So our house went under contract this week!  Yay!  No more showings!!  Actually, there's a lot to be happy about.  We are out of uncertainty and we will actually get the house we offered on (the house that we wanted to buy was going to cancel its contract with us if we didn't sell this week)!  We will close on this house on October 25 and on the new house on October 26.  If all goes smoothly, we will move on the 26th and 27th.  We have to be out of this house by October 28 at 8am.  So now, with the exception of some packing, we just wait--some of us with excitement and some of us with trepidation.

Mariah came back late last night from a Cross Country trip to Boise.  Her team ran in the Bob Firman Invitational and out of 24 teams, they came in 7th!  They are a fast bunch!  Even though Homecoming was just last week, invitations for Sadie Hawkins started flying this week, so Mariah decided to join in the fray and invited Donovan, a boy from our ward.  So, she has plans going forward for that!

It was a misty morning for the race!  Team tents in the background!

Cali and Cheyenne had two matches this week.  In the first they played Mapleton, our biggest rivals, and played against a doubles team comprised of two very athletic families who we know well.  Then, they won!  Big momma pride right there!  They played super well!  They won on Thursday, too!  They wish they could play tennis all the time but try to stave off boredom with a little piano playing here and there, too.  They're sounding good!

They photo-bombed my other picture!

Beth and Ben are currently playing Minecraft together but the hordes of children who regularly congregate at our house has not diminished with the start of school--at least not during non-school hours.  We have between four and nine kids at our house everyday marshalled by these two.  It's a little crazy!  It's a lot crazy.

I talked to Savannah on the phone this week.  She was super happy about completing her first mid-term for her Information Systems class and a long paper for her Career Development class.  She's doing really well!

I surprised Megan at work this week!  She is a super-cute grill worker and she made me some terrific mozzarella sticks but the best part was her excited hug!

Sarah sent me this super-cute picture of her new nametag this week.  This semester she goes to nearby schools to observe teaching and help tutor so she needs an official tag!  She is also tutoring in the on-campus math lab and loves it!  She's found her niche.