Porch Pumpkins

All last week while it was gray outside, I loved seeing bright spots of orange on porches around our neighborhood. So, on Saturday our family ventured to the family farm of brothers Caleb went to Jamboree with and picked out a bunch of pumpkins for our porch. It was fun... and cold.
 
We went to Secretariat on Friday night. We loved it. Family friendly, clean, inspiring.

On Saturday night, we went to Clint's work party. I really like the guys he works with and their wives too. We had a fun time visiting and eating yummy BBQ.

Other than that, we made some headway on Caleb's upcoming Eagle Court of Honor, Caleb went to the youth dance, Clint made an apple pie, we watched our first Primary Program in almost 13 years without our own children participating (instead they snickered along with us at the waving kids, the kids who yell into the microphone, the kids that take off running to their parents, etc...), we cleaned our porch, and we found a new puppy we'd love to adopt. Overall, good weekend.

Hiking to the Y with Attitude

We had a beautiful, warm, November Saturday last week and wanted to take advantage of it. Our first idea was to hike to Timpanogos Cave, but it turned out to be closed for the season. Our second idea was to hike Y Mountain, so we headed south.

Anyone who has hiked Y Mountain would agree it is a difficult climb. I mean I work out regularly but it kicks my butt. On the drive down we talked about how sometimes, things may not be fun or easy, but it might benefit others or us in different ways. So with water bottles in hand, we started up the mountain. We stopped at almost every turn to rest and each time Caitlin would spend the time complaining and whining (so much for the talk, huh?). Finally, we had all had it and gave her three options- continue on without complaining, sit on a rock and wait for us to come down, or head to the car. She chose to continue on and by that, I mean she booked it to the top in record time. The rest of us just had to smile as we watched her climb the rest of the way without stopping or turning around to see where the rest of us where. Our Caitlin may not always be the most pleasant child, but she is determined and can do anything she sets her mind to, whether it be fun or not!