Photo Session- Again!

I'm very lucky to have my sister, Amanda, who will humour me with taking photos of the girls. As always, we get great pictures. Now all we need is more wall space.

Happy Halloween!

The last couple of years I decorated and dressed up and so I think some have come to expect it and I expected it of myself but this year had a few hiccups and so there are no crazy Heather pictures. But after realizing that I shouldn't leave voting absentee ballot to the last day and standing in line for over an hour and then thinking I could make 20 fancy Carmel apples and still decorate and dress up like a clown or goddess (couldn't decide) by mid- afternoon which by the way is when kids started to come- ridiculous. Anyway, needless to say, next year will be different and yes, Tyler, I will dress-up. So enjoy the few pics I could round up.

The cousins and their creations.

Brooke and her friends- quite creative!

Brit's New York Yankees Pumpkin

Brooke's creation- with the help of Brent, the new pumpkin carving master (since Paul left).

Dead Men Do Tell Tales- Murder Mystery Dinner

We had such a great time. We couldn't keep from laughing when we all got to the party hosted by my sister Amanda.

My mom was Mrs. Hornswoggle- The Landlady and my dad was Lord Hiram Cheape- The Governor.

I (Heather) was Sukey 'Sugar' Sayles- The Farmer's Daughter and Tom was Diego Doubloon- The Spanish Privateer.

Aspen was Ima O'Pare- The Governess and Jason was Yves Eaux- The Corsair- a pirate.

Dan was Even Keel- The Powder Monkey and Amanda was Bertha Bilgewater- The Serving Wench.

Last, but not least, Julie (Brad's girlfriend) was Habaka Da'bora- The Witch Doctor and Brad was Lieutenant Lee Shore- The Naval Officer.

Anyway, fun and laughs were had by all and I ended up being the muderer or should i say murderess.

Soccer Awards!

Brit had her Soccer Awards Banquet which is always a fun time to look back at the season. But especially for seniors it can be an emotional time. We are so proud of Brit. The awards she was given: Region IV All Region- 2nd Team (Senior Defender), Academic All State Nominee, Region IV All Region Academic Excellence Award, Athletic Varsity Letter- 2nd Sport, & 7 Under 11 Club.

We love you Britney!

Soccer

Brit's last region soccer game was played at Lehi at night. She was such a good sport through a tough year. She has made us really proud to be her parents. We love her so much. These next two pics are of that game.

These last pics are of the 5A Region All-Star game which she was invited to play. The coaches of the other teams are the ones who vote for the All-Star players. Way to go Brit!

Seattle Girls Get-Away

We had a great time in Seattle. Our rental was on a little bay that filled and emptied twice a day with the tide. The homes were beautiful and everything was so green. We ate some great seafood and did some shopping, site seeing, and went to an aquarium on the wharf. It was great seeing my sister Stephanie which I don't see very often since she moved to Alaska.

The view from the deck of our vacation rental. The views were so gorgeous.

The view of Seattle on our way back to the airport on a ferry.

Amanda, Stephanie & I- posing in front of one of the markets. Just above Fishermans Wharf.

Of course, we had to eat at the Crabpot where they dump your dinner on the table. I'm just glad it didn't crawl away. Amanda & I above and my mother & Stephanie below.

Happy Birthday Brooke!

Brooke turned 14 on the 24th. Finally! Anyway, Brit was so sweet and picked up Brooke and a friend from school and took her to lunch at Pizza Factory. The cooks in the back sent her home with a pizza in the shape of a 14. So cool!


On Sunday we had Oreo birthday cake and ice cream with the Duncans and we celebrated cute little McKay's 3rd birthday also.

More Softball- Utah Valley Express!

Britney's Soccer Team Photo's

Ice Cream Sculptures- Family Fun Night

Brooke's idea for family night this week was Ice Cream Sculptures. Tom and I were skeptical for obvious reasons: melting ice cream, cold hands, mess! Anyway, I bought the ice cream and Brooke couldn't contain herself. She was actually gleeful. So the rules were: hurry and sculpt something before it melts, you have to vote for one but not your own. So the fastest family night in history commenced in our kitchen.

This one is Tom's- we didn't get the picture until after he started eating it. It was a big smiley face!

This one was mine- I was trying to make a snowman but my hands were instantly freezing after trying to mould the ice cream with my bare hands. So it became a scary, ghoulish, ET-like creature.
Britney came up with a replica of the earth with the united states and Utah on the map- hence the licorice and Dot. However, the earth was hit with a massive meteor that astronomers now call "Spoon". They say it had a lot of metal in it. Anyway, we were able to photograph it right after the terrifying event.
Brooke decide to sculpt her ice cream into a pig. Can you see the ears, the eyes and the snout? And the swirly tail out the side? Well, Brooke was the grand champion. She has mad ice cream sculpting skills. I knew that one day she would make us proud.

Happy Birthday Tom & Brit!

Lighting candles
Obligated pose for the Birthday Cake picture
Tyler & Sydney helping to blow out the candles

September is the birthday month- especially on my side of the family. There are 7 birthdays in September alone. December must be a cold month:) Anyway, Brit's birthday was on the 5th and Tom's was on the 6th. Brit turned the big 18- aah! and Tom says he's still 29. Well, we had a birthday bash at grandma Helen's with the family and Brit had a houseful of friends and food after the Homecoming game to help her celebrate. The house is still recuperating.

Soccer!!!

Since Brit started playing soccer for Spanish Fork I have really grown to love this sport. She naturally has a strong kick and she has the personality for this game. This is her senior year so I may post more pictures as we attend more games. Thanks to Brent who has really helped me & Tom to understand the "off-sides" rule. I don't know how many times we have asked him "what was that?" or "what!?!" or "what does that mean?". Anyway, he's been a good sport.

Summer Camping

This summer we were only able to get one camping trip in. Sad for me- I love the mountains. Anyway, we went up to Gooseberry and camped with my family. We did the 4-wheelin' thing, shot the guns- the big guns, ate well, did the "smore" thing, watched stars, slept badley, played games & best of all, we relaxed!