Antelope Island Campout

Avery and Joseph went on a scout campout a couple of weeks ago; it was the week we had a little bit of snow. They camped at Antelope Island. It was super cold. As we have mentioned before the boys are in patrols and each patrol is responsible for there own supplies and meals. The grubmaster of Avery's patrol forgot to bring a knife to cut up chicken for chicken pot pie so he had to borrow Avery's pocket knife. When this boy was cutting the chicken he slapped it right on the camp table. The old goat patrol (the leaders and dads) joked that it is a good thing it had been raining or the table may not have been clean enough to cut the chicken on it. This kid also had to use Avery's pocket knife because he needed a can opener. It is really gross to hear these stories but what a great way to teach these young boys to be men. We did sanitize the knife when he got home. For breakfast one morning they had a little bit of eggs with a ton of cheese. They also did a moonlight hike on the shore line and another hike the next day. Avery had a ton of fun and really enjoys these monthly campouts. 

Sledding

Aurora was determined to go sledding after it snowed ever so slightly. I told her there wasn't enough but she didn't believe me and had to see for herself. So we bundled her and Logan up and they went out to play. She found out that I was right about the sledding but they still had fun playing in the little bit that there was.

New Blog

After posting the Why We Left post, I promised that I would not write anymore on the family blog about the church and why we decided to leave. We have almost reached our year mark from leaving the faith and over that time I have gained a new perspective on things and feel the need to vent some of those frustrations. I plan to do this on a new blog. I invite all of you to read that blog if you would like and understand if you feel the need to stay away from it. Joseph may also feel the need to post on the new blog from time to time but he has found exmo forums that have helped him in his journey out of Mormonism. I am doing this new blog more for my benefit and am not trying to offend anyone. If you take it as offensive I apologize.The following is the blog address. http://lifeaftermormonism1.blogspot.com/

Wasatch Freedom Classic

Aurora had a wonderful day yesterday competing in her third competition. She skated beautifully and smiled lots. All of her hard work paid off and she won 1st place! All five judges placed her as the 1st place winner. She was ecstatic and is looking forward to more competitions and ice skating shows. Aurora loves ice skating and would be up at the rink almost everyday if she could but for now I think we will stick with the 2 to 3 days a week routine. We are so very proud of her and for all of her dedication and hard work. We feel so blessed to be able to provide this opportunity for her.  

Treehouse Museum

The kids and I went and had some fun this past week at the Treehouse. Logan found a triforce just like the one they have in the Zelda games.

Cuteness

This girl still comes up with some crazy outfits and she doesn't care what anyone thinks. 

Halloween

Avery wanted to carve a pumpkin this year so he carved a creeper from minecraft. Aurora and Logan decided they just wanted to paint a pumpkin.. 

Logan decorating a sugar cookie he made. I was so busy helping everyone that I didn't get many pictures. 

Aurora as Hermione, Logan as Link, and Avery as Chuck. Avery was mistaken as a missionary a few times which did not make him happy. He is an exmo and proud of it and would tell them so. :)