Still October

I can't believe how fast time has been flying by! We have been busy. Imagine that! Erika has only two more weeks of soccer. (Whew!) I have been doing some temping and working for people here and there. A little more at the school now that I haven't been to see Grandpa Stockwell every week.
Kevin came for a month. Jessica flew in Thursday night. We got to see her a little bit. Had lunch on Saturday before they had to leave. So good to see them! Too short though. I have been watching Kris's and Jeff's kids one day a week for the last couple of weeks. No wonder she is so skinny! And strong! I have been enjoying it but boy, it wears me out!
Saturday was ISU homecomeing. Erika had soccer in Twin Falls and stayed with her dad. Won both games! Roger and I were both in the parade. His work had a float supporting the bengal auction and I was with the charter school. We were the last float. The parade was supposed to start at 10 am. We didn't start walking until 11:45. Roger made chile and he and Tanner hosted a tailgate party. It sure seems like we don't have much down time. We are trying to start a family night on Mondays. Tonight will be our second night. We have also finally got into a small group for church. We are doing a church wide study for the next few weeks. Good to get into group again but hard too. We have family night monday. Praise team and soccer practise Tuesday. Small group Wednesday. Soccer Thursday and soccer and or auctions on the weekends. Doesn't leave much 'down' time.
We missed Tessa's birthday on Friday night. It is amazing that a year has gone by so fast since the girl's were born. Makes me feel like a grandma!

October updates

Can you believe it is October already? September just flew by... After Grandpa Stockwell's set back, I had the opportunity to stay with him for six days at the hospital in Utah. Home for a few days then back with him again for a couple of days. What a great opportunity to spend with your new father in law and get to know him without the influence of family all around. I have been blessed to be able to spend so much time with him (and what not). LOL
Straight from Grandpa's house to Jackson last weekend and Erika already posted about her awesome goal! It was too cool! From waaay in the back field!
Roger had 4 auctions that week so we have hardly seen each other this past month. Is it terrible to wish for snow so we can just stay home and veg for awhile? Just kidding! We have to hold off for another month til soccer is over.
Kevin is here, well, kind of here. He is in Idaho for hunting season. Jessica should join us in about 9 or 10 days. It will be nice to have everyone here, just hard to get everyone together.
Kevin did get to spend a little time with my family on Sunday. I know it meant a lot to Grandma Carol since she really hasn't had very much opportunity to bond with her new grandchildren.
Oh man, homework is calling me... wait... didn't I already pass 5th grade?
Have a great week!

Jackson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We just got back from Jackson Hole (beautiful!!!!!!!) we watched erika play soccer and guess what she made a goal from half 1 goal of the game and her first goal ever!!!!!!!!!!! AND IN A TOURNAMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO ERIKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! her team won their divison!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO PUMA'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Home this week and recovering from a touch of something. Roger and Erika were not feeling good this morning though. Body aches and just not feeling good.

Prayer requests for continued healing for Roger's dad, Stan. He is home now and doing good. Seems to be resting better at home. Susie and Elizabeth are staying with him this week and I will go down and stay next week. He has a doctor's appointment this morning to make sure we are on track with the healing.

Competative soccer. Hmm... Three games a week. One every Tuesday night. (Roger gets to attend those as I have praise team practice. And two games every Saturday. We will see how dedicated to this she is before we commit to it in the spring. They won the first two games on Saturday and it is good for her.


My friends Dan and Christy need prayers still. Dan is undergoing more surgery this morning to make sure there aren't any traces of the cancer he has still in there. I do love my friends and am so greatful for their presence in my life.

Kevin will be here Saturday! Wahoo! Looking forward to seeing him! We can't go down until Sunday because Roger has their big fall auction on Saturday. Sunday is sooner than next month though.

I better get a move on and get my work done this morning.

Update

We have spent the past couple of days in Ogden with Grandpa Stockwell. He was scheduled for a triple bypass. They ended up doing 5 bypasses but he is doing relatively well. Had a little arythmia (not sure of spelling) this morning but they have medicine for that and he responded the way they wanted him too. Doing great!

Update

Well, Erika did okay with her demonstration at the fair. Not as good as she did at the county level but I think she was a little more nervous. Roger and Kris and the kids were there to watch as well as her dad from Twin Falls. He came and spent the day with her at the fair.
Her livestock judging turned into a little bit bigger of an ordeal than we thought. It started at 4:00 pm and lasted until about 8:30. I think they ended up judging 10 different classes. Three beef classes. One market steers, feeder calves and a class of charlois cattle. She is not really sure what the classes were. Two classes of swine. Two of goats and three sheep classes and then they gave oral reasons on three different classes. Good learning experience. I hope they focus a little bit more on learning what they are supposed to be doing in Bannock County for next year. The other two girls on her team both showed promise of being good at it even though they were bored stiff. I know you can get scholarship money from judging though. It will be a good thing to have on your records if you are going to a land grant school or agricultural school.

We ended up going to my brothers house on Sunday. My aunts are here from Oregon and California and one uncle from Boise. My Grandma has been on hospice care but they are going to take her off of it because she is pretty stable. Her health has been steadily declining for the last couple of years. We may have to stay with her to take full time care of her in the future. We will just be ready for when and if the time comes.

In the mean time, Roger's dad is having surgery in the morning so we will be going to Utah early in the morning. Erika will stay with mom and dad and they get soccer practice duty tomorrow night. Makes a long day for my mom. I really appreciate all they do for us. We will keep you posted on how things go.

Well, we are off to the Blackfoot fair tomorrow. We have Erika's lamb in the horse trailer outside and I woke up to check on it and decided to pop in and update. I have spent an hour changing the background when I should be sleeping.
I think we brought flys in from the farm too.

Labor Day weekend is upon us. I can't believe that summer is winding down. Erika started school this week and so far 5th grade is fabulous! They started a new math curriculum at school and math is her favorite subject! Couldn't get any better than that! Hopefully it lasts a long time!

I don't have any idea about what this little holiday will bring but I hope it is a great time for everyone. Have a wonderful weekend!