Freye Skye Concert!

Channing has been a big fan of Freye Skye since she was in the movies Zombies and started to release her own music. We bought tickets in April for her concert and she was so excited to go. We went with a few friends and stood in line to get in to our standing room only seats!

We were standing a little too close for comfort for me to many people, but we made it. We were only about 75 feet from the stage. We could see her clearly.

She did a really good job performing, especially for only being 16. We had a fun night.

My back and legs barely survived after standing for 6 hours, but I am glad that we had a fun memory together and got to go! 

Ragnar is 49!

Ragnar turned 49 and we had a quiet celebration with him. After sending off Cavin 2 days earlier, we were both kind of in a sullen mood. We will have to do a big celebration next year when he hits the big 50! 

We had a birthday donut and then both had to go to work! Such is the life of adulthood.

We went to Saltgrass for dinner and came home, had cake, and opened presents. 

Then we all watched the Bourne Supremacy together. It was a nice quiet evening. Ragnar is a good guy and we are so grateful to be able to celebrate another year of having him in our lives! He is always supporting the kids at their activities, finding a way to tell us a new joke, giving us his big bear hugs, singing in the car, working hard to support us, and occasionally snoozing on the couch :) We love him and are so grateful to call him dad/husband.

Homecoming 2026

This year Channing decided to go with her friends to Homecoming. She went with Jenna, Ellie, Cora, Madden, Elijah, Brody, and Jasper. They didn't end up going to the dance cause I guess it is lame. They went to Shogun restaurant and then to Target and back to Ellies to swim and play games. They had a fun time!

They looked beautiful! 

She saw a lot of other school friends while taking pictures and I am so glad she has so many good people in her life. 

Cavin is officially a MISSIONARY!

Cavin was officially set apart as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on September 8th and began service the next morning. President Scott came over and pronounced a sweet blessing. Ella was able to call in and be a part of it. It was special. She bore her testimony before and it was sweet.

His missionary tags didn't come in time, so he was bummed about that, but they eventually came. I'm sure the earlier start time messed up the tags. 

I'm proud of him! He is a great kid.

We took pictures together before he left. It was a great time at the temple.

Brotherly love.

It was a beautiful night.

Hes so excited to go to Germany.

Sporting our Germany jerseys to support. 

Hes always had a love of Germany.

He gave his farewell talk and did a fabulous job on his musical number and talk.

He had great support and I think he felt like it went well.

I love this picture of both of my missionaries :)

Wednesday, September 23rd Cavin left for the Provo MTC. We had to leave at 4:45 am to take him to his flight. It was so sad to see him go. No one wanted to let him go. He stood by us for a little while before he finally got the courage to walk away. It was hard.

Off to go and do! 

Thankfully Aunt Daphne came to pick him up from the airport and was able to fill in for us!

She was sweet and took him on a tour of temple square. 

It was a nice outing before he headed to lunch and the MTC

Aunt Marisa also met him and they said goodbye for us. I'm grateful for family support. 

He made it to the MTC and took the obligatory picture!

I came home and cleaned out his room since that is how I deal with stress and sadness. I cried the whole day. For some reason I could not pull myself together. We are really gonna miss Cavin. He has been such a vital part of our family and we will miss him a lot. It's also been a very emotional last 5 years or so. I feel like I've been on this roller coaster with him and now I had to step off and he has to keep going. Ive been very invested in his emotional wellness for years and I just have to hand it to the Lord now and know the Lord is going to do great things through him and help him be the person he is and who he will continue to become. I love you Cavin, God speed son! 

Last outings with Cavin!

Cavin was called to serve a mission to Berlin, Germany. He was supposed to leave October 28, 2026, in August he requested to leave early and it was miraculously granted. They changed his start date to September 16, 2026 about 7 weeks early. We were excited for him, but had to hurry and get some fun last outings in. 

We had our friends the Clarks take us out on their boat as that was the last couple things he wanted to do.

We had a really fun time tubing and playing! It was a beautiful day.

He also wanted to get a family game of soccer in, so we had a fun time sweating together and playing!

We of course had to watch Cars one last time!

Cavin literally loves this movie!!

On his last night we went to the temple one last time together for him to baptize me and his siblings. 

It was a special last week with him. We are going to miss him.