9/1 to 9/3:
Saturday Candi and I went to Lowes and to the mall. We are looking for curtain options for the rooms. We also need a chest of drawers for Mina's room. We moved more furniture back into the rooms and cleaned up the house. The 2 teenagers tend to leave stuff around and not be very tidy. Gets on my nerves a bit. I keep telling them to clean up after themselves. It's September already. I'm not ready for Summer to be done, what a bummer.9/4 to 9/10:
I gave the kids each a Father's blessing Sunday night. I remember telling Tyrell that he will one day know the reasons why his mission is delayed and will understand that it is because the Lord loves him. Monday was Labor Day so I had it off. We were invited to go have a firepit up in Little Cottonwood canyon at the Tanners Flat camp site by Jody and Monica. We had hotdogs and smores. Jaxon and I climbed up the rocks of a waterfall nearby then found a safer way down over rocks on the side of the river. We took the little kids back up the safe way so they could look. I had the Fantasy football draft after work from home. This one was for my work league. Candi was at training still. Wednesday was Mina's 17th birthday. I took her to Pho Cali for dinner. We talked some. I enjoy my one-on-one time with the kids. We had cakes and presents when we got home. Mum and Scott and kids were there. But wow, 17 already. Can't believe it.
9/11 to 9/17:
Sunday we had Regional conference. We watched it at the Stake center. At 6pm Tyrell and I went over and gave Kendra a blessing. She's going in to the hospital in the morning to give birth to her 3rd child by c section. Her non-lds mother-in-law and Lucas was there for it. So it was a good experience. I went and watched Mina play tennis again Tuesday and Thursday. She and Julie beat West Jordan and barely lost to Copper Hills in both sets so they have really improved since I first watched them. It is fun to watch them. On Saturday it was the 22nd anniversary for Candi and I. We celebrated by going to eat at Chinese Gourmet, lol. We always end up going there because we get the most bang for our buck. The 3 younger kids are doing well with home school. They like it and seem to be learning a lot. Erana's reading is getting much better.
9/18 to 9/24:
Candi and I left after sacrament. We went to the anniversary inn for the night in Logan. We stayed in the Egypt suite. It was nicely done up with Ancient Egypt statues and paintings and stuff. We had a good time relaxing in the hot tub. Always enjoy our overnight get-a-ways but such a fleeting moment. Love my wife so much. She's the best thing ever to happen to me as well as the kids of course. We stopped at the Honey store on the way home the next day. Watched Mina play tennis again Thursday. She's getting good her and Julie.
9/25 to 9/30:
On the 28th Mina's tennis team was playing in the Regional tournament at Brighton HS. I left work early to go watch. They lost the first game that I missed but caught the second. They won that against West Jordan. They had another game the next day. When Candi was done with her job we went to the Castle Creek Inn for the night for my b-day present. We stayed in the King's Lodge which has a pool table. We had fun. We ate their free snacks in the kitchen area. We had a hot tub and played pool. It was a nice night together again. It was a deal for $99 which it's usually $200 something for that room so we went for it. In the morning we didn't know what time the game was but went straight to it after checking out at 11am. Mina and Julie were playing Cottonwood HS and just lost a tie breaker first set. We watched the second set which was very close but they won. The third set was close again but they lost 4-6. If they had won they would go to the State tournament. Mina was bummed and crying after, but we told her they should be very proud doing so well on their first year playing. At night the kids got me bunch of yummy goodies for my 45th b-day. We had Krispy creme dough nuts instead of cake.
