Sept 20- Oct 3

September 22:

So my mom was holding Terrific Tuesday at the church for a relief society activity. She asked me to babysit the kids for the women who wanted to attend the activities. Surprisingly, we had a lot of kids in the nursery. We do have a big ward, but usually the dads take the kids. Lilly, Sarah, and Hayley  (other 10-11 year old girls) helped out.

September 23:

My brother had a scouts meeting to attend. It held a rain gutter regatta. My brother (my mom) made the sail boat to blow across the rain gutter. He wanted to add one of his lego guys for decor. It turned out really cool. He didn't win anything but he did a good job!

September 25:

My neighbors and friends from the church invited us to go to the Aurora Reservoir. They used to live in California so they had a ton of cool swimming things like paddle boards. The water was cold and had crayfish and sewed so I (the scaredy cat that I am) just stayed on the sandy beach playing volleyball with my good friend, Abby.

September 25:

My friend, Gracie and I were talking about going to the outlets alone (for the first time). My little sister had to come with us while my mom and brother went to Chillies the restaurant. We didn't buy because I'm broke but we did take pictures! 

September 26: 

Today I got braces. It didn't really hurt to put on and they don't hurt when they are. They don't look bad but they don't look good I got the bands. The colors are pink and blue!

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Then we went to the Rockies game to sing the national anthem with our choir and 14 others! We got really good seats! We almost caught a ball and a  It was hot, boring, and sunny but it was fun! 

 September 27:

We have a hammock and a beautiful mountain here. Our family wanted to find fall colors on the trees to put us in the festive spirit. We brought the hammock and tied it to 2 trees. We weren't on it long because the parents hogged it the entire time but we did explore!

                      We found this awesome tree

September 29:

My mom and dad (the coaches of my volleyball team) decided that it would be cool to go out for ice cream (because we almost won our last game) and to watch the CV game. It turned out to be really fun!

October 1: 

We have a fun tradition for the 1st of October to get into the Halloween spirit! We enjoy some donuts, warm apple cider, and watch a scary movie! My mom tried to talk us into watching Sixth Sense, but after we watched the trailer, we decided to watch Coraline. It's like The Nightmare Before Christmas. Maybe next year we can watch the realistic dead people mom:) 

October 2: 

So what do you do with extra apple cider that no one wants? You sell it for $1 with $2 homemade cinnamon rolls. My mom helped make the cinnamon rolls. We put the apple cider in a crock pot to keep warm. Tobe was the sign flipper (his dream job). He did really great until he said his parents need money, We set them out on a table in the garage because it got REALLY windy! We each got $22. It was super fun!

 

October 3:

I had a volleyball game yesterday! I was playing against the Bengles. Their team is full of newbies and people from my school. Some of which I don't like and some I do. The coaches daughter for the Bengles was on my old team so their coach and my dad are friends! It was super fun to win! Good game to the other team!

Today and tomorrow we have general conference. It was so inspiring to listen to the apostles. Can I just say that Jeffery R. Holland rocked his talk! Congratulations to Elder Rasband, Elder Stevenson, and Elder Renlud, the 3 new apostles! I loved their testimonies! 

Sept 6- Sept 19

September 6:
After church today we headed up to Greeley to see our grandparents.

                                           

They live on a farm with pigs and chickens. My dog loved the pigs too and decided to joke around and bark at them. It was funny. We jumped into the pen and they followed us everywhere. They bit my knee, which didn't hurt! 

We fed the pigs marshmallows, corn, and apples. They gnawed on it for hours! Sometimes they would hide under the pile!

There was also chickens. We collected the eggs from them and used them to make red velvet cupcakes!

My aunt Ashley, uncle Logan, and their kids came up to celebrate Ashley's birthday, with the cake we made with love!

 September 7:
The next day we looked at grandpa's garden. He has lots of food. He has pumpkins, corn, cucumbers, blackberries, raspberries, grapes, and more! We took pictures.

They also have a trampoline that goes really high when you jump on it! It's cool and really fun!

After, my dad and grandpa worked in his barn on a gun. They were sweaty on the hot summer day!

We were going to Red Robin to meet up with some more relatives so mom did my hair. We got bottomless root beer floats! They were delicious!

Here are some more pictures of our weekend getaway to Grandma and Grandpa's farm!

                                   

September 8:

My grandpa is my dentist so we payed a visit to him! He cleaned our teeth and took X-Rays. My baby canines were pulled one year ago but the adults haven't grown in yet. We found the!

September 10: 

 My dad has this really old, black Jetta that has been around longer than me! He has been planning to get a new car and he thought about buying my grandpa's (my dad's dad's) white truck. He finally got to buy it just a little while ago! It was so fun to ride in the back. He took the roof of the back off so it looks more like a truck in this century:)

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September 11:

9-11 is one of the saddest events in history! The firefighters who risked their life for total strangers and didn't make it is awful. The people who were trapped inside and did make it are phenomenal! I'm sorry to the widowed wives, the fatherless children, and the dads without a spouse. I can't believe someone would do something so terrible. God bless the U.S.A.

We went to the incline by our house that is 200 steps. We climbed up and down one time each. We did it for the firefighters who climbed the twin towers with more weight you could carry. It is so awful. 

The view from the top was amazing!

September 18:

My friend, Shayla, has a selfie stick. I was blown away (I don't know why though. I guess I'm just that dorky:) 

Caitlin, Savanna, Emma, Lauren, Shayla, Katy, Abby, Bella, Me

September 19:

My friend, Abby's birthday was yesterday. Gracie, Bella, and I were the only people who could come, but we had a good time!  We had a fancy dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. I will warn you, it is delicious and will fill you up fast. I got the fettuccine alfredo for dinner and oreo cheesecake for dessert. It was the best restaurant ever (after Chillies)! After we had 2 hours left to spend until we had to go home so we went to the American Girl shop (lol:) and Forever 21. We spent and hour in each store not even buying! We took a ton of pictures! Then in the car, Abby opened her presents. She got a scarf, notebook, and pencils from me. For the party favors we got Trident bubble gum, dove chocolate, and an EOS hand lotion. It was a lot of fun!