Finishing cross country, cousin time!

 Kendal and Pete had a cross country meet in Buhl on October 3rd. Kendal got a pr with a time of 12:41, taking 16th place! Peter ran the course in 11:02 and took 13th! He got aPR as well. (Both got PR's, first because they did so well, second because it was a longer distance then their usual races so most other times don't match this distance.)

 I couldn't make it to the race because I was in charge of Activity Days. (We made caramel apples,  Alice was in candy heaven!)

I decided I wanted another tree in our backyard and Casey was awesome enough to indulge me in my dreams! Trees were half off, and there weren't many options left so we got a little shorty that's the same as our other maple tree! So we have Sunny and little Ray in our backyard now (They're pacific sunset maple trees!)! 

(Alice was worried about the little tree on a windy day this week, and just had to go and hold it up for a few minutes till I called her back in.)

Casey had to take off the 5th and 6th at work to do online trainings for PBIS. We had a cold go through the house at the beginning of the month. Casey, Alice and I got hit the hardest. Kendal only had a sore throat and Pete didn't get sick at all. Casey went out to Raft River with the kids on the 7th to help patch his parents roof. I stayed home feeling crummy and tried to catch up on some studying. Casey made it back in time to take Pete over to Keegan's game at the high school and to do Alice and Kendal off with me so Alice could have Jemma time! 

Kendal and Pete had their last meet at the Gooding golf course this past Tuesday. Kendal came in with a time of 14:48. She was 36th out of 103 runners. Pete came in at 12:59, taking 40th out of 117 runners. It was the longest distance they ran all year! It's so hard to tell how they ended their season because the courses were so varied and the last two meets were a longer distances than the rest of the races. This was kendal's last middle school meet! She's worked so hard this year and we're so proud of her improvements and dedication! Pete took to cross county really well, were excited to see him grow and flourish in the coming years! 

Kendal ended cross country and the very next day she went right into basketball tryouts. She will be on the white team this season and is excited / nervous to begin!

 The kids had no school in the 13th so they got to sleep in and have a chill morning at home. I worked half a day, and Casey worked a full day at school. That night Casey took Kendal and Peter to the football game. They worked the concession stand that night. Casey started in concessions and went up to the box at the Beginning of the game. 

Saturday we has visitors! Anica, David, and came up to spend some time with us. After lunch we went out to Tubbs Berry farm. We did all the things! Duck races, giant slides, tractor ride, paintball mania, playing in the dirt / hay/ corn,  bounce area, mini golf, picking pumpkins, and best of all the straw maze. David had the boys in one group, and Casey and I took the girls in another. Emmet just wanted to play on the corn and sand pits outside the maze.  For the Tubbs corn maze they give you a punch card. So along with finding your way out of the maze you have to find hidden punches. If you get all the punches punched you earn a free popcorn! This was the kids' #1 agenda and they all successfully finished! After Tubbs we had homemade pizza and the kids played games large into the night. Sunday morning we had more cousin time before church. David and crew went exploring at Dirkies while we were at church. We had a bit more play time before they left in the afternoon.