Football, volleyball and Ghost Towns?

I love fall in Dixie. The weather finally starts to cool down and fall sports start. This weekend was Homecoming. We lost, but it was still fun. We went out to eat with Thompsons and then went to the football game with them.

Hope and her friends with their game faces.

Jazz tried out and made a traveling volleyball team. Today they had a tournament in Hurricane. (It is said hurricun, for you not from southern Utah)

She is soooo fun to watch!

After Jasmines tournament, we went to Grafton, UT. This is a ghost town.

After the Mormons settled the Salt Lake area, Brigham Young began to send numerous families and single men down south, who were advised to immediately marry and make settlements. He hoped that they would be able to populate the region and make it a place where they could live and worship without persecution. The town is by a river, though, and after three floods and many Indian attacks, they moved to a nearby community.

Boy am I thankful that I wasnt a pioneer. Ill take the trials and tribulations of today anytime.