Fall is my favorite color…

 The best and quickest part of the year is fall. Be sure to get out and enjoy it for a split second before it fades away. We took a picnic up into the mountains. It was good for our souls. 

Spooky Season

 Tomorrow is officially spooky season. 

Did you know that you can watch a different Treehouse of Horrors each day of October and not repeat one single episode?

You’re welcome. Enjoy watching. 

Disney+ for the win. I started early. Don’t tell anybody. 

When the NFL Breaks Your Heart...

 Well, every football season brings the risk of heartbreak.  Being a Packer fan can be a rough go.  Today was a rough go.  I couldn't watch past halftime(although they did make an amazing comeback but fell short in the second half).   

But guess what I discovered?  The RugbyPass TV app.  And guess what?  You don't have to pay a million dollars to watch rugby like you do have to catch all of the NFL games.  And if you are like me and watched the women's sevens in the Olympics, you either learned how cool rugby is or were reminded of how much you love rugby(that is me).

You probably have heard of Ilona Maher.  She is one of the amazing beasts who plays on the USA Women's Sevens Rugby Team.  She also is competing in Dancing with the Stars this season. She is not playing in the WXV tournament that is happening right now.  She has said she may one day play 15s but hasn't committed to it quite yet.  But she will tell you that you should be watching this tournament right now.  She is right.  It is fun to watch.  WXV, by the way, stands for Women's 15.  It is a longer game, sevens is only 7 minute halves, 15s is 40-minute halves.  There are only seven players on sevens, in 15s there is 15 players per side.  This tournament is a qualifier for The Rugby World Cup which will be played in England next year.  

Anyway.  Free rugby for the next three weekends, what more can you ask for?  Especially, when pro football is lame and expensive to watch.

So, do yourself a favor and download the RugbyPass TV app.  USA played today(lost to the #1 ranked England team) and they play France next Saturday.  

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Happy Spooky Season.  

We got out the decorations today and date night took Reuben and I to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. 

If you liked the first movie, You will enjoy the second one.  With both Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton returning and giving true to the original performances is brilliantly delightful.   Add Jenna Ortega, who can be typecast in Emo-Macabre roles forever, and Catherine O'Hara who is hilarious in any role and it is complete.  

I highly enjoyed the movie and I now give you permission to start watching Halloween movies daily. I will be watching one of the 32 Treehouse of Horrors from the Simpsons daily and it will fill my soul with goodness.  The Nightmare Before Christmas will also play in my house soon, as well as the Hocus Pocus movies. Halloween is the best.  Just like fall is the best and it goes much too fast.  Enjoy the season my friends.

Highlight of the Campout

 

This ride was the highlight of camping and what made putting up with sassy teens worth it. 

I wrote a little more haiku about it when the kids were forced to as we ate lunch in Red Canyon:

Riding in Red Canyon

Zooming down the trail

Past trees, arches, and hoodoos

Only three crashes. 

Truly…what a ride!