Student of the Month

Avalyn was awarded student of the month for the month of November! She was soo excited!

Avalyn set a goal this month to get a "wow card" everyday, she worked very hard and accomplished her goal. We are soo proud of her.

We even had a special "fancy dinner" in honor of her accomplishment. We had Avalyn's favorite dinner Hawaiian Haystacks. We busted out a table cloth, some candles and the older kids got to use real plates, glasses and silverwear (not the usual plastic stuff). Thanks for the great idea Kathryn! Avalyn we are soo proud of you! Great Job!

trimming the tree

The older girls found the ornaments tonight and asked if they could put them on the tree. I said yes, but I wasn't really paying too much attention to what they were doing. Until they were almost done. The girls were working soo well together. They even pulled a bar stool over and were taking turns putting some ornaments up high. The ornaments have already been rearranged a few times and they are a little clumped together. But I love it and I not fixing it!

princess handbook

Here's a LO I did from Shallon's birthday.

The text says: Shallon's Princess Handbook
lesson #33: How to properly remove your tiara.
step 1: Completely ignore pleas to "just keep it on"
step 2: Grip tiara firmly behind ears and pull upwards
step 3: Try to hand off tiara to nearby "ladies in waiting", if unavailable any nearby royal will do
step 4: Raise arms in victory
step 5: Fluff hair



credits:
template- Scrapmuss Designs, scrapmatters.com Tuesday Template Challenge
staples- Suzie-belle Designs, stella freebie mini kit
paper, heart, diamonds, and bow- Britt-ish Designs, just married add-on freebie
fonts- Pea XOXO from Karen and You are Loved

braided criss-crossies

Ok so I usually don't have the patience to fix the girls' hair all cute. But I found this blog completely dedicated to super cute, unique girl hairdo ideas. And I wanted to give it a try. It was a long and painful process, that I probably won't repeat anytime soon. Both girls screamed and complained and cried the WHOLE time. In the end they were all smiles, of course! And it turned out super cute, huh?! Here is Shallon's little hair spout (she wanted in on the action too and she didn't even cry).

Grace's Quilt

Raggy quilt #4 - I made this quilt for my very first niece, Grace. Hopefully it has already arrived at her house before I post this picture.

Halloween!

We spent Halloween evening with our good friends, the Abbiss family. Here is a run down of our night:

4 pm - Our first stop, the Rudd Community Center. They had an indoor carnival set-up there with candy prizes for all participants.

























5 pm - Next, we hopped in the van and made our way to the Trinity Church Halloween Carnival. There the kids got their faces painted, bounced around in inflatable castles, partook of free hot dogs and soda, played more carnival games and received more candy.








































6 pm - Finally, we made it to our own 4-ward Trunk-or-Treat. We ran into lots of friends. And enjoyed the best kettle corn I have ever eaten! And the girls received even more candy.

7 pm - Home. Jammies. Candy. Sleep.

pre-Halloween

Grammy and Granddad surprised us tonight! They drove all the way out here, after their ward Halloween party, in their costumes. The girls loved it! Avalyn and Briley put their costumes on too, so they could join in the fun. Soo fun!



























So I just thought that I would throw in this photo of Shallon. She wasn't cooperating with the whole costume thing. But she loves to write laying on her tummy. She kept stealing the score pad during our game of Wizards.

Playgroup

I love playgroup! Probably more than my kids do. It's totally my time to have real grown-up adult conversations with other moms. I love the group of moms that come to playgroup.

Playgroup Moms- Thank you soo much for keeping me sane by coming on a regular basis.

There are actually even more moms that come regularly to playgroup. I wish that they could have been there the day we took this picture.

ps. I thought that I should probably throw in a couple photos of the girls enjoying playgroup, too!

Co-ed Softball

Greg joined a co-ed softball league this year. He plays on a team called "Hit N Miss", pretty clever, huh? His team mainly consists of teachers, I think. He has been having a lot of fun. And of course he is playing a sport so he couldn't be happier!! The girls and I try to make it to most of his games, but it is always a double header. We usually do pretty well during the first game and then it's all down hill from there. The following photos are of me and the girls trying to entertain ourselves during the second game.

Dinner and Bowling

If you live in Pahrump, have you eaten at Wulfy's?? We love it! The food is good and the entertainment is even better! They have arcade-style bowling lanes. That not only keep my girls entertain, but keeps my husband entertained (much more important, don't you think?), and only costs a dollar! We love to eat here with our friends! If you haven't eaten here, you need to try it. And if you decide to try it, you should call us because we like to eat here! "Meet me at Wulfy's!" (that's their tag line, incase you were wondering.)

Little Mommy

Briley (aka Little Mommy) offered to help me feed Shallon her yogurt. This is the scene that I witnessed. Of course, by the time I got the camera ready Shallon was pretty much done eating. Oh well, it was still pretty cute!

Preschool, month 2

So this month I am neither the teacher nor the helper (sigh of relief). I did hang around the first couple of days just to help keep the ball rolling, which was completely unnecessary. Which is why I was able to take all these cute pictures are of my own kids. I love preschool!

sleep eating

Ok so I totally have a picture of each of the girls sleeping in the highchair, while eating!!! I know I'm a bad mom! :)









credits:
template- Lina Dragani, temp1
black paper- Emily Giovanni Designs, essential blacks freebie
everything else (other paper, flower gems, ric rac, glitter letters, blue ribbon, frames)- Britt-ish Designs, "Sunshine Sweets" mini kit
fonts- Pea KatieH and Taylor Makenzie