Soccer

Cameron has enjoyed being part of Southern Utah REAL Soccer. He plays defender on his team. His team came in second place overall this year. The coaches have done such a great job teaching them. It has been GREAT to watch their progress.

Halloween

Corban is in a little preschool group that the mom's take turns teaching. I was the lucky one who was able to have a Halloween Party with the kids. We played games, learned a song, made a "witch hat" treat, and pretended to trick-or-treat as well as read books and do other learning and crafts. It is amazing what you can squeeze into two hours! We have a GREAT group of preschoolers.

 I dressed up too. We had a witch, a dragon, a pirate, a kitty, a Dorothy, and a pajama partier.

On Halloween Corban helped me prepare a game that we took to Cameron's school party. He helped me roll up strips of paper with different things associated with Halloween on them, and put them into some balloons that I blew up. What a great helper he was! At the party, the kids would pop a balloon and then act out what was on the paper, trying to get their classmates to guess what it was.

 Cameron dressed like a wearwolf. He won a pumpkin candy holder at one of the games in his classroom.

 Elise dressed as a cowgirl. YeeeeeHawwww! I was glad for her choice!

 The elementary school had a costume parade at the end of the school day. Corban and I liked seeing the variety of dress up, and the excitement of all of the kids.

 

 

 

 On Halloween Night the kids did some trick-or-treating. It was a perfect evening (not very cold).

We're trying to keep up with all of the falling leaves. It is beautiful with the yellows. I find myself thinking the lights have been left on in the bedrooms, only to realize it is the yellow of the fall leaves shining through the windows. I like it!

Concert Time!

On October 29th, 2012 Kristi and Sadie were part of a Music Halloween Benefit Concert at the high school. Kristi played in her middle school's Advanced Orchestra, playing Aboriginal Rituals (Elliot Del Borgo), Warrior Legacy (Soon Hee Newbold), and The Idylls of Pegasus (Richard Meyer). She dressed as a vampire, with her hair puffy big!

Sadie went as a pink crayon.

 She played with the high school Orchestra and also with the Symphony Orchestra. They played Night on Bald Mountain (Moussorgshky), A Pirate's Legend (Soon Hee Newbold), Danse Bacchanale (Saint-Saens), and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Andrew Lloyd Webber).

On the very next night, we drove to Cedar City to attend a concert the SUU Wind Symphony was giving. Cari  played the flute and it was good to spend some time with her. We enjoyed being in the Heritage Center Theater where the concert was held. The music was beautifully performed. The program included seven different musical selections: In Flight; Two Bagatelles; Ode for Trumpet; Olympic Fanfare and Theme; The Seal Lullaby; Wild Nights!; and The Circus Bee.

After the concert we went to Dairy Queen!