MONDAY= EARLY VOTING DAY
Fall break started with me voting for Sarah Palin... Oops, I mean John McCain for president and YES on Prop. 102!! Signed, sealed and delivered.
(NO on 101, 200, 201 and 300 and YES on the rest- if you were wondering).
TUESDAY= LUNCH LADIES
Then on Tuesday afternoon Jennie Blaser decided to get together with some girlfriends to see a movie and go to lunch. The funny thing was that the movie wasn't playing when we thought it was so we went and played Pictionary and Taboo at my parent's house instead. It ended up being TONS OF FUN and way better than any movie, even if it was made by Mormons!
We headed over to Wildflower Cafe for a delicious lunch with even more friends!
(Janae, Ingra, Jennie, Liz, Susan, Becky and Mandy)
I love the ladies in our ward!!!
THURSDAY= OUR PRETEND CAMPING TRIP
On Thursday we really wanted to go camping but weren't able to because of football conflicts so we pretended we were camping and set up our pop-up trailer next to our house!
It was actually really fun. I built a fire and we cooked hot dogs for dinner.
We went in the trailer and played lots of fun games while Rustin and Russ were at football. Our favorites were the game where you each draw 1/4th of a body and then fold it over so the next person can't see what you drew but has to add onto it. You end up with some pretty funny creatures!
"Jack-o-lady with weird arms and bow legs"
Then we wrote stories about them in the same way. Each person writes a few sentences and then folds it over and passes it on and the story gets longer and sillier as you go! It's a great family night game by the way. After laughing our heads off at our creations and creative writing we took a small break and watched The Office and then headed out to make S'mores when the boys got home. Yummy! We kinda felt like we were camping, we smelled like smoke and everything! That night we all spent the night in the trailer (except the teenagers, Tess and Rustin).
FRIDAY= DESERT RATS
The next morning we got up and headed out to the desert to do some dirtbiking!
Rustin on the Martin's Quad
It has been a while since we have gone but it felt great to be out there cruising through the cactus forests.
Olivia brought her friend, Kaitlyn
Josie came with Chloe
We went with our family of friends, the Martins!
Randy, Riley, Rustin and Cooper tossing the football
We had a great time playing football and cards and killing wasps when we weren't riding.
When we got home it was still hot and we were exhausted and sweaty so we decided to hop in the pool. It was cold enough to be REALLY refreshing!
I love swimming in October! It makes the whole Arizona desert thing worthwhile. I feel like I've triumphed over the elements or something. Anyway, it was a perfect combination of desert fun and poolside relaxing to make fall break fun.
Cooper warming up after swimming with us
SATURDAY= FOOTBALL (OF COURSE!)
Saturday Rustin's team had another football game. Unfortunately we lost to the Outlaws. They didn't have a very good record and we beat them bad last year which caused both coaches and players to be unprepared for a team that REALLY wanted to beat us.
Rustin on a blitz taking down #75 (who, I swear is the biggest guy on both teams)
The Outlaws scored first and got their two extra points for the kick. We scored shortly after but missed our kick (our kicker was on vacation) and that was enough for them to win. We got down to the 8 yard line in the last 5 minutes of the game but were unable to make it in.
Picture me on the sidelines screaming "GET HIM RUSTIN!"
Rustin made some AMAZING tackles though. The kind you hear clearer than you see. He just nailed this huge running back, Smack! I was happy about how well he played but what more can you do? There's always next week.
