November 2020

The high school state volleyball tournament was very different this year. Instead of being down at UVU for all of the matches, they ended up having them at the higher seeded schools, and then for 3A and 4A we went to Richfield and did the last few rounds. I got to be the R1 for the 4A final, which was fun. Wes snapped a picture of me on the live stream since he couldn't be there. For the 5 and 6A they had the last two days at Hillcrest High school. I was able to work the 6A semi-final match and then the table for the Final match. That was fun. It's always fun to be with my reffing buddies, doing what I love.

Since early in the summer I have been playing sand volleyball once or twice a week at my friend Jen's courts in her back yard. The weather has been so nice lately that we are still playing, well into November.

Tyson turned 9 years old! What a fun kid he has become. He is usually very happy, and always bouncing around. He is the first to get ready for bed, or to do anything I ask. He loves cold cereal with milk, and he always has his headphones on watching YouTube on his tablet. He is obsessed with gorillas and King Kong, as you can see from them guarding his cereal bowl. This year he got some fun presents, and chose to eat at Waffle Love for his birthday dinner.

We were lucky, because we were able to attend Oakley's football banquet right before the Governor shut everything down for two weeks to try and get the virus back under control. Oak's coach had great things to say about him, and we are so proud of him for working hard this season.

One day, Oakley's school got cancelled because the power went out, so he and I went shopping and did some other things. Then he wanted to scare his brothers and put his funny mask and his glasses on to trick them when they got off the bus. Silly kid.

Thanksgiving this year was pretty low key. It was just Katy's family and ours at grandma's house. We liked the mellowness of the day.

Tyson built another blanket fort downstairs under the foosball table, and him and Dax slept in there one night. They were so cute all snuggled up under the table.

Whenever we go to Target, Dax always makes me take a picture of him in the circle. He is such a funny kid.

Our Christmas tree this year. We are ready for the holidays.