HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE

Jake is now officially "12" years old. That means on Sunday he will be getting the priesthood. I am so proud of the smart, fun, handsome and loving boy he is. He has definately had a day of celebration. It started this morning with scones and presents from the family, then Mike and I took him to Dragon Diner for lunch, then he had his birthday party at Progressive Power Tumbling, then an after party at our house with a few of the boys and to top it all off he had his 2 cousins Adam and Alex sleepover....
FUN, FUN day!!! Progressive Power Tumbling.
The Group.Jake and Ethan

EzraWill

Christian and Luke

Adam and Hudson

Of course Mike had to join the fun.

Pizza break.
Jonathan, Will, Alex, Adam, Luke, Christian, Ethan
Jake, Ezra, Hudson, Peter

The after party at our house.

Ethan, Will, Jake, Ezra, Alex, Adam, Jonathan

The sleepover.

I am ready for bed...these birthday parties can be exhausting!!!

VEGAS BABY!!!

Thanks to Michele Chisholm a group of girls in my ward just got back from our "4th" annual trip to Vegas. This year only 5 of us were able to go. We sure missed those that couldn't make it but the 5 of us that went sure had a great time bonding and hanging out together for 3 days and 3 nights =)

Here we are at the beginning of our shopping weekend....No purchases yet.

The first night in Vegas we ate at Brio Tuscan Grille.
Me, Michelle, Michele
Kristine and StephAll of our purchases after the first shopping day.As always I didn't have a problem finding lots of deals shopping =)Kristine celebrated her "39th" birthday while we were there. To help her celebrate we got 4 take out desserts from Chilis.
Happy Birthday Kristine. The 2nd night in Vegas we ate at The Cheesecake Factory.

Michelle Bagley was my bed buddy this year =)
Since there were only 5 of us we decided instead of using all 4 bedrooms in Michele's dads house we would move 2 mattresses into the master bedroom and have a big slumber party all weekend. It was fun pretending we were teenagers again.

Not really quite sure what we are doing with our hair...
just being goofy.Thanks again Michele for letting us stay in your dads house and the fabulous weekend. Can't wait for next year =)

FALL PIANO RECITAL

The kids had their Fall piano recital last Sunday. Here is Ruthie with all of her students. My sister Amy's son James started in September. Now Ruthie teaches 4 of her grandkids and she does an amazing job. It is so fun to hear how good the kids are becoming on the piano. She is a very talented piano player and is passing that on to some of her grandkids.

WILL'S PIECES
*Spooks
*Snake Dance
*Riding on a MuleJAKE'S PIECES
*The Swan
*Dorothy

RACHEL'S PIECES
*I Love to see the Temple
*A Whole New World

Pictures of those that came to support.

Great job guys!!!

HALLOWEEN HIGHLIGHTS

***SCHOOL PARADE

It was fun to watch the kids this year in their school parade. The weather was a little chilly so they held the parade inside the school. Sadie got to hold the sign for Mrs. Fairbank's class.

Sadie - Dracula

Will - SkeletonJake - Olympus Jr. Cheerleader
Brooklyn, Graice, Sadie, AllieSadie's 1st grade class.

Adam and JakeJake's 6th grade class.Ready for the Nelson Family Halloween party.***NELSON FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY
My mom is so great she puts on this annual Halloween party every year. It is so fun to get together with cousins and see everyone's costumes. We eat yummy food, play games and just have fun together. My cute parents.Brett and his oldest son Sage.The Murdock Family.Jed and Mandy's cute kids.
Jaxon, Josh, EllsieThe Chambers Family.
They missed the party because they live in Normal, Illinois.
We missed you :(
(I bet you're excited you made my blog!!! Am I right???)
The Dean Family.We had to work for our dessert.***PUMPKIN CARVING
We had to squeeze carving pumpkins in after the soccer games and before Jake's Cyclocross race and trick or treating. It made for a very crazy, busy day.
***JAKE'S CYCLOCROSS COSTUME RACE
It was very entertaining watching the kids ride the race in costumes.

Adam, Ethan, JakeThe BUSH was handing out $$$ to some of the racers as they passed by.This race was at Wheeler Farm. I couldn't believe how hard the course was with sand to ride through and some steep hills to go up and down. It is very impressive these boys can do this. They ride around the course as hard and as many times as they can in 45 minutes.***TRICK OR TREATING
Michelle Bagley was so nice to organize trick or treating with Will and his buddies. Her husband Dave took 17 boys around for 3 hours trick or treating. Pretty awesome considering it was cold and rainy that night. Thanks again Michelle and Dave.
Jeff Davies had surgery on his knee a few days before Halloween so since he was out of commission Kristine and I took Sadie and Brooklyn out. Since it was Mike's birthday on the day we trick or treated I thought I would be nice and let him stay home to watch the U of U game.
I KNOW...I ROCK =)HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!