It's Conference Weekend! So, Savannah had a mission reunion Friday night in SLC. She drove up with her first companion, Sister Liao, and they had a fabulous time hearing their mission president speak, seeing the babies of past missionaries, and reconnecting with lots of friends. She really had a great time. On Saturday, she and a few members of her singles ward went back up to SLC for the afternoon session. She loved being in the conference center to hear Elder Uchtdorf speak.

Mariah, Cali, and Cheyenne had their regional cross country meet on Thursday. That marks the end of the season for Cali and Chey. They both ran great races and sped into the finish line after three long miles. They've worked hard and its been a great experience for them. Now what will they do with themselves? Well, considering Friday after school they cheered on the junior high cross country team, and on Saturday morning before conference, they went with a couple friends on another run, I'd say it's safe to say that they will still keep themselves very busy.

For Mariah, Thursday's race was a major victory. She placed third at regions as a single runner (!!) and her team took that first place spot they've been gunning for since Mariah was a freshman. That region trophy finally gets to come to SHS and live in the cross country display case! She ran three miles in 18:12. In a week and a half, they'll see what they can do at state! This is also the meet where they hand out certificates for academic all-stars, senior athletes with a 3.75 GPA or above. The team had a lot this year! Mariah was one of them!

Academic All-Stars

Those who ran! The championship team!

Mariah with Coach Sam

Coach with seniors

Coach, Varsity team, trophy, rainbow

Bethany and Benjamin got to participate in the scout's rain gutter regatta this week! This ward has included the activity day girls for the last couple of years. What a great idea! Beth and Ben both got invited to their friend Eden's house to decorate their boats earlier in the week. The racing was fun and we all had a good time.

Ben missed his flag-football game for the raingutter regatta and they both missed one day of karate because of the regional cross country meet, but otherwise they did guitar, piano, and a little bit of the other things! Night games continued on Friday night!

Kevin presented at the AMCAP conference on Friday which is an association for counselors of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He taught in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building across from the temple. Everyone loved his presentation and he loved the view!

Since it was the first week of October, I mostly did accounting all week. But I also finished edits on my most-recent novel attempt! It was a good week.