Felicia's dance recital

This is just a short video of Felicia's dance recital. They danced to "Footloose". It was really cute.

Felicia and the scaring of the children

Felicia decided that she was to old to go trick or treating this year. So, she wanted to stay home and hand out candy instead. The only problem is is that we never get any kids because they have to go to the back of the house. So, Felicia dressed up as a scarecrow and put a pumpkin on her head (my Uncle Matt does that on Halloween and that's where we got the idea from). She sat outside by the front of the house for almost 3 hours while I took the boys and my niece out. We got so many trick or treaters. None of them realized that there was a person in that costume. Everytime someone put there hand in the bowl to get candy Felicia would grab it. She scared the crap out of some teenagers, made one scream like a little girl. It was great!
On a side note Andy and Nick were Thing 1 and Thing 2. Their costumes, I think, turned out very cute. They got tons of candy. I dressed up as an evil fairy, but I've got no pictures of my costume, it was pretty cool though.
Felicia as the scarecrow
My boys the things.
Felicia's original costume.

andy and scouts

Andy earned his Webelos badge and received at the Blue and Gold dinner the troop had last month. He also received a bunch of the pins that he earned. Our troop is in the process of getting new leaders, so alot of his awards had to be put off until we could get leaders. He has earned his Arrow of Light, he just hasn't got it yet. I'm so proud of him. I can't believe that he still has until March and than he'll be with the 11 year olds. Nicholas will join the cubscouts in May. He is so excited, because than he'll be like Andy.

coldest motorcycle ride ever

Neil and Andy decided to head off to the Grand Canyon this weekend. They left Friday afternoon. They called from Panquitch said that the weather was fine, but that it was COLD! They got to Glendale and stayed at the KOA there. Thanks heavens the cabins have heaters or they would've froze to death that night. On Saturday they drove to the Grand Canyon, which Neil said was a very cold ride. Then from there they drove to Ely, Nv. (that's about 10 hrs away). Neil said that it was raining most of the way there. They got to the KOA in Ely and then headed into town for dinner. By the time they got back to their cabin it was a total downpour. It started snowing and hailing that night. They woke up Sunday morning and had to get the snow and ice off the motorcycle and head home. On their way to Delta it started snowing and raining. I'm so glad that Neil had his heated gear for Andy to wear, so Andy didn't freeze to bad. They were both cold when they finally got home, but they made it.

the beauty of fall

Yesterday I took my kids up Big Cottonwood Canyon and took some pictures of them and of the canyon. I love this time of year. The colors and the cool temps. just put me in the mood for the holidays that are just around the corner.

doe a deer, a female deer

Neil went deer hunting yesterday and he finally got himself a deer. He was up East Canyon and called me about 7 last night to tell me he got it. His brother, Roy, drove up there to help him carry it (thank you very much Roy). It's a doe, but when she is butchered we should get about 50-60 lbs. of meat. That'll be so nice.

Felicia's 13th birthday and the many reniouns

This has been a busy month. We had Felicia's birthday party and two family reniouns to go to (one was an 80th birthday party for my grandma). My camera finally decided to behave itself so I could download the pictures.