Our Week in Review

Saturday:  Sienna's 8th Birthday!  Wow!  She has waited a long time for this!  I think having 2 older sisters makes her always want to be older than she is...she is also the youngest in her Primary class and so the youngest to get to go to Activity Days...she is super excited!

Saturday was also our last soccer games of the season as well as soccer parties for Mason and Jenessa.  It cooled down quite a bit this weekend...making me really glad this was the end of the season!  We were glad that Mom and Dad were able to join us for these games.

All my soccer players had the same number this year!

 Friday:  Mom wanted to see my kids open their presents from her...so on Friday evening we made hot chocolate with marshmallows and let the kids open presents from Nana and Papa...including pajama pants that she had made for all of them earlier in the week.

Earlier:  Nana and Papa got here on Tuesday evening.  It was so nice to have them here!  Papa was great during the week about getting Logan on his 2 wheel bike...that is something that Ryan and I have had a really hard time getting to! 

Mom helped me finish my crocheted Christmas stockings that I have been working on for YEARS!  I finally have one for each of us!


Monday:  Veteran's Day.  As part of a school project, Kessiah needed to do a fundraiser to earn money for a charity that helps people in Mexico with obtaining clean drinking water.  She got together with a friend who is also in the same school program and they did a bake sale...they made over $100...so we'll call it a success!

Soccer 2013

Sienna was a ferocious little player on her team

 

Jenessa played goalie the whole season and helped keep her team undefeated!

Mason was a huge help to his young team...he was always willing to go out and play when his coach called him.

Fun Stuff So Far This Month!

Daddy Daughter Date:  The Activity Day girls had a Daddy Daughter party...Sienna was so excited that she got to go even though her birthday isn't for a couple more weeks!  It was a country western theme and the girls had a great time with their Dad!

4H Recognition:  We went to a 4H Recognition Potluck Dinner where Kessiah earned the award for the year for Indoor Exhibits.

Sienna's Birthday Party:  Turning 8 in our house means a friend birthday party!  Sienna invited 6 girls over for a pizza/movie party and they had a fun time together!

Halloween 2013

A lot of the month was spent figuring out what to wear for Halloween!  Ryan's pirate coat was Kessiah's 4H sewing project last year and she made her costume she wore this year.  We went to the trunk or treat at the church and then the Kessiah, Jenessa, Sienna and Logan went around our neighborhood with Ryan and came home with an enormous amount of candy!

County Fair

Kessiah, Jenessa, Sienna and Logan all had entries at the county fair this year (and made $5-$10 each in winnings).  We enjoyed walking around the fair with our homeschool group and looking at all the exhibits and animals.

9/11

The Civic Center lawns looked amazing this weekend.  Because of the effort the town puts into this display, I am always reminded of the events that this reminds us of.  The fact that each flag had a small bio of each person that died certainly made it personal. 

Ryan has been super busy during the past 1 1/2 weeks putting flags together, getting tags ready to put on the flags, putting flags up on the field, sitting at the booth by the field...all of those things have been done on Fridays and Saturdays (his days off)

Five for Friday

1.  Monday was Labor Day...my girls were thrilled to have the day off school!  We went to Denny's for breakfast and then went on a hike around Fain Lake.  That evening we went to Pronghorn Park and played some zombie tag and a very short game of kickball after eating a picnic dinner.  On Saturday we got talked into taking the kids to Freedom Station (thank goodness for the valpak coupon...we got a $40 gift card for $20!)

2.  This month for history/science coop Sienna and Logan are going to the Nymans.  It was really different to have a couple of hours while they were gone...and Mason was at preschool.  I spent my time cleaning up since that afternoon we had a Cloverbuds meeting at our house.  That activity got a little out of hand...we were making apple prints...Logan and Lucas decided to paint their hands and make handprints down the hallway!

3.  Wednesday was our day with nowhere to go...now I have 3 soccer practices scheduled!  I made it to all 3 this week only because Ryan left work early.  Unfortunately, Mason will not be making it to his practices...but I'm not going to worry about it since he is in pee-wee.  I should be able to get Jenessa and Sienna to their practices.

4.  Thursday we had another great time with our homeschool group...this has been such a good group for our family.  We started a new unit about the wild west, I'm in charge of the 5-7 year olds this month.  That afternoon, Kessiah had her first violin lesson with Laura Nyman.  I'm excited to see where she goes with this.  Then the girls had piano lessons.  We came home for a quick dinner before heading to 4-H community meeting.  I think that was the first community meeting I have ever sat all the way through with my boys!  I had Mason sit by Sienna while she played her DSi, Logan was coloring next to me and Corbin was on my other side playing with some toys.  It was a short meeting...but we did it!  Yeah!

5.  Friday morning Ryan left early with the girls to get the flags set up at the Civic Center for the Healing Field.