A Morales Minute

October 26 - The Chiawana Slowpitch softball team had a police escort out of Pasco. They're headed on their way to Yakima for the state championship games on the 27th and 28th.  Olivia up to bat. And she gets a run into home to score. Olivia was awarded the sportsmanship award at the end of the game against Woodinville! Congrats girl! Day one, two wins and we made it to play in the championship game tomorrow! Remarkable! State champs three years in a row.  Look at that score! These girls deserve to win with scores like this.  Olivia loves her coaches. They really know how to build team morale.  "O" for Olivia! Eli, Olivia, BT, Aaron Giant trophy pics! State Championship trophy the school keeps until the next team wins. Let's hope they get to keep it again next year too! State championship trophy the school gets to keep.  What a season! So excited to see Olivia be a part of this.   

Dinner at Taco Bell to celebrate Tyler and his great football season. They lost in the playoffs tonight. He took it really hard. There were some questionable calls and definitely suspicious decisions based on where the game was played. It was a tough and very close loss. Comfort food for the win. Tyler cheered up being with everyone and eating his favorite foods. So grateful to Bel and Chris for coming and freezing with us to support Tyler. Jaime and Chris even ended up doing chains for the game.   

Koda is such a cute puppy that even my mom and Jaime's mom have gotten to where they'll sit with Koda and pet him.   

So, Lindsey has a boyfriend. Quite serious I might add. He's from Meridian. Lindsey asked us to come meet him and his family. It's only about 5 hours away from us. Half way between Rexburg. So Jaime and I made the drive to go meet Lindsey and Isaac. He's a very nice young man. Respectful, funny, and treats Lindsey wonderfully.  We went to the temple to do baptisms with Lindsey.  We had dinner with his family, shopped around at the Village with them and had lunch the next day as well. They're a great family. I really enjoy his mom. They're all easy to talk to. I see why Lindsey likes them so much.  Isaac's mom Diana took this picture one afternoon when they were going to watch Isaac's brother's football game. It's a pretty cute one of them. Yes, Isaac is over 6 feet tall. Lindsey is searching to grow the genes in the family. 😂  

  I went for a run this morning and could see the light change. I knew we were having an annular eclipse but couldn't quite see it. Plus I didn't want to stop my running. lol But when I got home I was able to use my phone camera and be able to see the eclipse really well.  The clouds made it easier to see without blinding our eyes with the brightness.  The view of the sunlight beaming around the moon looks amazing.  Nature is miraculous and beautiful. God is good. 

One evening Olivia played softball in the rain and a double full rainbow came out to shine! As soon as the clouds passed it turned into a beautiful sunny evening! Senior ball posters! Senior night It was a good day to support the girls. They won their game and became Conference champs!  

We went to a surprise birthday party for Aunt Marci. It was Elvis themed so we all wore shirts we'd gotten from Graceland/Memphis. We had to get a picture with the Elvis cutout to send to Lindsey. She was bummed to miss out on the yummy taco dinner, see Marci's surprise, and to dress in Elvis attire.