Valley Scare and Red Cooler Road Show

Valley Fair turns into Valley Scare every October. The entire amusement park gets converted into a park with multiple haunted houses and mazes as well as great rides and great decorations. Canyon had been asking to go for several weeks. We decided to go in the day (pre-scary stuff) and see how the kids did. Presley was excited to be 48 inches and tall enough to ride the roller coasters. Canyon was excited to check out the scary haunted houses. Presley led us through our first haunted house, yelling right back at the monsters. Way to be tough Presley! And way to protect the family!



Dad has been traveling again this fall. His Red Cooler Road Show has become a signature of his travels and a part of his company's marketing campaign. Had to capture this one for the memory books.

Eagle Heights Fundraisers

Back to school means back to school fundraisers as well. Eagle Heights has some fun fundraisers. The first is a Leer-a-thon (Read-a-thon). The kids have pledged to read a certain amount of minutes each day for the month of October. If they reach their goal, we will give them a certain dollar amount to give to their school. For every % they exceed their goal, we will increase the pledge accordingly. The kids are so excited and reading everywhere and anytime they can. What a great motivator!


Another fundraiser is a 1-mile fun run. Canyon and Mom ran the fun run this year. Canyon was excited to run with some of his friends. The race began with the 5th graders, then the 4th graders, then the 3rd graders, etc. Canyon (3rd Grade) passed all the 4th and 5th graders who started before him and came in first out of the entire school. And he didn't even have running shoes on. Way to go Canyon!

Soccer Season Winds Down and Hockey Season Begins

Ahhhh.... Fall is here. The kids had a great soccer season. Canyon played on a traveling U9 team and they had a winning season. Canyon loved both shooting goals and protecting the goal as goalie. He got to play a fair share in all of the positions.



Presley enjoyed her soccer season with Coach Ron on MGM (Mean Green Machines). While they didn't have a winning season, Coach Ron always made sure the girls were having fun, building their skills, and practicing good sportsmanship. Here's Presley with her coach on medal night!


Hockey season is beginning. Both Canyon and Presley are going to play this year. Canyon has an extracurricular program where he gets to play where the Minnesota Gophers play in the big stadium each week. Pretty cool experience. And Presley is "coming out of retirement" to try hockey again. Should be a fun adventure for both!