Short and Sweet One This Week

Mostly photos this week. We had Red Ribbon Week, went on a field trip to a big red barn, got a couple of days off from school, watched Eliza’s first gymnastics competition, and started Landon’s birthday celebrations. Woo hoo!

Tuesday: The kids dressed in bright colors for Red Ribbon Week. Eliza took full advantage of the jump suit Grandma and Grandpa D. got for her. 

Later in the day, Mom accompanied her and her class on a field Trip to Rowley's Red Barn. Hallie liked it so much that she had Mike take her back while the kids were at gymnastics!  

Speaking of which, Eliza got her leotard for Saturday's competition. It is as expensive as it looks, and Eliza is really trying to smile through her bedtime crabbiness. 

Wednesday: Fall colors are everywhere! With the winds that came up this week, leaves came raining down like, well, rain. 

Thursday: The kids got two days off this week for UEA weekend. Landon's gym schedule changed to mornings, which meant he got his afternoons off; however, it also meant that he missed out on going on the BYU Campus guided tour we had scheduled for today. We saw a hot air balloon on the way up. His loss. 

Eliza got to ride in the front seat of the gold cart, and Dad had almost as much trivia to tell as the guide. Of course, a lot of Mike's was, "I had a class here" or "This building was just a giant hole in the ground when I was a student."

We were treated to a sunset later in the day after Eliza's gymnastics class.

Friday: Mike got out the fall decor, including a door decoration that he and Eliza put up in the evening. 

Saturday: Today was Eliza's big day! Eliza put it all out there on the floor and had fun. 

She took first on beam and third place overall in her level. You go, girl! 

Sunday: We started Landon's birthday celebrations with confetti-filled balloons containing a secret message. He's going on a trip to California with Mom and Eliza! Then we had French toast for breakfast. 

Eliza has started developing her talent for drawing, taking inspiration from Mo Willems.

After church, we drove up to Salt Lake hoping to meet up with Landon's birth mom for a birthday visit. It didn't work out. We're sorry for that. We did get another glowing sunset on our trip back home.