Tennis

Kelsea has picked up tennis so well and is playing great!  She is winning her matches and moving up on the team roster.  I'm proud of her for trying something new and doing her best with it.  She and I were able to play a match together a few days ago, it was so much fun to spend the time together and get to play again.  I really enjoy tennis and am glad we can play together.

General Conference

It was General Conference weekend.  It's so wonderful that we get to listen to our church leaders counsel us on different subjects twice a year at conference.  I really enjoyed the talks and look forward to getting the print version in the Ensign next month.
After the Sunday sessions were over we went to my parents house for bread bowls, soup, salad and fruit pizza.  YUMMY!

Sunday Notes

There is a war going on - What have you done today to strengthen your armor and fight for what is right?  What have you done today to be on the Lord's side?

RS Broadcast & Dinner

This past Saturday was the Relief Society Broadcast.  Mom & Amy came with me & Brittany, it was such a nice event!  The evening started with a dinner served by the Stake Priesthood Leaders.  The dinner and dessert was very yummy!  There was croissant rolls, salad, pumpkin ravioli's (super delish), chicken cordon blue, green beans w/candied pecans & a cream filled donut type dessert w/strawberry & chocolate toppings.  Then we moved to the chapel for the broadcast, the talks were very inspiring just like I expected they would be.  It's so neat that we get to hear so often from a Prophet of the Lord that loves us and shares wonderful messages with us that are just what we need in these difficult times.

Birthday Girl

Today is Kailey's 8th Birthday.  She has been SO excited and looking forward to this birthday for so long now.  Every time the conversation gets brought up she beams from ear to ear.  She has been looking forward to getting baptized with so much excitement!!!  She also can't wait to start going to activity days, so many fun new changes for her.  Her baptism will be on Sat. Oct. 23rd.
Kailey did the FHE lesson tonight on the Holy Ghost, she did the whole thing herself and did such a great job!  At the end she did a game that the kids had lots of fun with where one person's eyes were covered, then one person pretended to be the Holy Ghost and another person pretended to be Satan.  They had to try to listen to the right voice to reach their destination.  It was a very effective game that got the point across.
For Kailey's birthday dinner tonight, I made her favorite - crepes with strawberries & whip cream.  I made two batches, the kids will eat these non-stop until I quit making them!
Before the girls went to bed Kenny took Kailey & Ashlynn out for ice cream.

Crepes
6 eggs
2 1/2 cups milk
1 tsp almond extract
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups flour

Blend everything in a blender until smooth and cook on griddle at 300.  Cook on both sides like a pancake then put sugared strawberries and whip cream up the middle, roll and eat.  YUMMY!  We eat it for dinner, but it's probably considered more of a dessert...

New Beehive

Kierstin is the newest Beehive in our ward.  Proud Mommy moment...
She completed her Faith in God Award and is already on her way to achieving goals in the personal progress program.  She is such a beautiful girl, and has such a sweet spirit.  Still my lovey dovey and so caring of everyone around her.  What a blessing she is to Kenny and I and her sisters.  She is a great example and such a big help around the house, I can always count on her.  She loves to cook, likes plays/drama, and likes to make people laugh.

Don't Eat Frank

Love the game "Don't Eat Pete", brings back great memories of my Grandma Cope's house where she would play that game with us.
Don't Eat Frank Game
Prepared Not Scared (one of my most favorite blogs) just posted a version of that game for Halloween called "Don't eat Frank".  They are super cute cards!  I'm going to laminate some and send them in with bags of M&M's to the girls Halloween parties at school (though I think it's called a "Fall Party" - give me a break...).  Then I'll also play it with my primary kids, they should have fun with that.