Aunt Rachel's baby shower

This weekend I was able to go to Utah for my sisters baby shower. I am so happy for her and her husband. They have been wanting this baby for many years. I am glad that I was there to celebrate with them.

My mom also came up from Texas. I twas fun for us all to be together.

We also got to spend some time with Aunt Lynnea and her daughter Melanie and her girls. We don't get together enough as a family. I wish I got to see them more. Anna our neice also came. I love seeing her.

It was also good to see my good friend from high school. Melissa is one of my dearest friends and every time we see each other we pick up like it was just yesterday that we saw each other. Rachel and I just love Melissa and think of her as family.

It was a great weekend. I am so glad that I was able to manage my school work so I could got. I can't wait to meet my nephew in February. February can't come soon enough.

Grandma Struchen's funeral

Today we had the privilege of celebrating Ruth Struchen's life. Kevin's grandma passed away this past week. We have been so blessed to have her a part of our lives. The girls have many fond memories of her. I love that they have had their great grandma be such a big part of their lives.

Today was a beautiful celebration of her life. She will be greatly missed.

Halloween

Tonight we started our festivities out with our traditional dinner in a pumpkin.

Kevin even joined in on the fun and dressed up with his coworkers. They were all trekies. I felt kind of left out being the only one that did not dress up.

Macie even dressed up. She didn't like her costume so it didn't last that long.

After dinner we went out trick or treating with the Bartletts. All the kids had a lot of fun.

Crazy hair day

It is red ribbon week at school this week for Ashley. Everyday they has something different for the kids to do to show their support. Today was crazy hair day and scary shirt day. I had seen this fun crazy hair style on the internet that I wanted to try. Ashley was a good sport and let me try it.

Once I was done she was afraid people were going to make fun of her but then she came home she told me that there a lot of people with crazy hair.

High School Band Concert

Madison played in her first high school band concert tonight. She wasn't quite sure what she wanted to do in high school with band. She thought she was going to march in the marching band but changed her mind before school started. She wasn't quite ready to give up band yet so she decided to stay with freshman band. The freshman band is very small so they combined with another school that has a small band too. It is kind of fun because Lydia is that band so they got to sit next to each other.

It was a great concert. It is kind of sad though because this will be her last year. Since she decided that she doesn't want to march there is no more band classes after her freshman year.

Ashely's soccer comes to an end

Ashley played her last game today. She had a great season. She has been playing with some of the girls for a few seasons now. I love to watch her excitement when she plays. She has so much energy and never gives up even when she has been playing the whole game.

She is becoming quite a good little soccer player. She has a powerful kick so she makes a good little defender. It is hard to get a ball past her. She also has no fear of getting hurt so she makes a great little goalie. She scares me because she doesn't care if feet are coming at the ball she still will jump on it to stop them from scoring. It is fun to watch her play. She plays with such heart. I am not sure that we will be doing a returning team this next season so it will be interesting to see what happens next season.

Trunk or Treating

Tonight Chaparral had their annual trunk or treating event. Ashley really wanted to go with Kinnlie but since her mom had her babies on Wednesday they were not up for going yet. Allison was sweet and came along so Ashley wouldn't be alone. I love it when they are so sweet to each other. It was a rushed night so they just threw their costumes on quickly. We will spend a little more time on getting ready on Halloween night.

The girls got a little candy and had some fun at the same time.