Thanksgiving

Gobble, Gobble. The girls and I made these cute and easy turkey cookies Thanksgiving morning.

For Thanksgiving we went to Teresa and Danny's home. These cute little ships were the place settings for the kids table.



The adult table was beautifuly decorated too.

Some family pictures before the feast.

Danny, Teresa, Audrey, Preston, Carlee and Nicholas:

Our little family picture. You can tell we are not a photogenic group!

Kent, Becca and Nicholas

Every year Danny and Teresa have a little competitive activity. The winner receives a $50 gift card. This year the activity was potato launching. The winner was Sam.

It was great day. We are Thankful for our family and for all the blessings we have in our lives.

Primary Program

Today our ward had their Primary Program. Here are some pictures of the girls before leaving for church this morning.
This week has been a week we don't care to repeat. For the second time we have attempted to get the girls their flu shots, but each time one of them for some reason or another becomes ill and so we can't get it done. I guess we just need to have them get them one at a time.
Ashlee has been battling sinus issues and developed some sort of a rash. A rash the doctor suspected to be hives. Hives to what we don't know. The doctor suggested we do an allergy test on her. I am not so sure that will solve anything. We know she battles allergy issues and it's something we have just gotten use to. I think it comes with living where we live.
Mikayla has had a horrible stomach ache all week. To the point she is hunched over in tears. After the third day I took her to the doctor. By then she was dehydrated, but they couldn't really figure out what was going on so they ordered some tests. As of yesterday we finally were able to complete all the tests, but now we have to wait 3-5 days to get the results. There is a possibility of e-coli or salmonella. She ate some raw cookie dough and turkey that none of the rest of us ate. Unfortunately there isn't much that can be done if it is, but let it run it's course. Luckily, as of Saturday afternoon she had migrated off the couch so hopefully the end is near and she can resume her daily activities again.
I am on antibiotics again for an infection and John has been battling some sort of sinus/cold this week as well. Needless to say I am glad the week has come to an end. I hope we can put the week behind us and have a better week next week.

Halloween

This year for Halloween Ashlee was a skeleton bride and Mikayla was a ladybug. Friday night we went to a carnival and trunk or treat at their school. Both the girls helped do carnival booths instead of playing the carnival games.

Ashlee is a Skeleton Bride and Mikayla a Ladybug

Saturday night was our Ward Trunk or Treat. We didn't do much to our car this year. With lack of time and decorations, John just through this together.

Crazy Hair Day

Today was crazy hair day at school. This is how the girls wore their hair for crazy hair day.

Pumpkin Patch

Ashlee

Friday night some friends invited us to meet them at the pumpkin patch.

Alyssa, Heather and Ashlee

Heather, Brooke, Mikayla, Allison and Owen

Mikayla (a little red after running through the hay maze a few times)

Mikayla, Brooke, Allison and Quinn

Brooke, Mikayla, Allison and Quinn

After the pumpkin patch we went to the Stiles home for food and games. One of the games was a pinata. Above is a picture of all the kids waiting for their turn with the pinata.

Harvest Party

Three years ago when we moved to the place we are at now, John said he wanted to have a Harvest Party with skeet shooting. I told him we can't have a Harvest Party during harvest. I work on weekends, how am I suppose to find the time to plan a party? Well we figured out a way to have one and this year was our third year for having a harvest party. Each year it seems to get bigger, better, and alot more work. But everyone seems to have a good time and we have people asking us when we are going to have our next one year after year. Last year we added games for the kids to the party. This year we added a hay/tractor ride which seemed to be a very successful hit with the kids. When it got dark, John and some friends decided to break open glow sticks and put the glowing material on skeet and on their guns and they shot at glowing skeet. We didn't think it would work, but it did. In the process they also got the glowing material on their hands, face, clothes, etc. It soon became a game with the kids and adults to see who could have the most glowing material on them. Unfortunately, pictures in the dark don't work well, so I wasn't able to get any. I'm sure that if anyone saw the glowing skeet flying through the air, they would've thought it was a UFO!

Round-Up

Every year in the fall, the school has an event called "Round-up". Round-up is a western themed, carnival like event for the whole family. Each class has a booth and they make and sale items made by the student's along with food booths. The money raised is used to pay for their class field trips throughout the school year. This year we had a very huge turn out with lots of success. Many booths sold out before the evening was over. This year Ashlee's class made cook books. Each student contributed two recipes and they made one of their recipes to sale at a bake sale. Mikayla's class made fleece scarves and sold nacho's.