Driveways, piano recitals and birthdays

    The extra driveway is pretty much in and looking good. Charlie and McClane had their last fall recital with their piano teacher, who is leaving with her husband in January for a Senior mission to France. And Isaac is officially out of the teen years and is the big 2-0.

 

 

 

 

 

    Another week of fun for us. Still no word on Isaac's crashed car but he did buy himself a 1992 Honda Civic for $700 that he will bring home eventually and I'll post photos when I can. Apparently, it's not the finest-looking vehicle, but it runs and gets way better gas mileage versus the Armada. And Mark is, most likely, buying the little Trailblazer from Isaac so I'm sure Isaac will start the hunt for another car because he needs two vehicles for some reason. So that's the latest and greatest.

Fun and no fun and more fun.

    Charlie had two amazing Saturdays in a row. Last Saturday she spent a fun-filled day at the scarecrow festival/Cornbelly's with her good buddies, the Lopez boys. And this Saturday she spent most of the day with her Atkinson and Smith cousins. She was in cousin heaven for sure!

 

 

  

 

    Carter is the chill uncle who Harley loves to sit with.

 

 Sadly, Isaac's 'new' car was hit by a crazy driver Wednesday morning. The guy hit a Prius and then Isaac and then took off but thankfully he was quickly found and made to be responsible. He actually was in a work truck so there was insurance and all involved should be made whole, eventually. The crazy thing is Isaac just lent his Trailblazer to Mark, whose truck broke down Sunday, so this accident is definitely a major inconvenience but I guess he can drive our Armada if the weather won't permit him to drive his motorcycle. At least he has one or two other options and hopefully it won't be long before Mark gets a new car and returns Isaac's more practical vehicle.

 

 Greg really wanted to take the Avalon on a road trip so we made a quick trip to Meridian to visit the Atkinson and Smith families. It was a fun if not very short visit and the car drove like a dream and is definitely much more fuel efficient than the Armada.

Youngest and oldest.

Fun times.

 Crazy Ella and Charlie.

Cousin raking party.

    So there's the latest and greatest. 

Selfies/filters and fun.

    Not the most exciting week but I did find a few silly photos on my phone, thanks to Charlie, and I also received a couple fun photos of Carter, who is enjoying a few days in St. George for fall break with his buddy, Keaton. The rest of us are laying low while the entirety of Utah County travels the countryside clogging up lines at Disneyland, or crowding the camping locations throughout the state.

When you're bored at church you take filtered selfies with your dad.

 

Wow!

Two buddies having a good time.

St. George, another crowded location during Utah's fall break.


Just hanging out.

    So that's the highlights. We'll see what another week brings.

Birthday finale

    We had a great General Conference weekend and we wrapped up McClane's 12th birthday celebration. Sadly he had no gifts to unwrap but his custom Xbox remote was delivered just a few days ago and he enjoyed his cake and ice cream. 

 

    Nothing else too spectacular happened this week and I have no other photos to share. We just can't believe it's October!