EFY!

Kaelyn and Kiersten had the opportunity in June to head down to BYU for a week and attend Especially for Youth. They had a blast and it was a great spiritual experience for them. They also made a lot of new friends, they had a great time!

Service Project

Heading to the Dance

Crazy times! :P

Kiersten's company

Kaelyn and the Boys!

Pizza Night!

Kaelyn's company

February!

Wow! We have not updated in a LONG time! This past month we have been filled with activities. So heres an update of our month.

~!!DANCE!!~

Kate and her"Great Balls of Fire" Costume

Kellie looks so cute!!

Kiersten and her "Disturbia" Costume
Kaelyns dress for sweethearts (Bonnie made it and did an amazing job)
Kaelyn and her friend Alex he is 19 and they met at work.

Kaelyn came home to find 100 balloons from Alex and a note!

Each balloon was filled with something he liked about her or an inside joke! :D

Alex shortly after sweethearts became Kaelyn's boyfriend, strange saying her name with that title in the same sentence, he left this past week to Korea to serve the lord faithfully.

Finally an update!!!

Three months have gone by and our family actually has been doing some things. So, I thought I'd do one big post to update everyone on a few of the highlights.

State Fair

Kate and I went to the State Fair in September ( a first for both of us). They had the funnest area for kids with little barns and opportunities to participate in "farming" activities. She milked a "cow", picked apples in the "orchard", planted and harvested onions, hauled hay in her

"john deere", and got to shop for a treat in the market when she was done. So fun for her!!


Of course the funnest part of the day was "getting air" on the huge slippery slide.

Homecoming

Kaelyn in her hot red dress
Kaelyn and Austin

Adam, Kelsey, Austin, Kaelyn, Malcolm and Darcy

Fall Leaves and Pumpkins

One Friday when Mike was off work and Kellie was off-track, we drove up to Silver Lake, near the Solitude ski resort, to enjoy the gorgeous leaves. On the way home we stopped at the pumpkin patch.

Skipping down the "yellow leaf road"

Halloween

We had an "Enchanted" Halloween. And, I only stayed up till 2 am finishing the costumes!!

Kate as "Giselle"

Kellie as "Narissa"

G.N.O!

In commemoration of the long-anticipated release of the new Stephenie Meyer novel, Breaking Dawn, my girls and I had a fun, silly night out with our friends. We started with dinner at Rumbi Island Grill. There was another group at the table next to us, similarly dressed and also waiting for the party at Barnes and Noble to start.

Barnes and Noble held a mock wedding reception for "Bella" and "Edward" complete with a "best and worst bridesmaid gown competition." Hence, the above outfits!! Aren't our gowns flattering?

Here is the full-length view of me in my breath-taking confection!!

Shaunie and Marisa passing the time till midnight.

The girls and I with the "stupid, shiny volvo"

Kiersten was so excited when she finally had her hands on our copies
of the book, that she actually cried!! Yep, she's difinitely MY girl.

What we don't have a picture of is the scene at our house at 1:30 am. Picture 5 teenage girls sprawled on our sectional, all reading the same book. I was in my favorite reading chair--the recliner in the den. We had snacks, and paper bags to breathe into--in case of hypervenilation.

Now we can hardly wait for the "Twilight" movie!!!

SHORT hair!

Our hair just keeps getting shorter and shorter. Me and my mother decided to go short this time. We were both pretty excited, and I still was but when i saw how much hair was on the floor i felt sick. My mother loves having this new one it is easy and very fun to play with. The whole reason we say she did this short, very different, crazy hair-do is because it is her "Mid-Life Crisis." I miss my hair but it will grow back and i like it so far! :D