Decorating the tree

It was a quiet night of decorating the tree and I only got pictures of Austin putting his ornaments on.  I love our tree and going through all the ornaments we've bought over the years for the kids or places we've gone.  It's not a designer tree, but it's perfect to me!

 

Alabama coast vacation

The days of the tournament and then for 5 days after we were able to enjoy the beautiful Alabama coast and beach!  We had never been to the Alabama coast and it was great.  The white sand beaches and mild November temperatures were great.  It was the off season for the locals, so it we often had the beach and water to ourselves.  Ethan and Madison were able to come out for the last day of the tournament and the next couple days and we had a great time in a rental condo right on the beach.  We were able to swim, sunbathe, walk, shop, and eat all in Foley Alabama.  We also had fun mini-golfing, dolphin sail watching, and biking around the natural preserve.  All in all it was a fantastic little fall getaway!  

 

2021 BYU Soccer nationals in Alabama

After qualifying for nationals in Washington, BYU soccer was off to Alabama to defend their national title!  We were lucky enough to schedule a trip for the week to cheer on our favorite player!  It was a brutal championship tournament with 2 games each day to advance to the final on the 3rd day!  BYU tied their first game, but were able to dominate their other group stage games to advance out of their very tough bracket to the quarter finals.  Then they played a very physical match to advance to the semi's and finally on to the final.  It was a rollercoaster of emotions and a lot of really good soccer and BYU are CHAMPIONS again in 2021!!  Way to go Cougars and Evan!

All the players grew out the mustaches and dubbed the tournament - "Stachionals"

Evan's biggest fans!

Evan's cheer sections!!  So fun to have so much family there!

The champion!