soccer parties and birthday GNO

11/1—In primary the kids had a lesson on service.  They were given 3 little squares of paper and were supposed to put a smiley face on each one, then do an act of service and leave the smiley paper behind.  I found this on my night stand the next day.  Luke knows this is my favorite candy :)

11/4—My little ballerina!

Luke had his soccer party at a local burger place.  Coach gave out trophies and bought each of the boys an ice cream!  Go team lollipops!

11/6—Josh arranged a service project for his Faith in God.  We went to the Wright’s to move some firewood.  The weather was great and the kids worked hard for the most part :)

Later that night was the ward harvest festival.  Darrin participated in the pie eating contest.  Although he didn’t win, it was fun to watch!  This is a before picture.  The crowd was too thick to get a during picture. 

11/7—Josh and Andrew had their last soccer games.  It was raining and cold.  We had a quick party after each game to hand out trophies.  Andrew’s team name was the War Heads. 

And Josh’s team was the Fire Breathing Sour Patch Kids. 

11/9—Snuggled up and watching Studio C for Family Home Evening.

11/12—The kids had parent teacher conferences.  Andrew wrote this paper, and it was on the wall next to his classroom.  One of his wishes is that his dad’s knee would get better.  I thought that was sweet.  They are all 3 blessed with great teachers this year.  I love each of them for different reasons!

Luke spent the day with Zack and Christopher on the day off from school.  They had a blast going hiking, eating at McDonald’s, and playing at Zack’s house.  This is a pic Zack’s dad sent. 

11/13—Girl’s night out to celebrate birthdays for Laurie and I.   

We had such a great night!  I love these neighbors of mine!

11/18—Ella was at dance and I skipped going to the gym early.  My punishment was to run the hills around Miss Heidi’s house.  Yeah, next time I’m going to get up early.  These were brutal!!!  Today I can barely walk. 

There you go friends!  Caught up for the moment.  It feels great!  Next week is Thanksgiving.  We are hosting here.  I went shopping today and bought Mr. Bird.  I ordered Christmas cards last night.  Now to study for my infant development midterm that is coming up.  Bleh.  I’d rather do anything else.  Those are some awfully random thoughts, but that’s what in my head! 

xoxoxoxoxo