Parties, Rocks, Airplanes

Hola!
We just have one week left of October! Can you believe it!

Kara had her very well-planned-out Halloween party/sleepover last Friday. She invited 5 girls to come after school in costume, and had decorations, craft projects, snack food, dinner, and movies all planned out. Here are the girls in costume, with smileys since I didn't ask if I could post their photos...









Mini-Pumpkin faces...


and the cool Halloween tree decoration Kara made (OK, it's "supposed" to be a Christmas star tree. But why not use orange frosting for a Halloween tree?).


IN OTHER NEWS...

ROCKS. Teresa's new passion is (drumroll, please...) rocks. Her biology teacher grandmother will appreciate this. She collects, examines, and reads about all kinds of rocks. They have been spread out all over her floor for the past weeks and months. Major milestone: Today she organized them into drawers. (Can you hear that? It's her mom cheering!!) Here she is next to the drawers.

Here is a close-up of her favorite drawer: it has some geode samples.




F-15 SHOW. David got to go with the scouts on Saturday, to an Air Force Base where they got a tour and get inside the F-15 planes. Here is the link to some photos on Facebook. Frank and David are in a couple of them. They watched/listened to/FELT the RUMBLE as they took off. It was really cool.

Well, I better boogie. Have a great week! Kari

Autumn is Upon Us

Hello!

I find myself just blinking, and days and then weeks are gone. We are living (read: Kari has one hand clutching the back corner of the calendar, and it is galloping away at breakneck speed) the months of fall, and the days just fly by. Here are a few highlights:

SOCCER. Kara's team won their game yesterday! She always plays a part of the game in goal.

TURKEYS. I always see this group of 6 or 8 wild turkeys as I drive around, but of course I never have my camera. One morning they were just across the street from our house, so I could take a picture of them.

CROSS COUNTRY. Both David and Teresa are running this year for their respective schools: the high school and the middle school.

They are building a new high school, however, and with all the construction mess, they will not be hosting any home meets this season! (Hence, no photo ops of David running...) At any rate, you can believe that he runs, and he's also pretty good at it. Here is Teresa at one of her home meets.

WOMEN's RETREAT. Our women's group at church (Relief Society) got to spend a night at the awesome camp the church owns in New Hampshire. It is just beautiful, with cabins by a lake and a great dining hall facility. And I must say, we have some talented cooks in our group! Ribs for dinner, then homemade jellies and syrups on the pancakes the next morning. The girls go there for Young Women's Camp each year. Now I know where Teresa has had all her great activities for camp the last 2 summers!

It is such a scramble to get everyone situated at home, before Mom leaves for 24 hours. But well, well worth it. It poured on us for the first few hours, then Saturday it cleared and was beautiful for us to take our hike around the lake.

(My allotted 20 minutes for this is up.)

Have a great week! Love, Kari