Halloween (a bit late!)

 Told you I would be back with some long over due pictures and posts!  Halloween was crazy, much like many other things in our lives these days.  Since Halloween fell on a Thursday night, it meant that it was on a night that Abbey had to cheer at a JH football game.  I was so thankful that a sweet friend had a Halloween party at her house and another sweet friend offered to take Emiley and Lainey.  Miss Em and her funny friends had planned on being purple minions for a month. 

 They planned their own costumes and their moms and I just got the stuff together and "helped" a bit.  I think they turned out so CUTE! 

Abbey and her friends wanted to be super heros and wore the cute T's and hairbows!  They were adorable, too!  (Yes, I snatched this pic from Cam because I didn't make it to the school for my own picture!) 

Lainey said she didn't want to dress up.  Makes me sad... growing up!  But she decided to dress up at the party.  I missed the party because I was a the game.  I don't have her pic!  :( 

Happy Thursday!  Come on Weekend! 

Well, We've Changed Sports...

 (I'm blogging 2 days in a row!!) Well, we are changing sports and haven't had a break.  We are now on to basketball for Abbey Grace!  Volleyball and Cross country are over and Abbey cheered her last JH game last Thursday and basketball began last Monday.  I really wish we had a week or so off but NO... so here we GO! 

 Abbey is starting as wing this year instead of point guard.  She is enjoying it more she says.  She said being point and "in charge" on the offense made her nervous!  Her team did a great job in their first game and won 50-4! 

They have a wonderful group of athletes (ex: cross country) and we hope for a great season and future! 

The PREZ...

 I'm so proud of my littlest girl, Miss Emiley.  She is a born leader, much like her older sisters.  Even though she is a leader like her older sisters she is DIFFERENT.  She is so funny and fun-loving and the life of the room and NOT AT ALL afraid to be herself! 

 Our elementary school had their student council induction ceremony the other night (before a basketball game) and now Emiley is officially the new president!  (She took the title from Lainey!)

 We have a great group of kiddos running our elementary school.  They have already helped coordinate spirit weeks, are in the middle of doing a canned food drive for the holidays and help greet kids everyday at school! 

I am so thankful for Miss Em.  She is such a happy child and a blessing to so many!  I am so proud of the student and leader that she is becoming! 

Happy Monday! 

Totally Awesome...

 When you are over a WEEK behind in blogging there are LOTS of things that need to be on the 'ole blog... BUT when you spend the afternoon at your oldest daughters last junior high pep rally and you take center stage on the gym floor all dressed out, you MUST blog about it immediately!  For the last month the fellow 8th grade parent and I have been planning on embarrassing our kiddos at the last pep rally.  We had a medley of songs and dances planned.  I was a "Duck Dynasty" wife in the Duck Dynasty theme song dance.  We also had a group do the Fox Song and Thrift Shop...

Will was "One Direction" and they were the Grand Finale!!  It was awesome!  Abbey was in tears!  They crowd loved it.  They gym was full.  It was so FUN! 

Happy Thursday!  I promise I will be back with posts about Student Council Inductions, basketball games beginning, Halloween and all the other happenings in between! 
(There is a video of the performance on my FB.)

District Champs...

 These girls are DISTRICT Champs!  I am so proud of ALL of them.  They have been getting up at 5am every morning and working SO HARD!  They are proof that hard work pays off.  Many of these girls ran their PR at district.  Abbey was 3rd overall right behind her buddies Sydney and Maddy.  What an amazing day!  Abbey is front and center! 

 What makes this championship even more sweet is that these girls are AMAZING and I LOVE their mommas, too.  We are so blessed to have landed in this community 11 years ago. 

 Here they are, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place overall runners in the DISTRICT.  These girls also ran fast enough that if they had run for Varsity earlier in the day, they would have led their Varsity team to REGIONALS!  I hate to wish away this year, but next year in High School is going to fun. 

Abbey, I am so very proud of you.  You have worked so hard all year long.  You are a leader on the course and off!  I love you! 

What's Happening!...

So let's do a little top 20 countdown of what's been happening since I last posted over a WEEK ago!
20. LIFE....
19. Our first visit with the ortho for Abbey Grace.  Looks like braces on November 12.
18. We had Abbey's last volleyball game and look forward to the district tourney this weekend.
17.  Lainey made the JH One Act Play!  So. Very. Proud of her!
16. Lainey is moving and shaking on the drums and bells.  She was made to be a percussion player. 
15.  Emiley is a born leaders.  I am so proud of her leadership skills as the president of the elementary student council.
14.  I am tired!
13.  My job is so fun this year.  We made orange, tear art pumpkins today and they are adorable!
12.  Pumpkin spice lattes are my FAV and I have had a few in the last couple of days with our multiple trips to the big city!
11.  I finally got some new tennis shoes in hopes it will get me motivated to walk/run.  First I need to find some extra time and then I need my hips to quit hurting :(
10.  Today was the first afternoon in many that I .have been at home.  I finally got all the laundry hung up.  FEELS GOOD!
9.  Made the first of many pumpkin pies of the season today.  They girls were so excited when they came home from school. 
8.  Lainey and Emiley are on the same soccer team this year.  It makes our schedule a little less hectic.
7.  They are both AMAZING players!
6.  Miss Em and her daddy have been building pig pens.  Let stock show season begin.
5.  I wore my orange pants to work the other day.  One of my three year old told me he loved orange and was in LOVE with my pants. 
4.  I finally got some mums for my front porch and it makes me feel so good to pull into the drive.
3.  Abbey ran a PR at her district cross meet  this week.  13:01!  So proud of her.  She was third place girl behind her best buddies Sydney and Maddy.
2.  Abbey's team won first place team in district.  They won 1st at every meet this year!  They are rockstars!
1.  I'm so happy it's Fall! 

Fashion Girls...

 We have some pretty talented friends who make some pretty cute things in our little town.  They asked the girls to come help "show off" their cute stuff... I am really LOVING this chevron skirt Abbey has on...

 And this knit head wrap is adorable.  Their prices are soooo GOOD! 

 We paired the skirt with an ACU shirt for GAME DAY!!! 

And another headwrap.  These are all the rage.  I may need to buy myself one and try it out!
Happy Tuesday.