Honor Band recital!

Skylar practiced hard all summer long to make it into Honor Band this year.  She made it AND she was the top trumpet from our school.  She had to come back to the audition room for recalls, which she said could be for two reasons.  Either she was on the edge of making it into honor band OR she was battling for the top spot to go onto All-state. They do not tell you which one it is!  She thought it was for the first, so she was so nervous that she was not even going to make it that she played bad:(  Turns out she was battling for top spot, but as she did not perform well, she missed that opportunity.  Anyway, today is the recital for all the kids who made it.  It was a very special day for her!

Halloween

 The friendly monster.

 The group photo!

 The Scream (James)

 Elf on the Shelf

My favorite Minions!

 

 Darth Maul (Brennen)

A beautiful day to go trick or treating:)  Lots of candy was gathered!

Best Buds

 These two always cuddle together to watch TV.  Once they caught me trying to take their picture, then they got goofy. I love how much these two love each other!

Kinsey kid of character

Today Kellen made me cry!  Tears of joy. As everyone knows, Kellen can be a bit of a challenge at home.  However, he has always been so well behaved at school.  Today, he got confirmation of that by being chosen as a Kinsey Kid of Character. Once a month, they pick a student who displays the qualities of a person of character.  During a school assembly, the kids get chosen and in front of the whole school, they get an award.  Kellen was so proud of himself and I was so proud of him.  You can read what the teachers had to say about him!

The Halloween box:)

The Halloween box has arrived!  The kids displaying some of the goodies.

First swim meet of the year!

It's that time of year again!!  Most of our Saturdays will be spent at the pool swimming and cheering each other on.

Great Photos taken!

Well, we really had a great weekend last weekend and I even documented it all!  Unfortunately, while we were out four-wheeling with friends, my phone fell out of my pocket and is now lost in a cornfield somewhere:( We had our annual trip to pumpkinland and spent the day out at our friends' farm fishing, hiking, and of course four-wheeling!  Too bad you can't see the joy on my children's faces.