Halloween

What a cute bunch of kids all dressed up for Halloween!

We decided this year to carve pumpkins in the garage. It was the best thing we have ever done! No mess in the house and very easy clean up.

Pumpkin Walk 2010

We got talked into heading up a scene at our cities Pumpkin Walk this year, so Jon has been busy painting pumpkins for the past few weeks. There were about seven other families that each had a part they had to do and then we all met and set it up this week. The theme for the Pumpkin Walk this year was "The Power of Animation". We chose (or was told by a good friend, who volunteered us for this!) that we would be doing Toy Story! Another set of families in our neighborhood did "A Bugs Life". It was a lot of work to get it to come together but to watch the kids and parents as they walk thru and get so excited about the scene is great. It was worth all the work. It is free to anyone who wants to walk thru and they have 1000's of people come for the five days it is open. Schools come clear from Ogden to see it. I was able to walk with Jack's kindergarten class thru it and he was so excited to tell all his friends what we did to help with it. The scenes were amazing this year.

Our family was in charge of the pig and slink the dog. Jon did a great job on them! He worked hard and as with anything he does they were perfect. He is such a perfectionist, I think he painted them a hundred times to get them to look just like the ones from the movie.

Each morning I have to go over and make sure all the pieces are still on and withstanding the winter weather we have been having. We also have music playing all day that I turn on. At night it is all lit up and amazing to see all the scenes.

Tennis 2010

Brianna & Heidi both made the high school girls tennis team this year. It has been a fun couple of months watching both of them play and improve. It was hard at times to choose who to watch, as they played at the same time at different courts, but we made it work. They both had a great year and did well. This was Briannas last year and she was able to place 1st in the Region for 2nd jv singles. We are proud of both of them and the hard work they put forth to improve their game.

Red Ribbon Run 2010

Mallory, Caleb and Jack wanted to do the Red Ribbon Run again this year so Jon and I signed up to do it with them. Jack and I did the 1 mile and the rest of them did the 3 mile. It was a fun activity to do with the kids on a Saturday morning. They all did great and finished the run.

Family Pictures!

It was that time of year again to try and get a family picture! Oh I hate this! It is so stressful for me to try and get everyone ready and looking at least halfway decent. It is getting a little easier as the kids get older. We had someone take our picture this time, instead of us setting up our own camera and running to get back in the picture. It was so nice! She did a great job and it was fast. We were only there for about 30 minutes and we were done.