the murrays: The Blur that was fall and morning sickness combined!

So, 5th and 3rd grade are happening. Katelyn and Whitney are doing great. Dual immersion for Whitney was a shock at first because the 3rd grade teacher gives a lot more homework than 2nd grade! But she has risen to the challenge and is doing excellent in all subjects. Her teachers are SO GOOD and I am so grateful! Katelyn's teacher is new to the school but has turned out to be great. Fun and creative with plenty of science and history= I'm a happy mom. It helps that both of them have mostly the same kids in their class as they did last year. Katelyn's is such a good group! So she feels comfortable. And Owen's doing an online preschool that is AMAZING academic-wise, but I am trying to provide him with the hands-on activities and playtime with other kids that he's missing.

Lol crazy hair day for red ribbon week. We have never really utilized accessories like this before! The principal saw them getting out of the car and ran over to take a picture with them for the school Facebook page. Whitney was so embarrassed!

Soccer season was busy! Eric coached Owen's pre-K team; they were adorable and won almost every game. Owen seemed to finally "get it" and played well! It was so much fun to watch! As you can see from this picture of Eric dying laughing at one of the "pile-ups"-- in the first couple of games someone would trip and fall, taking someone down with them, and the next thing you knew all 8 kids on the field would be on the ground because they were in such a tight bunch to begin with! It was hilarious.

This picture was taken right after Owen's very first goal! As he ran by me with a big smile on his face. He scored several more during the season!

But maybe my favorite position to watch him in was goalie. He seriously stood in this stance the WHOLE. TIME. So adorable, just like he and Eric had practiced. He didn't get many chances to save it because our team was so good, but when he did he proved to be a fearless ball-diver like his father before him. :)

Whitney played her first season of competitive soccer, and proved that's where she belongs. She did great, especially once her coach decided to only play her on defense. He kept trying her on offense because she's so aggressive, but she just doesn't have the game sense and ball skills for it yet. She played stellar defense the second half of the season though, and they hardly ever got scored on while she was in. She did commit a couple of fouls in the penalty box though-- still working on the line between aggressive and too rough!

Here she is 3rd from the right, team meeting at halftime.

I love this picture!! She is so determined to get that ball she is going for it with all her might! That's our Whitney. :)

One of the times she brought the ball up from defense.

And some day-to-day life pictures:
maris before and after nap! I promise I do her hair cute almost every day, but after her nap it just looks like this: lol I'm much too lazy to end the ragamuffin look by doing her hair TWO times in one day!

A train track owen was proud of and wanted a picture of before he had to put it away.

Fall Break the weather was beautiful so I roused myself to take the kids for a bike ride/run on the River Trail. I was impressed that Owen rode 3 miles easily!

For Whitney's first General Womens Meeting we went up to Salt Lake with my Mom, Allison, Natalie, and Raycelan! It was fun even though we didn't get into the conference center. :(

Mallorie's blessing was a super fun family gathering, although my favorite part might have been talking to Melissa for the entire 2nd and 3rd hours of church while she tried to get Mallorie to eat. It was good bonding time. And it melts my heart and makes me grateful we are having another baby whenever Eric volunteers to hold Mallorie! His actions show that he likes babies even if he won't admit it. :)

In 16 years of our relationship this was the first concert we ever paid to go to together: Mumford and Sons!! Even though I was sick it was totally worth it.

Kate's drama class did a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream and this was her costume. She did awesome.

One day in October I was starting to feel a little better, so I planned a little field trip to the Red Barn with some friends. It was way fun even though it completely wiped me out and I didn't do anything again for weeks haha. I love this picture my friend took for me on the hayride! Santaquin is beautiful and so are my kids!

Silly kids so excited to have a playdate lunch with a friend.

Right before the gender reveal! The balloon is full of pink candy because we are having another girl!!

Here she is waving hello on the ultrasound, best ultrasound picture ever right??

Owen and Maris with some of our pumpkin harvest! We grew about 20 of them, and several were big enough that we didn't even have to buy any pumpkins to carve this year!

The BYU race! Only these two ran this year, but OWEN FINALLY RAN IT! He wasn't scared of the gun and did great, taking 6th I think? Now we need to work on his kick, he wan't tired at all after! And cute Maris took 8th I think, the fastest 2 year old! She ran the whole way and has a great running future. :)

We had an impromptu family gathering when my dad came up for a BYU game and the Cravens happened to be here the same weekend! It was fun; this is the kids doing a magic show for us haha.