Wrestling, Moab, and the Passover.....?

I signed the boys up for wrestling and they had their first match last Saturday...how cute! We forgot the camera so we don't have any pictures, we'll get some next week. They both won some and lost some. They were both so determined. Cameron was hilarious because he just smiled the entire time, there's nothing like being pinned to the ground by a kid with a smile on his face. They both loved it and can't wait to go back. This goes until mid December.

Cameron is officially a Wolf now and has the patches on his little Cub Scout shirt to prove it. :-)

We are all excited about our little family trip to Moab this weekend. I will definitely post pictures to encourage visitors....it is truly a magical place.

On Sunday night I did an interesting activity with my ladies bible class. We are to the part in Mark where Jesus is eating the Passover with His disciples. So we thought it would be a good idea to reenact the Passover. I did a TON of research and doing it really brought so much more meaning to the Lord's Supper for me. God set up the symbolism so perfectly THOUSANDS OF YEARS before Jesus would die and fulfill all of the OT. If anyone wants proof the Bible is true, just take a few years and REALLY study the document itself. It is amazing to me the longer I study it to see the unfolding of the beautiful plan of salvation that God set in motion before the creation of the world.

Tragedy :-)

There seems to be much concern over the fact that Aub was missing from the previous picture I posted. Well, I am sorry to say that she has had a relapse and permanently lost her memory. She no longer wants anything to do with our family and has chosen other arrangements for her living situation. Of course I am kidding....I think it's funny you all even noticed she was gone, much less were concerned. I love you all so much :-)
She was gone with her dad doing some work for a family in the church here. She is very much alive and well.

Make New Friends but Keep the Old

Well, Loree came from Montana to visit this weekend and we had a very busy but great time. All of our kids are growing up and it seems like every time I see hers they are bigger...glad mine aren't growing that fast. We, of course went to the Historical Farm with the Schadegg and Clayton kids.

They were all alot to handle but very well behaved so it really didn't feel like it was 13 kids. That is Silas on the left...He is so "13" now as you can tell!

Life has certainly changed for the both of us since we had our soap business together...

The paper route is going great...the two kids can pretty much do it on their own now. I go along for the exercise about 3 times a week.

We are planning one more camping trip the first weekend in Nov. Hopefully it won't be too cold...but we have heater now :-). We are going to go to southern Utah...I am always so enchanted with Utah when we go down there. We live in such a great place.

Aub

Aubrey is fine. "Back to normal" she says. It's funny...there's a few things she forgot all about...like the existence of the litter box (it's her job to clean it out.) We are grateful that she is OK and very grateful for all of the encouragement and get wells sent her way. She is feeling pretty special this week.

Cam's cub scout pack is going to the corn maze today....very exciting. He also has earned his first patch...even more exciting. It's funny how seriously he is taking all of this.

Loree and the girls are coming to visit this weekend, we are all so excited. Hopefully we'll have some pictures.

Love you all.

Drama!

Well, first of all, the ladies retreat went great! I think everyone not only had a great time but left encouraged. I was definitely challenged and I hope everyone else was as well. Thank you to everyone who pitched in and made it a great weekend.

Aubrey had an accident yesterday (this is the drama.) She fell on her bike in our neighborhood and hit her head pretty bad. She was confused and couldn't remember people....even the Schadeggs (she did remember Rylan, however :-) I've never really seen anyone like that before so we were a bit worried. We took her to the ER, they did a CAT scan and there is no permanent damage, she just bruised her brain and there was some swelling. She woke up this morning with a pretty bad headache but has all her memory back. The first thing she said was, "Am I going to have to miss my symphony today?" I was worried she would forget her paper route and I'd have to teach it to her all over again...AAAGH! She seems to be the one to always bonk her head. Caleb breaks limbs, and Cameron seems to avert danger for the most part for some reason.

That's our update for now. Busy, busy, busy!

More Pirtle adventures

We apparantly don't have the genius in our household that it takes to upload the video of Aub's fiddle contest...so we will have to bring in the reinforcements and hope for the best at a later date.

Lots has happened in the last couple of weeks. I didn't think we would have enough going on in our life to blog about but it is hard to keep up. Get ready for lots of pictures.....

Caleb lost a tooth. Cameron is bound and determined to find out who the tooth fairy is. Deep down he knows it's dad, but is just dieing to prove it...so funny.

We've taken a couple of fun little hikes before the cold weather sets in. The kids can do about 6 miles pretty comfortably now (not Holly, of course...she still hitches a ride part of the way.)

Tony Grove

The Crimson Trail

Providence Canyon

Another trip to the American West Heritage Center for the corn maze...the kids LOVE it!

Last summer we took a tour of the Air Force Academy in CO Springs...Cam just can't wait to be a cadet there. I just had to show these pics because they are so....CAMERON! He loved everything about it...he loved that they all wore the same clothes, walked in a straight line, yelled as they marched, etc...crazy kid.

We finally got him enrolled in Cub Scouts this last week and it is all we have heard about. He has read through the entire book about 3 times already, he has his first little "Bobcat trail" thing already memorized, and is already thinking about what his Eagle Scout project should be! He's gotta be an Eagle Scout because only Eagle Scouts have walked on the moon, you know. The boy is obsessed! I'm glad he has a passion for something...it sure keeps him motivated. I'll put up a picture of him in his little Cub Scout outfit, it's pretty cute!