October 2020

We watched Tukk play flag football. His team is so good this year. They went undefeated almost the whole season. So far they've tied a game and lost a game, but their last two games were postponed due to climbing corona numbers. We're hoping they'll be able to finish their season this week. If they win their last two games I think they'll be the league champions!

We hung out with the mutt, who is banned from getting on the couch. Hmmmm.....

He got to experience his first snow storm and he LOVED it!

I think this kiddo only had slightly more fun playing in the snow than the dog.

His only regret is that our snow is always too powdery for snowman building. 

 

Kenzie & Parker's Wedding

After two reschedulings, including having to cancel ON THE DAY OF THE WEDDING, Kenzie and Parker were finally able to get hitched.

We got all gussied up and headed to Nephi for the big day.

Kenzie was such a beautiful bride. 

We're so happy for these two!

 

Halloween 2020

I love Halloween so much.

This year we had our annual power tool carving contest in The Babe's shop.

It got pretty intense.

Daisy thinks Tukk is hilarious.

Caulder's Tinkerbell, in honor of Disneyland STILL being shut down from Covid.

My spooky face.

Cole's Jack Skellington.

Tukk's barfing pumpkin.

Rand's spooky tree.

This year for Halloween we were able to trick or treat, despite the Rona trying to ruin everything. Lots of houses had their lights off because they didn't want trick or treaters, but we still had a few in the neighborhood who were able to let the kiddos come by. 

Rand went as a Swat team member.

Tukk was a mobster. Cade was a creepy clown.

Daisy and Benja stopped by. Daisy was a mad scientist whose lab just blew up.

Benja was the world's best party Rosenbott.

Cauldy and Aleah dressed up as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Judging by his face in this picture, Caulder's seashells were a little too tight. We've all been there, ammiright ladies?

Tukk and Cade trick or treated on their own. Caulder and Aleah watched scary movies and handed out candy at our house. Cole and I took Rand trick or treating around the neighborhood.

Afterward we all met back up for spooky punch. 

 Halloween is the besssssst. 

One Last Bike Ride

We took Tukk on another bike ride at 4 Bay just before a snow storm hit.

The leaves were pretty brown and it was freezing, but Tukk still loved it.

This dude is rad. 

 

My Last Hurrah at Liberty Safe

Somehow, in the midst of the madness that is 2020, my old boss Bodee convinced me to go back to Basic Research. 

I still don't really know how it happened.

But before I officially left Liberty Safe, we did one more big photo/video shoot, and I brought the cutest talent we've ever used:

Cole was nice enough to drag a trailer, two safes, and the skid steer all over Juab county to help us out.  

We shot a bunch of photos and video footage at the Nephi arena. One of the other guys in marketing, Kyle, ropes with his son, and his daughter barrel races, so they showed off their skills by roping and racing around the safes. 

Then we headed to Kyle's farm to play with some animals. The two minis stole the show. 

Being adorable is exhausting, but makes a great opportunity for merch placement. ;)

We also put capes on ducks. You read that right. Because nothing says Merica like ducks. In capes. 

Just a couple of jackasses, hanging out on set. I kind of wanted to steal the mini donkey and bring him home to be my pet.

 

Camp Darby 2020

We got really brave and decided to try flying in the midst of all the Corona bizniz. The kids and I hadn't seen the SLC airport since the big redesign, and it is so beautiful and nice!

We flew out to visit Darby. Flying standby is a little crazy now, because the load lists aren't really very accurate with all the seats they have to leave open for social distancing. But we had no trouble getting on the flights we wanted!

On our first day, we didn't have any power. There were winds in the forecast, so the power company shuts everything down in case any power lines get blown over. They don't want to start any (more) fires. We made dinner at Darby's because she has a generator, so we were at least able to use a few things.

The next day we hit the rock wall early. Rand loved it and was able to climb clear to the top!

We have to hook a rope to him to pull him back down. He doesn't weigh enough, so the auto belay system leaves him hanging. 

The boys played at the lake... until they tried to "pretend" feeding the ducks and nearly started an avian riot. I think both Tukk and Rand got bitten. Evil birds...

I think their favorite thing about the entire trip was getting to eat all the expired candy and soda from the gift shop. If there's one thing better than getting waaaaay over-sugared, it's getting way over-sugared on expired candy. 

This was our cabin for the weekend. It had a loft that Tukk and Rand slept in. Caulder got stuck on the futon.

Rand found some feral kittens to play with. He named them all and picked up as many of them as he could. So in addition to risking Expired Candy Disease he probably came home with a few cat diseases.  It was basically the greatest weekend of his life. 

The boys also got to take turns driving the golf cart. Even Rand. He is definitely not ready for his driver's license yet.

And, of course, we spent every spare second on the Segways. They still have my heart.

We ended up coming home a day early because Kathy and Farney were both put in the hospital with Covid. Even though there was nothing we could do (not even visit!), we still just wanted to be closer to them. 

I realized on the way home that this might be our last trip for the Superman "get your little guy through the airport faster" travel hack. He's just getting too big. 😭

We love visiting Aunt Darbs. And having the whole camp to ourselves because it was officially shut down for Covid was a definite bonus!