Homecoming

 Rockwell's been really excited for high school dances. He decided to ask a girl named Constanza to Homecoming.

Their group went axe throwing during the afternoon. He said that was so much fun!

Then they got ready for the dance.

He looked so nice!

I needed a picture with him. :)

Seriously, so handsome!

Jack's sister took pictures at Mount Timpanogos Park.

Constanza is a foreign exchange student from Mexico. She signed up for the cross country class so Rockwell's gotten to know her through that.

He enjoyed learning more about her at the dance.

Rockwell loves these friends. They're all seniors and Rockwell's been spending a lot of time with them lately. 

They're good kids and a lot of fun.

Rockwell had so much fun at Homecoming! They went to Tucano's for dinner. The janitor forgot to turn the AC on in the gym and went out of town for the weekend, so the dance was insanely hot, but they still had a great time. They went to Jack's house after the dance and played games. He seriously had such a good time!

Life Lately

We love to do fires in the backyard. Paul and Damon built a huge one one night! 

Paul and I were planning on eating at Thai Taylorsville after Rockwell's Border Wars race. Damon wanted to come to the race and said he would like to try Thai food too. He ordered orange chicken and really liked it.

He liked how fancy the restaurant was. :)

Damon was asked to lead a song in Primary. He wanted to, so I taught him how to do it. He thought that was fun.

Tessa's had some fun activities with the Young Women. They rode bikes to the Lindon Temple.

Tessa and Mila were in charge of the activity where they did nails. She's getting pretty good at nail art!

Tessa made a presentation on why she's ready for a phone. She's been very responsible with getting herself up and ready for school and getting her homework done without being asked. She convinced us she's ready and she has loved having a phone!

It might be hard to see, but I took a picture of her holding her phone with some nails that she painted on herself. She does textures and designs and everything. They look awesome!

XC Park City Invitational & Border Wars

Park City allows 8 runners in the Varsity race so Rockwell ran Varsity there.

The course is mostly in a mountain, so we only get to see them pass once, maybe twice if you can run fast. It's a gravelly, dirty trail so they wear normal running shoes instead of spikes.

He had an awesome race and finished 7th on the team. 

He placed 61st with a time of 16:48.0

Finishing 7th on the team meant he got to race Varsity at Border Wars too. This race was in Taylorsville, so Grandpa and Mel came to watch.

We saw him pass a few times and then hurried over to the finish line. We waited and waited and didn't see him come. After long enough, Paul and I started to worry. We split up and went to look for him. It was an enormous race too, so it was hard to see anyone. Eventually we found him and he was fine. Phew! He finished 156th with a time of 16:50.93.

When we got home and I watched the videos I took from the race, I could see Rockwell pass through the finish line right as we got there and I started filming. We got there just in time but didn't see him. Haha.

It was fun to have Grandpa and Mel there!

Labor Day Campout

 Chad came out for the Labor Day campout this year. He stayed with us for a couple days that weekend. Damon loved playing games with Dad and Chad.

Grandma requested that we come earlier on Sunday and stay later on Monday this year. She wanted more time for games. We were all happy to comply with that and had so much fun playing all sorts of games. Telestrations is a new family favorite!! We laugh so hard with that game.

Grandma's yard is beautiful! I loved seeing all the hummingbirds who love all her flowers.

Rockwell and Hayden played a lot of spikeball.

Tessa and Briley jumped on the trampoline and made up a routine on it. It was very cute!

We enjoyed dinner around the fire.

And some more games outside.

Gramps told funny stories that we all thought were hilarious.

Cross Net was the favorite game of the campout. There was a constant line for that one. I had never played before, but I thought it was so fun.

Chad didn't bring the right clothes for playing games outside. He got too hot so Grandma brought out some amazing options for him to choose from. He went with the Eagle Scout shirt. Haha!

Hayden and Gramps pushed the girls so high on the swings!

It was another fun-filled family campout! Thanks Grandma and Gramps for having us!