BYU Football Game

So Jerel and I are both BYU grads and decided to head down for the BYU/Oregon State game.  It was super fun!  We saw a few people from our ward, Jerel saw a few people he knew from when he grew up in Utah, and we got to watch the Cougars win.  I wasn't surprised at the win because they've NEVER lost a game I've attended.  (This is the second one I've gone to...)  We even went to a CougarTown tailgate party beforehand.  We left our kids with a friend (an AMAZING friend to watch our kids for ten whole hours!  She even took them to a pumpkin patch.)  but we saw lots of people there with babies and toddlers.  For a minute I felt guilty for leaving my kids at home, but then I remembered how they would've just cried the whole time and then I felt fine.

Our unappreciative little girl...

Sometimes I put her in the most darling little outfits and she just doesn't seem all that grateful!  I made her this little skirt, which I think turned out pretty cute, plus the fabric only cost me $1.98.  How thrifty is that?!  (Of course when we got to church Jerel asked me if I had purposely made it so short it didn't cover her little bum, or if that was a mistake; perhaps I should've used a bit more fabric). 

Eliza is more and more fun every day.  She army crawls really well now, can pull herself up on a few things, switched from bottle to sippy cup (except when Daddy feeds her at night), and loves trying table foods.  If only some of that love for new foods would rub off on Isaiah "Mac-n-Cheese" Atkinson...

Octomom (for a few hours anyway)

Some girls in our ward started a "Temple Swap."  Every two weeks one or two of us stays home to watch all the kids while the others go to the temple.  This time Carolyn and I were on babysitting duty for these EIGHT little cuties!  You can see here that snack time was very popular!  Carolyn moved in down the street from us this summer and it's been so handy having a good friend so close by--last minute babysitting, a grocery item needed on Sunday, etc.  Her girls are 23 months and 3 months so she knows all about 2 under 2 just like me!