Homecoming Group Pictures

These are the group pictures that were taken for Homecoming

Rocky Mountain Homecoming

Kenedy, Drew, Gavin and Maddy

Meridian High Homecoming

This picture of the boys jumping cracks me up because Carters pants split while he is jumping and his face says it all..hahaha

         Madi and Kody, Kenedy and Wilson, Tatiana and Ben, Gaby and Quinn and Olivia and Carter

Avynlea's Choir Concert

Tuesday night I went to Avynlea's Fall Choir Concert at Meridian Middle School. Now that she is a seventh grader she is in the Lovely Ladies Choir and I am pretty sure she likes it a lot better then the Sixth Grade Choir she was a part of last year. In 6th grade She was one of two Choir classes and her class was not liked as much as the other class so they did not get solo opportunities. The Lovely Ladies Choir consists of 7th and 8th grade classes and they all meet together for one period. 

I was early enough to the concert that I was able to get my pick of seats and so I sat in the very front row in the very dead center. I was pretty pleased with my seat choice and was excited to have a good  view of Avynlea. The Lovely Ladies were the first to sing and I watched for Avynlea as they took their places onto the raisers. Wouldn't you know that Avynlea ended up in the very front row right in the middle as well. Unfortunately because of our placements all I could see of Avynlea was her messy bun because she was right behind the piano. My perfect spot failed me! I had three little kids sitting to the left of me while their parents sat behind them. I asked the mom if I could trade places with her daughter and explained my dilemma, she was very accommodating and we made the switch. Thank heavens I finally could see Avynlea's face. When I asked the Mom if the kids next to me were hers I think she thought I didn't like how loud they were, which they were not bothering me at all, because she automatically said "He's autistic", referring to her young son. I quickly assured her that was not the case and when she found out why I was asking she seemed relieved. 

I enjoyed the concert and loved watching Avynlea perform, they all did great and it was done in an hour which is always appreciated.

 Pictures of me because I get bored and my kids are not around to take pictures of. Also I like my hair but I look really tired in these pictures.

Temple Service and at The Barnyard

Saturday morning it was time for Kefford, Ryker, Avynlea and I to volunteer for a shift at the Meridian Temple Open House. We had to be at the Temple at 7:00am for a prayer meeting and instruction before our shift began at 8:00. This was opening day for tours for the public and everyone was really excited and really nervous about the massive amount of people they were expecting. After a prayer and a thought they started dividing the volunteers into groups according to where they would be. Kefford spent his time in the Celestial Room and Terrestial Room. His job was to make sure the tours stayed on route where they needed to be and to smile and look handsome and welcoming. Job well done I am sure. He had his Bishopric buddies in there with him and he had a  really good time. 

Ryker was in front of the Temple putting shoe coverings on guests and Avynlea and I were in the Reception tent behind the Temple removing the shoe coverings. 

I was really happy to be able to have been with Avynlea serving. We had fun but it really was exhausting and somewhat painful work with all the bending over we did. We had Tessa Trites with us and before it got busy we took the time to get our picture taken in the Reception Tent.

I was really tired at the end of our shift which lasted until 12 pm and was happy to be done but really happy with the service we performed. I enjoyed seeing people and found that a lot of people felt awkward with us taking off their shoe coverings while many people mentioned how pampered they felt. During our shift I felt the Spirit at different times and I just felt overwhelmingly happiness that all of these people had the opportunity to go inside whom normally wouldn't be able to. 

As soon as we got back I had to dress in warm clothes and head out to The Barnyard with Kefford. Kelsey and Brit had Stake Conference meetings they needed to attend and so I went with Kefford to help out. I was happy to help but not happy to be sitting outside on this day. It was freezing cold and I froze despite my attempts at layering and dressing warm. The first couple of hours we had a fair amount of people come but then it started to sprinkle and the amount slowly trickled down until the people stopped coming. I was impressed with the small amount of people who kept coming despite the wetness but as soon as the sprinkle turned to rain it cleared out and became a ghost town. I suffered for a few more hours while we waited to see if the rain was going to stop and more people would arrive but it didn't happen. I called my Mom and talked to her for a little over an hour and that was a nice distraction from my body turning to a popsicle. At about 6:30 when the rain kept coming down we called it quits, packed up and happily, on my end,  went home.

Kefford had me tell my Mom that I would send her a picture of me with Tony the Pony and when I got off the phone with her he took the picture and I was able to send it.

Later that night Avynlea came to me to share some exciting news she had. She and her friend Shaeden volunteered to teach their Sunday School lesson the next day. She said she was worried about getting ahold of Shaeden to plan it because her family is not good at answering their phone or checking text messages. Avy told me that she said a prayer that they would be able to get this worked out and went to call her friend. She borrowed Ryker's phone and right when she went to push in her number the phone rang and it was Shaeden calling about their lesson. Avy was so happy that Heavenly Father answered her prayer and they were able to get together to plan a great lesson.

Pink Out Senior Night

Friday night was the last home football game of the season plus it was pink out plus it was Senior night. The pink out was because it is October which is Breast Cancer awareness month and all the cheerleaders had matching "Fight Like A Warrior" shirts and they also all received matching pink ombre cheer bows. With it being Senior night all of the Senior cheerleaders received their Senior cheer bows and Senior Sashes. It was mostly Senior recognition night for the football players, while the Senior cheerleaders had their names announced over the loudspeaker their official Senior night will be during Basketball season. 

