Sunday, November 11, 2018

Ben had a good week. He had karate on Tuesday and Thursday and guitar on Saturday. His teacher's goal is to have him able to play along as we sing to ten Christmas songs. It's going to be super fun! He had a friend over on Saturday, Kyler, and the played from 1 to 9! They loved it. I bought him and Bethany some new PJ pants and he is sporting them in this picture. Good thing he was cozy because we woke up to snow!




Bethany had karate two days this week and piano. She had friends over on Saturday as well as on Friday and had great times! Before friends on Saturday, she and Ben helped me can applesauce, as did Cali and Chey, and Mariah and Savannah. Everyone only got to help a little bit because I didn't have many apples. They sure love it, though, and want me to plant new apple trees so they can come with my grandchildren to every harvest. Sounds great to me!




Calianne made the junior high basketball team this week! Go Cali! They practice every school day from 3 to 5, except when they have game days. She loves being with her friends and she loves playing basketball. We will love watching her play! She and Cheyenne and Mariah had their cross country banquet this week, too. We are proud of the hard work they did there.

Cheyenne made the sophomore basketball team this week! Go Chey! They practice every school day from 5:30am to 7am. She is loving playing so much basketball and is getting herself to bed every night by 9pm so that she is getting enough sleep. Good planning Chey! She is bored after school though. Ha, funny problems!

Mariah made the varsity basketball team this week! Go Mariah! She practices in the mornings, too, but doesn't get to bed until close to midnight because she is still doing cross country practices afterschool and then working for city rec until 11pm. I really don't know how she is doing it all! At the cross country banquet she got awarded academic all-region and academic all-state and All State 2nd Team and Most Valuable Runner because they needed a runner to level-up this year and she was the one who stepped up. Wow! Pretty cool! I didn't get pictures, but I did take a picture of this banner hanging in the school. Mariah thinks its a terrible picture of her but I just think she looks like you better not mess with her or any of her teammates! Ha!


Mariah also had senior ball on Saturday. That's a special dinner and dance for seniors and everyone goes without a date and just has a great time together. They do dress up fancy, though, and that's fun!


Savannah is plowing through those college classes and still trying to get in 20 hours of work a week, too! She is a great help at home and also our top contributer to the 1000 piece puzzle in our front room.

Kevin is in Atlanta this weekend teaching for IITAP. He got to reconnect with his high school buddy, Kevin Simpson. Now they're talking about taking a trip to Hawaii together with their wives. I think he should reconnect with old friends more often.

My friend, Robin, and I decided this was the week we would climb to the top of Y Mountain. I didn't want to do it in the summer, because I didn't want it to be too hot. It definitely wasn't that! It was a frosty hike! It was really pretty. Even though most of the leaves had fallen from the trees, the ground was carpeted with them. It was harder than we thought it'd be. It's quite a climb. Steep at the beginning and at the end. We made it, though, and the view was spectacular! Plus we felt pretty awesome about ourselves. But, then, . . . On the way down, with 2 1/2 miles left to go, Robin fell twisting her ankle and tearing her tendons. It took us nearly 4 hours to get back to the car, going slowly and relying on Robin's pure determination to put one foot in front of the other. She was in so much pain. She was a superhero that day. We were on the mountain long enough to see the sunset. It was spectacular!



















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