Halloween

Courtney as Audrey Hepburn.

Our favorite 4 year old and "other daughter"  Audrey with Madee and Whitney.

So Madelynn said she has NEVER carved a pumpkin!  So Monday night Mark got the girls together (and a couple of neighbor kids) and started his masterpiece.  It turned out pretty good I'd say.  :)

Me and my BFF teacher friend Melissa.
Coach Huxford was nice enough to track down Jordan's number for me to wear. 
Of course it was Mark's idea.  How sweet!  I about started crying when he brought the jersey over. 

 GO FALCONS!!!!

My cute class!  Yes all 28 of them!!!!!

How we love the Sister Missionaries!
I think they scored a few extra pieces of candy in our neighborhood with these outfits.
They even reminded many people to read their scriptures as the said thank you and ran to the next house.  Cute girls.  :)  We had the missionaries over for dinner tonight before all the trick or treating began.  It was Madee's idea to be a sister missionary for Halloween and she talked a few of her friends into it. 

BIRTHDAY GIRLS

The Mia Maids came over the night before Courtney's birthday and made this candy bar poster on her wall to welcome her to the Mia Maid class.  CUTE!

I made her a giant oreo for her cake. 

Birthday girl #2 with her big sis.  (Courtney did not want to be in the picture. )

We are lucky enough to have 2 birthdays in a row in October.  On the 25th Courtney turned 14.  On the 26th Madelynn turned 11.  We are so blessed to have these two amazing girls in our family.  We had fun celebrating all month long.  We started in Denver the week before their birthdays and finished celebrating in Cedar with the family the week after their birthday. 

Fall Break, Gingerbread, REAL Mall, Birthdays and Family!

We went to Denver for the fall break.
I did not remember to get my camera out!  Except for Saturday night.  Grandma planned a party for all the October birthdays!
Lauren, Reilly, Corey, Courtney, and Madee. 
Grandpa had an October birthday but he opted out of the picture.  :) 



Grandma got an ice cream cake from Cold Stone. 
YUM!!!!  Cookies and Cream. 

While we were in Denver we did a little shopping at a REAL mall.  We all just get giddy at the thought of going to a real mall.  :)  We ate out at some fabulous places.  My favorite would have to be Cheesecake Factory.  I had the Hershey's Chocolate Cheesecake.  It was delish.  Grandma and I got eyelash extensions.  That was fun.  I think I am now addicted to them and I don't know anyone in Cedar that does them.  :(  And Lauren and Grandma and I worked on gingerbread houses.  Lauren made an amazing Haunted Halloween house.  I made a typical candy house.  I will post pictures when I perfect it a bit. 

Its Over :(

Just look at how great this gal is.
Today she played her last soccer game.
After 13 years of games there will be
an empty spot next fall when she is
not on the field.  Playing soccer and being
part of a team has been a great experience for her.
She has made many lasting friendships.  Learned
teamwork and how to work hard.
Not to mention all the fun bus trips and
long overnight trips up north. 
Soccer has been a great blessing in
Whitney's life.

Katie, Whitney, Ashley

Whit and Coach

Keely and Whitney

Letting the balloons go...

Katie, Ashley, and Whitney
These girls have been playing soccer together
for the past 6 years.  Great girls and friends.  :0)

Family photo shot.

Whit and Phillip

LOVE these girls!!!! 

We love this girl soooo much!
We are so proud of her. 
She is a great daughter, friend and sister.
We will really miss watching her play soccer. 

Homecoming 2012

Grandma helping with a few last minute alterations. 

Love these two pictures.  :)

CUTE, CUTE, CUTE!!!!!

Phillip showed up in a really fancy car to pick her up!!!

BFF's Kyra and Whit.
Simply Gorgeous!!!

Mark's soccer girls.  :)

Oh how we love this girl!!!!

It was Homecoming at CVHS last night.  We had a fun filled week full of many different Homecoming activities.  One really exciting thing that happened was that Whitney was nominated for the Homecoming court.  I remember when Whitney was in the first grade and 2 of the girls from our ward were nominated for the court.  She loved those girls and really looked up to them and always wanted to be "like" them.  I told her then that the girl chosen to be the Homecoming Queen is not always the prettiest girl she is usually the nicest girl.  I have always told her it is nice to pretty but it is much more important to be nice!  I am so proud of her to have been nominated by her peers.  7 girls and 7 boys were chosen from the entire senior class and she was one of them.  That is quite an honor. 

#9

I love my #9.  I love watching her do what she loves as she runs up and down the soccer field passing,  dribbling, and shooting the ball.  This will be the last year I will be able to watch her do this.  I have spent the last 13 years watching her play soccer.  I will truly miss seeing her on the field! 

We Must Always Remember

We had a special program at our school on Tuesday, September 11th.  The halls of the school were lined with over 3,000 names.  The names of each of the victims of the 9/11 terrorists attacks.  Our principal said it best when he said, "Each of the names on the walls represent a person who had a family and friends.  Their life was cut short simply because they were Americans."  It has been quite sobering to walk the halls of our school these last few days.  I am grateful to be an American and extremely grateful to those that protect my freedom.