Happy Thanksgiving

We had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. The girls didn't fight (too much) and we didn't hit any traffic on our way down to Danville for dinner. (Too bad for the people heading to Sacramento -- it was backed up for miles.) The food was good and we enjoyed visiting with the family.

This Thanksgiving was the start of a new tradition -- Robyn as her dad's Thanksgiving Super Helper. She helped him make the annual pecan pie and strawberry jello salad. I think it tasted better this year -- made it was the touch of Robyn that did it.

We hope everyone else had a nice Thanksgiving as well!

Soccer Has Ended

This weekend will be our first weekend without any soccer games and we are just a little sad. When Annalise first started to play I never thought I would feel this way. Though with the weather growing colder I don't think the feeling will stick around for long.

It was a rough year. This year the girls moved up from U10 to U12 and as a result the girls were a lot bigger. Last year they dominated their division but this year, well, they didn't win a game. Even so they managed to have fun and they still tried their best. They were a good group of girls!

Even with the season being 0-7-3, we managed to have a great soccer party. For the past three years we have it at the local indoor soccer place. Everyone, parents & teammates, has fun playing for an hour. Last year even I went out there but not this year as I wasn't feeling well. Robyn took my place instead and had a blast!

Annalise got to spend one more day playing soccer. She and three other teammates were nominated to play in the all-star game. It was a nice ending to the season!

Halloween Weekend

Actually, the Halloween celebration started the week before with the school's Harvest Festival. It was a PTO fundraiser but it was the one time the kids get to wear their costumes at school (no costumes allowed on Halloween -- boo!).

Sssshhh, don't tell Annalise but her and Robyn's costumes kinda go together. Annalise is getting to the age where Robyn is really starting to bug her. Robyn realizes that and I think she often does it on purpose...

At the school's harvest festival Robyn won a cake at the cake walk. This is what she chose:

It's pretty cool looking, but it's a LOT of cupcakes. We've been passing them out to friends and we still have one left in the house.

In addition to the Harvest Festival we had lot of other things going on. Jeff & I went to a Halloween party on Friday -- we even dressed up but we have no pictures so you will just have to take our word for it. :)

Saturday was the ward's trunk or treat. The girls invited a couple of friends and had a good old time being hyped up on sugar. Besides getting candy, they participated in yet another cakewalk and got to go on a hayride. It's going to be hard to go back to school on Monday!