Northwest Trek

The boys had earned tickets to Northwest Trek during the summer for participating in the library reading program. We finally had a weekend that Mike had no gigs and decided to take the boys. It was a really good day to go as it wasn't overly crowded and we got to see most all the animals. The bears were most of our favorite I think. We didn't get any good pictures of the black bear but he was cool to watch as he was walking around the enclosure. Most of the cats were sleeping but the cougar did look up long enough to let us take a picture. On the tram we saw many animals: black tailed deer, big horned sheep, elk, moose, bison, black tipped swans, mountain goats and ducks. We saw lots of young bison calves, and even baby ewes. Super cute.

Last Game of the Season

Elijah had his last game of the season yesterday. It was super windy, cold, and rainy but it was neat because he had lots of family there to watch him play. Grandpa and grandma Stone, Uncle Rex, Aunt Lisa, Mercedes, Richie and Chanelle were all there to support him. All the boys on the team seemed to struggle with a lot of missed passes but were able to keep their heads above water the first half of the game. The second half was much better with Elijah catching and intercepting a pass meant for the other team. He ran it all the way back to score for the Tigers. Elijah also got a few flags and played some good defense. The score was 47-43! We attended a team pizza party afterwards where Elijah was given an award for Best Offensive Player. He had a couple of really great coaches and is going to miss playing football.

We also had the Hasbro House Party last night at grandpa and grandma Stones house. It was lots of fun playing Draw Something and Catch Phrase with everyone. Mercedes was making soap but was sweet and let the boys tag along and make some as well.

Halloween 2013

The boys had lots of fun trick or treating like usual. We went over to grandpa, grandma and aunt Tammy's last night so the boys could show them their costumes. The boys were surprised at the nice goodie bags that were waiting for them. We had fun putting Elijah's Michael Jackson wig on grandma and grandpa. We came home and watched part of "Haunted Mansion" before the kids had to go to bed. Mike finished up working his first 4-10 week. Only 21 more days at the Good Sam left.