Catching up before the holidays!

Ok, here I am with a few spare minutes while Michael is playing xbox! First things first, way back forever ago in September Heather and her family came to visit us! It was so much fun we never get visitors so it was fun for us :) They brought Trevor down so he could check out UW and everything and we even got to go to a football game with them :) We had a full house and loved every minute of it! Poor Ralee got sick on Sunday and puked, but she recovered and they got to stay with us until Monday. I wish they could have stayed longer! Then we had a break for a weekend and the next weekend was a wild one! We headed to Mountain View to watch my nephew Trystin play against Michael's nephew Dino. It was a CRAZY game!! Lovell ended up on top winning 21-19, but it was definitely a thriller. Dino went out with a sprained ankle early in the game so we didn't get to see him run the ball much but he still played some defense in the game. Then Dino, Cody, and Dylan stayed with us in Mtn. View and went out with my "niece" Alyssa and her friends and Trystin. The Lovell kids introduced them to "star tripping" and they loved it, I think they all had a really fun time! Then we got up early the next morning and came back to Laramie for the UW vs. Nebraska game!!! Keela came down for it and Kristie was already here with Brady, and his mom even came from Nebraska too. It was a crazy game, Wyoming definitely lost, but it was still fun to watch. I ended up sitting by some really nice Nebraska fans with Kyri, we definitely were not cut out to be in the student section for that game haha. Then we went back to normal life for a couple of weeks just going to school and working and everything in between. Then we took a trip up to Lovell/ Billings to watch Dino and Trevor play football and for Kyri's birthday! We got to Lovell just in time for the game and they dominated Thermopolis. The next day our baby turned 1!!!!! I can't even believe it! She was spoiled by everybody. We had some cake and ice cream and opened up presents. She wasn't really into the whole birthday thing but thats ok. Then we watched Trevor play football that night. They played Billings Central, and came so close to winning. I think they were definitely the better team. It kind of stunk because Trevor had the flu so he hardly got to play, and he is really one of their great players so that was a bummer. Next thing we knew it was time to head back home to Laramie. Don't worry, Kyri caught Trevor's flu bug and puked the whole way home. Then guess who got it 2 days later? That would be me! followed shortly by Michael... it was quite the bug. Levi and Keela came down that next weekend for the homecoming game against UNLV, and they caught the bug too :S but it was a fun weekend before everyone got sick. Unfortunately, during this time, my Aunt Patty (who had cancer) took a turn for the worse, and she ended up passing away so the next weekend we went home for her funeral. It was a really nice service. We also helped cut up a beef while we were there and we celebrated my mom's and my brother's birthdays. We have finally stayed in Laramie for a few weekends in a row now so it was nice to have a break from all of the traveling. Lovell made it to the State Championship football game so everyone came to Laramie to watch this last weekend. It was so much fun and such an exciting game. Dino played so great. It was nice to see him get to play a full game since the starters didn't see alot of time on the field this year. They have a really talented bunch of kids! Anyways Lovell beat Lyman in the championship 21-13!! What a great way to end an undefeated season :) We had so many people around who came down for the game it was fun to see family. My dad and brother and nephew even came to watch the games. I told my dad he couldn't cheer for his alma mater (Lyman) if he sat by us though, he might have got beaten up hehe. I did have a few relations playing for Lyman so it was fun to watch them too. We got to watch some 6-man football as well and that was really neat. My dad was one of the members of the WHSAA board that got 6-man football started so I think it was really neat for him to see how far it has come, it was probably one of the most exciting games of the weekend. After all that excitement, it was time to get back to the grind. We only have a couple more weeks of school left thank goodness! I am so ready to be done. It is so hard to have both Michael and I work and have both me and Michael go to school on campus full time. I think I am going to go back to online classes to save my sanity!! Kyri is growing like crazy and changing every day. We love her so much. She is pretty much running all over the place, and she can say mama, dada, yes, no, hi, and the rest just sounds like gibberish, but she understands so much better now it is really unbelievable to see how she grows and develops so quickly! She loves Tangled, we watch it daily, and she loves anything electronic. Anytime she sees a phone she starts saying "hi" and runs and grabs it. She is such a little sweet heart and we are so spoiled to have her for our daughter! I will post pictures of everything once I get them all off my camera :) Thats all for now!