Cheer Off 2012

The weekend before Halloween, we FINALLY finished cheer for the year. The girls had cheer off! It was held at Houston Middle School again this year and everything was great! The girls did such a wonderful job!!! These are the pics I took. Chris took video on his phone, but I’ll have to get that from him to post. I am SO SO proud of all of their hard work!! And I have to admit that I’m proud of me too… (and Chris & the boys!) we made it! The last few weeks extremely hard on us. Chris was out of town and she literally had either practice or tumbling EVERY single night!! The boys were exhausted and I was at my breaking point! But, we made it through and I am so proud of all of us!!

We saw Trinity!!

Some of the girls!

One of her coaches this year.. Grace

      

My gorgeous girl!

      

We saw Trinity’s mom too.. LK’s Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Jeffrey. She is SO proud of her LK!

Starting the routine…

  

She did AWESOME!!!!!!

      

      

They hit ALL their stunts and tumbling! The dance looked great! They did SUCH a great job!!!

      

They won TWO ribbons this year.. Best Cheer and Best Sideline!

      

LK, McKenzie, and Alison.. and their stunt coach Alex.

Noni and Papa with their girl.

Goo Goo and MeMaw were there too!

this picture cracks me up… this is SO typical of us trying to get a family picture. I was too busy talking and Chris was trying to explain to his dad how to use the camera. LK, of course, is always camera ready and the boys could have cared less! hahaha!!!

Well.. at least everyone was looking at the camera! ;)

Ms. Christy and Ms. Jennifer

I absolutely LOVE my precious girl!! I am such a lucky Mama to have her for a daughter.

Candy Apples

After the fall festival, we came home and made candied apples. We had bought mixes to make the red candied ones and the caramel ones. The kids didn’t enjoy the red candied ones as much b/c the candy hardened so fast. They had a blast with the caramel ones though!! It was super fun for everyone! We may have even started a new Halloween tradition! :)

Getting everything ready!

candy cooking!!

While we were waiting for the candy to cook, the kiddos kept busy with Halloween puzzles. (I absolutely LOVE crocodile creek items!!!)

Little man quite enjoyed his apple!! It was like a big lollipop to him!

Caramel cooking!

Look how pretty they turned out!

      

Decorating the apples!! We dipped them in caramel and then dripped hot fudge on them. Then it was time for the nuts, gummy worms, gummy bears, and sparkles!

They turned out great!! LK and E were so proud of their work!

We packaged up a few of the apples and the kiddos took them to their teachers. All of the teachers loved them!

We’re already looking forward to more apples next Halloween!!

Fall Festival

The Saturday before Halloween, we went down the street to the Fall Festival at the kids’ old PDO. We go every year and always look forward to it. This year was extra fun b/c we got to see old friends and classmates! We love our new school, but are definitely missing everyone at 2nd!!

We got to debut our Halloween costumes for this year….

LK was Audrey Hepburn/Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Ethan was Snake Eyes from GI Joe, and Gray was a baby sea turtle

LK was definitely sassin’ it up for her role

Love those kiddos!!

      

      

Cutest baby sea turtle EVER!!!

      

It was a little chilly and windy.. she was thrilled! ha! (especially that she had to trade her heels for uggs!)

      

The trunk-or-treating was super fun and they loaded up with candy!

      

G discovered a love for dum dums.. fabulous! ;)

      

      

      

After some trunk-or-treating and some bounce houses, we made it over to the playground for a while.

      

I was trying to make sure that I was actually in some pictures. I am TERRIBLE at getting in pictures. I’m always taking them!

      

      

      

The Pink Heals truck was there and we found Noni’s name on it!!!

      

      

I absolutely LOVE these pictures!!!! What a great representation of everyday life!!!

We had a fabulous time at the festival. We always look forward to it and this year was no different. It was a great way to kick off the Halloween fun!