canyon with Laurie and Glen in the truck while Dad and Mark drove one of the 4-wheelers. It wasn't too cold, and there was more snow than we expected, so the boys were able to go sledding. Dax hurt his wrist, and we were worried it might be fractured, but it was okay and he just ended up with a bruise. Finding trees was a little more difficult because our favorite spot had been burned down, but we cut down two trees. Once we got them home they ended up being our favorite trees ever. They are so beautiful!

We stopped to pick up donuts for Saturday, and Jack's Donuts were awesome!

You can't tell, but this is Mark and Dad heading up the mountain.

We found some snow. Seth was so happy!

Mom and Laurie rode together because girls gotta stick together.

Seth and Glen always have fun together.

We hiked all over to find a tree, and we found this fort.

Here is our huge tree!

Mom and Dad love cutting their own trees.

It was really bright!!!

How many Ockeys can you fit on a 4-wheeler?

This is Dax's epic wipe out.

Our basement tree is beautiful, but it is also pokey!!

We love how full our upstairs tree is this year!