Happy Halloween

Early Birthday Surprises

School Halloween Fesivities

Our awesome trunk or treat contraption. If the kid picked treat, Carter dropped a treat into their bag or basket. If they picked trick, Carter squirted them with silly string out of the trick hole. Things got real! It was so fun, and kids kept coming back again and again to get silly stringed!

I was able to help with Caleb's class party. We had a few treats and played a few games.

I stopped by Carter's classroom just to say hi.

Fun classroom table friends.

Deep concentration on the Halloween bingo game.

The Dorbalest Rabbit and Side Spike

Halloween Preview

Coming to a trick or treating pack of kids near you....

Bethany and Brock

A really blue Happy Birthday cupcake for Bethany, and then off to the Zombie prom!

Scout Carnival

Every little cub scout was supposed to bring a fun game to play at the cub scout carnival. However, these guys seemed to be having all the fun.

Carter made a fun tossing game, and stayed with his game all night to help all the younger kids play the games.

These guys were serious about the donut on a string game.

For real, serious, they don't mess around at all.

My money was on the big one all along.

So Sweaty

That's not hair gel or water, that's sweat!

Nice Cousins

Volleyball

Cali and her team

An action shot block

Looking for the next hit

Some more blocking action

Getting ready

On her toes

Football Awards Banquet

These are the only crappy pictures I snapped at the Football Awards Banquet. Christian was at the Priesthood Session of General Conference, so Carter and I headed to the banquet together. There was a pasta dinner and awards for all the kids and coaches.

At some point a shaving cream fight broke out, and some kids had to ride home in the back of trucks because they were so soaked in shaving cream. Luckily, Carter was only slightly creamed.

Team mom Brittany made everyone these cute posters for all he boys.

Fire Safety Day

Brock Smokey and Caleb

One of the perks of having a fire fighter for an uncle, is that you go all the fire safety events around the city. On this Saturday afternoon, we checked out their trucks between General Conference sessions with Bethany and Brock.

Brock Sparky and Caleb

Caleb and Fire Fighter Steve, our favorite fire fighter!

Last Football Game

Bethany and Carter at the end of their last game

The Saints played their last game in the semi-finals this year. They suffered a pretty bad loss to a team they had soundly beat earlier in the year. I was sad for the boys, but happy that Carter had such a great season and a great football experience.

At the end of the game all the kids have to strip down and return their equipment. They weren't expecting to lose, but at least Carter had a t-shirt and some shorts to wear home.

I was fortunate enough be the team water mom all season, so I had the best seat in the house. Being on the sidelines with Carter and his teammates all season was really fun.

Young Women's General Conference

Cali and Natalie at the end of the conference

Cali played in a volleyball tournament in Evanston, and as soon as it was over Natalie and I and some of the young women from our ward picked her up and headed to the Conference Center to watch the Young Women's General Conference session.

Natalie had never been to the Conference Center before, so it was fun to be there with her for the first time. The talks were really inspiring and Cali loved being there with friends.

Bailey, Cali, Natalie, and Riley

Me and Cali

And a picture with the ticket too!

Too Cool for School (While Waiting for Cali)

He couldn't resist hanging out in front of the school like the cool kids while we waited for Cali to emerge after volleyball practice.

Spawning Fish in the Green River

I've heard about spawning fish, but seeing the bright red fish by the thousands swimming up stream was an awesome sight. Caleb and I wandered down to the Green River during Cali's piano lesson to check out the spawning grounds.