October Happenings

We said goodbye to Rocket. After months of struggling over keeping his cage clean and paying more attention to him, Noah finally agreed to let him go to an owner that would love him a little bit more.

We celebrated my 45th birthday!

I owe Alex Smith a huge apology letter. Just a few short months after receiving his jersey, he was badly injured in a game. I thought since it was his Utah jersey that he would be safe but apparently the jersey curse knows no limits.

Mustache day at school.

In band Xander got to play with the high school students at a high school football game. Boy, was it a cold night but it was fun to be there to see him out on the field as well as watch a fun football game.

Noah and his buddy Marty went to the school Halloween dance.

Marty's mom was one of the chaperones so she was able to grab a picture of Noah getting down on the dance floor!

Life With Cleo

Those puppy eyes...

that puppy face...

the ears...

Cleo is definitely a cute little puppy.

Lots of puppy naps...

mischievousness...

hangin' out at games...

sleeping cuddles...

and just plain 'ole puppy cuddles.

Football Week 9

Football week 9 was NOT a pretty week! First, Noah's team got stomped on by Aberdeen. It was a butt whooping of major proportions!

But when you're facing 11 year old kids who are as big as the ref or as fast as rabbits, it's definitely tough! Aberdeen was definitely a good team! I took a picture of some of their players because I could NOT get over their size!

The coaches are always encouraging, though, and our boys walked away not feeling entirely crummy.

Noah and his bud, Parker.

The boys were lucky enough to have Grandma and Grandpa Pierce here to cheer them on. They got in Friday night and spent Saturday attending games before leaving Sunday for Virginia.

No pictures of Xander's game but they lost as well. They were definitely out of sync and did not play in their usual style. Also, at practice the night before Xander had been hurt by one of his teammates. I thought it had been an accident but apparently this teammate was going up to guys and ramming his knee into their bum for fun. Xander was hurt so badly that Saturday he could barely walk and didn't play that much in the game. When I found out what had actually happened, I was fuming! My poor X!

October Youth Activities

Lots of love always in our youth group!

Time to play Human Hungry Hippos!!! The teams...

They are ready to go!

So much chaos and fun!

All the kids were really good at it. I gave it a go, got my hair caught under one of the wheels, and decided it just wasn't for me.

Our annual Bonfire and Scary Stories night. Once again, the smores and scary tales did not disappoint! Trying to look scary...Sommer did not get the memo.

I let Grace know that our green ghost was hangin' with her tonight.

The Beehives had a fun activity for us - Halloween nails!

I wish I had taken a picture of my Frankenstein nails...they turned out so cute. But all the girls' nails did. Such a fun way to get festive!