2021 Blue Jeans Week 38

How has your week been?  We finally got some cooler fall-like temperatures, and then it jumped back up to the 90's for the weekend, but hoping to cool down again.  We had two cross country races this week.  Mr J is having a great season.  It has been a good week.  Take a look...

Made my yearly 2 batches of strawberry freezer jam this week.  Love this stuff!

 

Mr J and Ben have been working on Lego projects--going through old sets and making sure there are not pieces missing.  It is a fun project!

Cross country race #1 for the week.  Mr J did awesome and got 2nd place.  Proud of him!

I walk every morning, and was so excited this morning because it was cool enough that I needed a hoodie! Woohoo!  Sadly it hasn't stayed that cool, but looking forward to the time when hoodies are needed every day!

Date night this week....we went up to the city and attended our church's temple service together.  It was a beautiful evening!

Cross country race #2 for the week.  This was a huge meet.  Over 35 teams and over 260 runners in Mr J's race from all over and multiple states.  This was the huge prayer circle for the runners before the race.  Loved to see this!

It was a very challenging course, but so beautiful!   It is the course the Big 12 run their cross country meet at.  Mr J had a great race!

Finishing strong!  Biggest race he will ever run!  Way bigger than the state cross country meet.

After the race he walked us around the course--as spectators you couldn't see a lot of it.  There were two covered bridges they ran though. This was one.

And this was the 2nd one.  Beautiful place that I enjoyed walking around and was glad I wasn't running but sure proud of Mr J!

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you had a great week!  Stay safe and healthy and happy!

2021 Blue Jeans Week 37

Getting caught up.  This was another good week.  Great hike! Great football!  Great friends, Great cross country meet, great cake...take a look...

I had the opportunity to go on a beautiful hike around a lake I had not been to before.  Nature is amazing and is a balm to my soul!  We are so blessed with this beautiful world!

Great football game this week that we watched with our wonderful friends.  We were on opposing sides, and our team won (yeah!) but we are still wonderful friends!

Flying our BYU flag with pride after a great win this week!

Things getting a little more back to normal!  Had a GLO which we haven't done since March of 2019, and I remember that lunch in early March because we were specifically talking about the "new virus" and what would happen.  We all had no clue!  But so good to get back with these amazing ladies and eat some yummy pie!!!

My September cake.  For those that don't know I made a goal for 2021 to make a "fancy" cake each month.  I normally make my cakes from the website Cake by Courtney.  This was another one of hers.  It is an oatmeal biscoff cake, and it was so good!  It has a biscoff  buttercream that I could eat all day!  So good!

Cross country race for the week and this amazing kid got first place!!!! He got first by about 30 seconds.  You can't even see the kid in 2nd.  So proud of him!  He works so hard!

Mr J and his team.  As a team they also placed 1st!  So awesome!  A great group of guys!!!

Picture from Miss E this week and her getting to attend a volley ball game.  Glad things are a little more "normal" for her at college this year after last year where no one was allowed at any games.  She is having fun!

Our date night this week involved football.  First home football game with Mr J playing in the band.  Excited for Friday night lights!

Thanks for visiting and catching up!  Hope you are healthy and happy and safe!  Have a wonderful week!

2021 Blue Jeans Week 36

Playing catch up today.  Not sure how I got behind....This was a good week.  Loved our 3 day weekend.  We loved having Miss O home for some of it!  Great cross country race and other fun things this week.  Take a look...

We LOVED having Miss O home for this short weekend.  She flew in for the weekend for a friend's wedding.  We enjoyed our Sunday walk on the trails with her.

While Miss O was with us Miss E and Mrs A went to see my 95 year old grandma (their great grandma)  what a wonderful thing!  Sure love these amazing women that are part of my life!  You can see where Miss E and Mrs A get their beautiful blue eyes from!

For our Labor Day fun we rode our bikes down to a resort area and played corn hole and enjoyed being together. 

Gave blood this week.  

In church I work with the Young Women ages 12-18.  They are pretty amazing, and I love them and the other women who I get to work along side with to serve the young women.  Tonight we did slip and slide kick ball!

Love this picture from my college kids.  They get together once a week and have lunch together.  Makes my heart happy!

Cross country race for this week, and we were so happy to see this guy's old coach.  He retired last year after lots of years coaching (he was my coach in HS too, so he was around for a long time).  It meant a lot to us that he showed up to cheer Mr J and his team on!  

Mr J and his team did awesome by the way!  Turning out to be a great cross country season!

Our date night this week was going back to the local resort, roasting hot dogs, playing pool, and making s'mores.  It was a great evening!

Thanks for visiting and catching up with us!  Hope you are healthy and safe and well!  Have a great week!

2021 Blue Jeans Week 35

It was a good week!  School started for my college kids.  Had our first cross country meet of the season and then Miss O flew home for the weekend for a friend's wedding.  It is finally starting to get a little cooler here--highs still around 90 but low humidity which is good.  So looking forward to fall!  Take a look at our week...

First day of school for these two!  First day of school and first class of the day and they have it together which is awesome!  Here's to Miss O's senior year and Miss E's sophomore year!

A better first day of school picture later that day from Miss E. Excited for her to have a more "Normal" college year after last one! All classes in person versus all virtual last year, but masks required.  She is looking forward to it!

Something to definitely remember from this week!  

Went to lunch with my cute friend!  It is so nice to reconnect! We became friends from working 8 weeks of vaccination clinics together.  Love her!

Hello first cross country race of the season!!!

Mr J did amazing!  Got 3rd place and his team got 2nd place.  It is going to be a good season!

Our date night picture this week involved driving to the airport to pick up Miss O and then getting Raising Cane's chicken for dinner and then driving Miss O to her friend's wedding and driving home.  All told, about 7 hours of driving today!  So fun to see Miss O and glad I could to all that driving with Ben!

Miss O was a bridesmaid at her friend's wedding.  

These two have been friends since junior high and it was fun for Miss O to come back and be a part of her wedding!  

Thanks for visiting!  Hope all is well with you where you are and that you are healthy and safe and happy!  Have a great week!

2021 Blue Jeans Momma Week 34

We are in the full swing of school now.  Last week Miss E flew back to college on Tuesday.  We miss her!  But we are very excited for her to have a more "normal" college sophomore year after the weird online year last year!  For me, it is not easy being the only girl in the house again!  Take a look at our week....

Got one last lunch date with my Miss E before she heads back to school tomorrow!  Will miss her!

And Miss E is on her way, with a very uncrowded plane!  That is good!  She arrived safely, and her siblings and BIL helped her moved in to her new apartment for this year.  Prayers all goes well for her and her sisters and BIL at school!

How we coped with Miss E leaving--I got Crumbl cookies after I dropped her off at the airport.  So good!  

Ben and the young men at church made tie-dye shirts this week.  They made some pretty cool looking ones!

School hasn't officially started yet for my college kids, so Miss E had a few free days, and she got in touch with her cute cousin and they hung out together.  Fun to see them re-connect!

Friday night is usually pizza night at our house.  We rotate between a few different recipes and kinds.  3 pizzas for 3 people seems like a good ration to me!

Date night this week....we made popsicle stick structures.  It was fun to do something totally different!  Sure love this guy!

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you had a great week!  Stay safe and healthy!