"Starving" Pumpkins!

On Monday night we carved our pumpkins for FHE. As I was talking to the kids & taking pictures, Claire told me with a huge grin & a hand full of pumpkin seeds/mush that she was "starving" pumpkins! We had her say it again & we all laughed our heads off! Kids are so funny!
Connor was a wonderful help, taking on dads role of doing the actual "starving" He has really grow up!
The kids are very excited for Halloween! Kennedy & Claire are going to be Pirates & Clayton is going to be a Skeleton! Connor wants to pass out candy & then go to a Halloween Party! He is not into dressing up!

Connor's 1st Priesthood Meeting

This last weekend, Connor got the opportunity to go to the Conference Center with Marc,& Ryan! He had a great time. He wasn't sure what was going to go on & it did take up a lot of his Saturday!but, he was glad he went.
after picking him up @ the gas station we were driving home & I asked him what he thought? I asked him what his favorite talk was, and what did the prophet say...? Connor was very hesitant, & I wondered if he listened to anything. Then he said "I'm not sure I can talk about it." He wasn't sure that women could know what was going on, because there weren't any women! I had him call Marc & Connor asked him if it was OK to tell me what they said. Marc was surprised with his question, and let him know that he could talk about it! After that he had a lot of things to say. In fact I guess they talked about one of our relatives, I don't know the name but he had to have his leg amputated, and he still walked to work on the temple...anyways, Connor said the speaker looked up to his direction during the story & he knew that it was his family that they were talking about!

Hopefully next time Bill will be here to go with him!

Hula Concert (on Sep. 13th)

We had the girls Hula Concert on September 13th! I know that was a long time ago, but when I saw the pictures I knew I had to put them on here!

Claire was so cute! Every time her teacher would smile, Claire would raise her eyebrows up so cute! & you could see how hard she was trying to do the dance right! I am so proud of her, I thought she would be too shy to dance in front of everyone, but she did it & was wonderful!

Kennedy is also a great dancer! she doesn't have a problem with getting in front of people to dance! She knows her hula & can shake it! She enjoys dancing & is good at it! This month the girls get to preform their dances @ the Scarecrow Festival, @ Thanksgiving Point! They will be there over UEA if anyone wants to come see!

Now to see if I can post some more pictures!

Kennedy's Day!

Today was a day for Kennedy! She was student of the month! We had a little assembly with all 6 3rd grade classes. Each teacher picked one student, and they each said why they picked that student.
Mrs.Rogerson said some wonderful things about Kennedy, like how she tries her hardest to learn new things, and how she is very open to accepting when she needs to try something different. Also how she is so kind to everyone & is a joy to have Kennedy in her class!

Kennedy got a certificate & a free ice cream @ Arctic Circle! There will also be a picture of them in the hall until next month! We are proud of her!

I'm BACK!!!

Wow! Time has gone by fast! The kids are back in school & Bill is back in Washington. Kennedy has her braces on (top & bottom) with an appliance that I get to turn every night. Connor has just finished fall tennis & is looking forward to having time to "PLAY" with his friends! Claire gets so bored when Clayton goes to school & Clayton is figuring out that there are friends to play with, not just a little sister.

I will try to keep up on my blogging & I will try to take more pictures! I am in the process of changing my background, but I need help. You will see soon if I figure it out!

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WOW! Never say Never!

OK. We are winding tings down & are getting ready for our trip home. We are leaving EARLY Sat morning.
We went to church on Sunday & were invited to FHE on Monday night. We went to the McDonalds house & it was Beautiful! We had a BBQ & it was fun to get together with everyone! I love how the members are good friends with each other & do fun things together. Anyway, Brent McDonald happens to own an airplane & loves any chance he can get to go up in it! So...after FHE we worked out a plan to go up in his AIRPLANE!!!! Tuesday night we met him at the airport a little before 8:00pm! (We could only take 1 kid & we had Connor & Kennedy draw straws...Kennedy won! but decided to go swimming with Grandpa) So, were off! It was the most amazing thing I have ever seen! He flew us around for an hour! all over the San Juan Islands, with the sunset & we found the whales! They were breeching, and it looked like they were showing off for us! I was speechless almost the whole time! we have pictures, but they will have to wait far our computer @ home! Bill even flew the plane for a while! I feel so blessed! This trip has been so much more that I could ever imagine! I am sad to have it end, nut I know we will never forget it & I am also excited to go home!
Yesterday we spent the whole day swimming at one of the homes that Bills dad "home checks" It is a beautiful house & the pool looks over @ the ocean, with the ferrys passing, the gardens are perfect with a wonderful garden and a lot of fun things to do! We had a great time!
We will see everyone soon!