PARTY!

Saturday night Mollie dressed up for the ward trunk or treat and Megan and Sam dressed up for the multi-stake dance. A pirate, A princess, and Spiderman...Sounds like the makings of a great story to me.

Homecoming Game

Friday night was the high school home coming. It was fun for Mike and I to watch the kids get caught up in the week long festivities, and prompted a few high school memories of our own. The weather was gross but the team won so I guess it all worked out. Megan played with the band and Sam had a great time hanging out with the other boys on the freshman football team. Mollie was a little disappointed at first that she couldn't go but her and Mike headed over and watched the second half of the game. Mollie joined right in with Sam and Megan and had a great time. Thanks Megan for making her part of the cheers.

MUD!

This week reaffirmed what I already knew. Mollie loves mud. Last week at soccer she was covered in mud. The problem is this picture doesn't quite tell the whole story. She had on a goalie jersey which was solid mud. When she took off the goalie jersey this is what the under shirt looked like and the majority of the mud had been wiped off her face. The game on Saturday was suspended because of lighting and is to be finished this afternoon. Last night at family prayer she asked for the rain to continue, without the lightening because she wanted to "finish" getting muddy. Only for such a cute smile would I willingly wash these disgusting clothes and socks (although I have washed way worse).

Great Job Megan

Two weeks ago Megan officially earned her Young Woman Recognition Award. She has done a lot of great things with the Personal Progress Program and was very excited. At Young Women In Excellence they highlighted Megan and her accomplishments. She did a great job and also displayed the family 72 hour kit which was one of her value projects. I love knowing the kit is done and ready to go if needed. Thanks Megan!

A Visit

Last week my parents paid us a visit. It had been a long time since they had been to our house and it was wonderful to have them hang out for six days. I loved spending time with them and definitely enjoyed myself. It was great to have the extra help and to be spoiled and waited on just a little bit. The kids loved hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa. We had plenty of smiles and laughter. While here they were able to attend many of the kids events, go out to eat, and of course spend some time shopping and crafting. Thanks for the visit, come anytime, I Love You!

Survival Suit

The company where Mike is doing his IT internship has a survival suit race every fall at the Fisherman's Terminal. Different companies compete along with the coast guard. This year Mike was asked to be on a team. There were 17 teams total and Mikes group of four finished 5th. It was kind of a crazy thing to watch everyone get in their suit (which was no easy task) jump in, swim, and then climb into the life raft (which was near impossible as well as hilarious to watch). Time ended once the fourth person on your team was in the raft. It was a lot of fun and there was a lot of hype and excitement for a two minute race. He had a great time and is already talking about how he'd like to do it again next year.

Mike has just jumped in the water down in the bottom left corner.

Here is his team swimming, he is in the 3 spot.

Tired and out of breath the raft looked like a wall. He is on the right about to climb in.