I wanted to be at the game in time to see the recognition but I couldn't get away from dance early and Kenedy told me it wasn't a big deal because of their having their big deal Senior Night during Basketball season so I didn't stress about it. I wouldn't have made it anyway because I thought they were doing it right before the start of the game or during halftime but they actually did it 30 minutes before the game started.  I was a bit bummed but it's ok.

I had fun watching the game although it was pretty cold. I had to leave about halfway during the 3rd quarter because Kefford and I were going to movie night at our Bishops house to watch 

Nacho Libre" When I left the score was 20-7 with the Warriors winning. I love when our football team plays well and it is really fun to watch and cheer them on.

I was able to get pictures that Kara, cheer coach, posted of the Seniors. That made me happy and feel like I didn't miss as much.

Kenedy waving to the crowd as her name is called

Audrey and Kenedy

My beautiful Senior Cheerleader!

Varsity Seniors

Tori, Jaycee, Audrey, Kaitlyn, Noel, Kenedy, Maddie, Sarah and Ashley

I think the top picture is when Kara was showing them their Senior bows. Such a fun moment!

Wienie Roast at The Barnyard

Yesterday I went to the farm with Kefford so he could get pumpkins, change the oil in the Expedition and so I could drive Kenedy's car back home. Kefford took it out to the farm about a week ago so his Dad could look at it for him and fix a few things that were wrong with it. While I was out there I was able to visit with Michelle, Whitney and Alison for a little bit. Whitney mentioned that she was taking her family to The Barnyard that night so Brit could take some family pictures for her and then they were going to hang out and play for a bit and cook HotDogs and Marshmallows over the fire. As she was telling me this I thought that sounds like a fun time for them and then moved on to thinking about other things. Later while I was at home the thought popped into my head that maybe I should take the kids that night and join the fun. My kids love to play with their cousins and I like to visit with the adults so it seemed like a win/win. I let Whitney and Brit know we were coming and Mikell decided to take her family out there as well, so it was going to be a good time.

Kefford wanted to stay home and put up blinds in our Living Room and Dining Room so he was out but everyone else thought it sounded like fun and decided they were in. Kenedy had cheer practice until 5:30 and Avynlea had Gymnastics until about 6:00 so I told Kenedy to pick up Avynlea after she was done wth cheer and then hurry home so that we could head out. 

As soon as we arrived the kids scattered to play with their cousins and although we only stayed for a little over an hour we had a great time. 

Avynlea and Kinsley

Kenedy at the campfire cooking herself some dinner.

 I got this picture of Ryker and Rylee getting marshmallows ready to cook. 

Kenedy and Hazel

As we were leaving Avynlea wanted to show off some of her gymnastics skills. This week she finally mastered bending back into a bridge and tried to demonstrate in the corn pit. The corn pit was not ideal for this particular demonstration and while she did not perform it perfectly she definitely gets points for trying. 

I loved this impromptu get together and am happy we took advantage of this last day of nicer weather to hang outside with family. 

Kids Pictures

I decided this year to stop paying a ton of money for subpar school pictures and instead have more fun and animated pictures taken of my kids. I asked my friend Lana if she would take pictures of Ryker, Avy and Rylee and she was more then willing. Kenedy we didn't need to worry about because she had her Senior pictures already taken so it was nice to only have to worry about the three of them. 

Lana dd Rykers first because Kefford was picking him up fairly soon after we started to go to Nyssa and I didn't think to take any behind the scenes shots of him

Rylee was up next and she had fun posing and looking cute. 

She really wanted to spend some time climbing the hay bales and I told her she had to wait until after she was done with her pictures. She didn't wait and climbed up there when she saw Ryker climb up but I made her come back down after Lana got a few shots of her. 

As soon as her pictures were done she was back up there but she paid for it later by having itchy legs the rest of the night. 

Avynlea loves having her picture taken and was in her element during her portion of the shoot. She keeps asking me when Lana was going to get us the proofs back because she wants to see them so bad. 

The Barnyard with Rylee

Friday night everyone but Rylee was off doing things. I had to go teach dance and I was worried about Rylee being home alone so I had Ryker leave his phone for her and I left her a note on the door letting her know where I was and when I would be home. I also instructed her to call me when she got home. Since it was just going to be her and I home for dinner I asked her if she wanted me to pick up anything for dinner. She requested either McDonalds or Panda Express. I think McDonalds is disgusting and I love Panda so that was an easy choice. After dance I stopped at the Panda Express by our house and got some food for Rylee, me and Kefford for when he got home from the Barnyard. Rylee and I ate our dinner upstairs and watched a Halloween movie on Netflix. It was fun having Rylee and mommy time.

 She was texting her friend about going to the barnyard the next day on my phone and then I caught her taking pictures of the fortune from her cookie so I quickly took my phone back from her.

The next day everyone except Rylee had plans again and so we picked up her friend Serena and headed out to the Barnyard so they could have some fun together. 

We went through the cornmaze first and just as I was getting really bored and tired of going through the maze, about 20-30 minutes, we found our way out. That is what I love about the Barnyard maze it is not one that takes forever to get through. I don't have a lot of patience for walking through miles of maze.

After exploring for a bit they decided to take rocks and grind up corn from the corn pit to feed to the goats. Silly, creative girls. 

I sat on the hay bales and watched them play and enjoyed the sunshine until it was time to take Serena home.