powderpuff football

last night was the powderpuff football game.  

abe was the freshman girls' head coach.  

sadie played with the senior girls.

the whole thing made me happy.  for reals.

watching abe coach was highly entertaining.  

he took his job seriously and the freshman girls won the sophomores, then the juniors.  

which meant, it was the freshman (abe's team) vs. the senior girls (sadie's team) under the lights.

 so serious!

a highlight--watching the tv broadcasting crew interview abe...haha!  wish i could have heard it, but i'm pretty sure he sounded legit--something about needing to get better punt returns:')

(the huddle before they take on the seniors)

sadie caught the only pass for the senior team.  well done, sade!!

but, even with the awesome catch, abe's team crushed the seniors.

quite the celebration for the freshman!!

i truly enjoyed the fun atmosphere!!

great school, great kids, great activities!

thank you wasatch!

wedding photo shoot (scrapbook style)

my nephew, jeremy, was married in the temple this summer.  the ceremony in the sealing room was beautiful.  it is always makes me reminisce about my own wedding day with dave.   

it's not everyday all my siblings get to hang out.  i am really blessed to have amazing people for family.  we enjoy each other and help each other and i have felt that amazing support lately.

i loved being with them.

my sister paid sadie (she's trying to earn money for a trip to new york with her tv broadcasting class) to take candid wedding shots, and boy, she enjoyed the job.  so many fun pictures! i picked a few random ones to represent the fun, fun day and because i love how much personality they show.

happy marriage day, jeremy and cassie!  

we love you.

haha!  i just realized max is nowhere to be found!  

he and his cousin ben, keep pretty busy when they are together:)

i'm sure he is SO sad he didn't get his picture taken.

midway madness

family traditions are important.

i believe they strengthen us and give us a sense of stability and belonging.  something to look forward to and memories to treasure.

and so, dave and i started MIDWAY MADNESS.

each summer, dave's family comes for a day and we have a bunch of crazy fun.

this year, we started off with 

sunrise yoga in the yard.

because of the wind, bubble popping bike rides were in the garage, but still pretty awesome.

basketball competitions got pretty heated.

usually we do a gigantic slip-n-slide on our huge hill, but the wind put that to an end pretty quickly.  

these two, though,  kept the mini slip-n-slide active all afternoon.

pool party!

followed by everyone's favorite part of the day

plein air painting with mimi.

dave's mom is a beautiful artist.  

she brings fancy art supplies for each person...

they all find special spots and create!

i love this part of the day and so do all the kids!!  

this year, we ended around the fire pit.  all the returned missionaries shared special experiences from their missions and gave advice to sydney, who left to serve the people in trinidad a few weeks later.  

good family times! 

i love the magic that comes with family traditions:)