Look at those fancy girls! Cheyenne and Calianne went to a birthday party on Saturday at a spa! Don't they look adorable? They had such fun. Cali thought it was terrific! I had to grab Cheyenne for a picture before she ran to the bathroom to wash it off! Too funny!

Well, you know we couldn’t go too long without doing sports in our family -- though, I must say it was rather nice to sit back and take a deep breath for a few weeks. Sarah and Dad are doing basketball in Mapleton for the next 5 or 6 weeks and games started on Tuesday night! Kevin is coaching and this year, Sarah is playing on the 7th and 8th grade team. Wow! The level of play is a lot more advanced. It is sure fun to watch! They won Tuesday and lost Thursday. Sarah hasn’t been feeling well this week because she has a nasty cold, but she is still giving it her all. She posts up under the basket, gets those rebounds (she really fights! you should see her!), and throws out to the guard who is already flying down the lane, counting on her. It’s worth all the hassle of doing sports again. ;)

It was also leaf time at our house this weekend. We all helped rake up the backyard on Friday night and Sarah, Savannah, and Dad finished the front and the back on Saturday. It is a BIG job! That’s what happens when you have BIG trees – hundreds of pounds of leaves. The job isn’t done even, of course, but it’s a good start. Kevin spent all day outside Saturday doing yard work (except for the ward football game in the morning, of course). He really worked hard.

Megan actually showed me this giant leaf, but she didn’t want to have her picture taken with it. ?? It would have been a lot easier to get a picture of her with the leaf. The above shot is what Beth did when I told her to put the leaf next to her face. Heh, heh. Take two! :)

Our Primary Program was today at church. Everyone did great. All the kids got to say a bit at the microphone and they were all adorable (especially Cheyenne and Calianne!). Megan and Mariah got to sing in some small groups and Mariah got to do sign language by herself for “I’ll Walk With You.” It turned out really well. I sat on the stand with my class and got to watch all the adults’ faces as they reacted to the children. What a lot of happy smiles in sacrament meeting!

So, the big, BIG news of the week is that Benjamin is crawling!

His siblings (and others) have been “helping.”

I am not sure if him being able to crawl is helping me or not, though!

Here is a video of the kid in action. He is not quite a speed demon, yet, but he is definitely on the move!