What's On Our Happy List?

   Our  Super Hero Halloween!

Every time Halloween comes around I think "we are DONE with the themed costumes!" I mean seriously, this is the 15th year doing it...With only the youngest two really needing a costume, you'd think we'd just give it up!  I don't know what it is though we just can't let this fun family tradition die...


We had a Supergirl, Captain America Girl, Batman, Spiderman, and Iron Man girl on our hands..Dad even wore a Flash t-shirt {get out!} and me an Avenger t-shirt. {and I don't even like t-shirts :0}

 Kyleigh heading off to work Halloween afternoon for a few hours....

 With some of the cousins....

We hit our usual trick or treat houses by grandma and grandpa's and then Daddy took Brie and Kate trick or treating in our neighborhood.  Kate totally turfed it and scraped up her knee pretty bad, but she kept on go'in. She was a brave supergirl!!!

Kate and cousin Taylor at their preschool Halloween program...

They performed the cutest Halloween songs....

Just Because! 

 Brie's Halloween school lunch!

In other happenings....

Our sweet Brie had her 9th birthday this past week...

The birthday girl right before church!!

Did a little bee theme for our B Olivia!

I made a special bee inspired cake {in a jar} just for her!

It was Brie's year to have a friend party but she opted to fore go that and get a more expensive gift... something she's been a want'in... Her own Kindle Fire!...

Family get together at grandma's...WE LOVE YOU B!

Oh gosh! {I sorta die.} She has her own wand and book of spells....

More Random stuff....

We survived the end of term. barely. there were a few late nighters. early mornings? I don't know how the older girls do it, it's insane, but they pulled it off.  And I must say magnificently...Emma pulled her first high school 4.0! with some pretty darn hard classes...an AP World History class, Chemistry, Honors Math and Honors English. She recently got an 8 on her latest English essay that she wrote! 

9 is the highest you can get. Most kids, on average, get 5's or 6's. She amazes me!

 I swear they must get their smarts from their dad cuz they certainly didn't get it from me. I tell everybody I was like the stupidest person to ever get admitted to BYU! {and I'm serious about that}  Kyleigh pulled all A's and A-'s, which is completely awesome with her load..which includes a statistics college class, {just writing that scares me} Hannah got a 4.0, and even little B got all E's which stands for excellent.  

My kids tell me stories of kids at school who's parents say they will kill them if they don't get A's. I'm sure they mean ground til they are an adult, but still... way too much pressure I say. We just expect our girls to do their best. They work and get good grades because THEY want them. Not because we force it.  

Hannah's end of term English project! She did it on The Vampire Diaries {don't ask if she finished the book. haha}... Her English teacher is so darn fun. She let them do a 3D project about their book instead of your typical 2 page written report.  

We survived cleaning the church bathrooms....and me giving a talk in church..{seriously my least favorite thing to do in. the. world.}....

Our new favorite place...Buffalo Wild Wings....

Making an ant house with Kate and Taylor....

It was yard work and pick up acorns {again} time here recently. G-ma painted a few of the acorns gold and hid them. They were worth money if you found them. Brie found two!!! She slipped me one ;) 

Watching the BYU football game while at the last Murray home football game...

And now to the last of our football pics...BOO. I'm not kidding you...Kyleigh and her friend Mercedes are like the football team's #1 fans. I'm surprised they are still vertical now that the football season is over. Kyleigh lived for Friday night lights!!  Most of the games this year were away games because our new field was not completed in time. Kyleigh went to every. single. game. And we lose like crazy every. time. {except we won one game..by one point..haha} No fair-weather fans here.... they are ever faithful and supportive! After every game to show the love they would deliver treats.. either by heading back to the school to catch these football buddies coming out of the locker room, or by dropping it off at their homes. 

These pics were taken on the day of the last game.....

After the final game... with their goodies and the letters they wrote to each one...{poor Ky was still zombified from her performance}

 Cedes made the adorable cupcakes and shared the photos...So dang cute!