Our Varsity boys football team did not do so great this year at all. We had some really bad losses and they were not easy to watch. But they managed to win enough games to make it to the state playoffs. They were scheduled to play against Madison in Rexburg on Thursday night. Every football team needs their cheerleaders so Kenedy was able to travel to Rexburg to cheer on her team. It was a last minute trip in a way and I was not able to schedule things so that I could go and watch. In hind sight I fell like I could have and I wish I had, it would have been fun. Although driving by myself four hours for such a quick trip does not sound fun. Since it was in Rexburg Kenedy called up Sara who is living in Idaho Falls to tell her she was going to be cheering out there to see if she was able to come and watch. Of course she was going to do whatever she could to go and watch her favorite cheerleader and I am so glad it worked out with her schedule that she was able to be there.
Kenedy and Sara
The kids got a package in the mail from Aunt Trista who has been living in Montana since she got married. It was a fun surprise filled with Halloween treats and goodies for the kids. I was able to get pictures of all but Kenedy who was gone before I could pull out the camera.
Saturday was the last day for corn maze fun at the Barnyard. I decided to go out there for one last visit before it closed for the season. I took Avynlea, Rylee and Avynleas friends Makenzie and Rose. Ryker was already out there with Kefford and Kenedy was not interested in coming. I went through the maze with Avy and her friends and Avy acted pretty confident about knowing which direction to go but she was almost always wrong. The only time she got it right was on the last turn. We had a lot of laughs over her direction skills and although we were not always correct we managed to make it through in a good time. I think it's pretty cool that the guys had this idea and were able to make a good go of it for the first year. I was not always happy with the amount of time that Kefford was gone and although I supported him 100% it was hard not having him around as much the past month and a half. Living 20 minutes away makes it not so convenient to pick up and hang out with him all day and evening, the time and gas also making it not so easy. He was not able to participate with us in a lot of family things and I hope that next year they can work out a different system so that he does not have to miss out on everything. For now I am glad it is done and we can start being a family again.
Avynlea, Rose and Makenzie
Saturday night was the Linder Ward Harvest party. Even though they are not our Ward anymore they still feel like family and we wanted to go and be with our friends. Plus not having to make dinner for one more night is always a plus. We had our Verona Ward harvest party friday night and even though it was hard we forced ourselves to go. Kefford was of course in Emmett and Kenedy had cheer practice. Kefford was able to make it a little bit late and Kenedy as well. Avynlea was at a birthday party and was not able to attend. So for most of the party it was me, Ryker and Rylee, And although they were at the church for all of the night they spent most of their time outside running around and I was left to be the loner sitting at our table trying not to feel like a loser. It was hard being at a party not knowing anyone. I was able to talk to a couple of people and I am glad for that. I realize it is going to take a while before this ward feels like our home ward but I hope it happens sooner rather then later. One thing I did love about the Verona ward party was that all the kids dressed up and a lot of the adults. It was fun to watch everyone and see all the cute and creative costumes. I did not dress up but I did wear my festive skull shirt. They had a chili cook off and I loved the chili I got, it tasted like my taco soup. After dinner they cleared away the tables for a dance party and I really liked that. Kefford and Kenedy would not dance with me the fast dances so I went outside to find Rylee and dragged her inside to be my dance partner. She was fun and we enjoyed getting our groove on. Kefford said he would dance with me on one slow dance but I felt really awkward and did not take him up on it. I am not sure why I felt so weird but maybe next year we can have a do over.
The Linder Harvest party was a lot smaller and hardly anyone dressed up. My girls wore their costumes and I think they felt a little weird but not too bad since we were among friends. The Linder Ward also did a dance party and this one was a lot more fun. They played Thriller and Katie Christianson led us through the dance and Kathi Buttars taught us the dance steps to Cotten-Eye Joe. All of my kids danced and it was a ton of fun. I danced so much I was super sweaty by the time we got home. It was a good night.
I got some pictures of my kids dancing to Thriller.
The last song was a slow song and Ryker was dancing with little Owen Hurst, Rylee danced with Julses Hurst and Avynlea wanted to dance with me. It was fun.
Kenedy showed up for a little bit of the Linder Party, she was dressed up for a couple of Halloween parties she was going to. I thought her make-up looked really cute and was impressed with the great job she did. I requested her to send me pictures of her face since I didn't think to take a picture when I saw her at the party, she was in and out so quick as well, and she sent me one of her self and then one of her and her friend Anna. Cute, spooky girls!
