Halloween and More

Well, we've been a busy family these last 2 weeks. It started when another class I am taking this semester started. It is very hard to go from 1 class to 2 classes at mid-semester, it is much easier to go from 2 clases down to 1 class. It is an 8 week class, with lots of assignments and I'm just hoping to make it to Christmas alive. On Oct. 22nd we had a ward campout. I found a tent at Wal-mart on clearance since summer is over, and we went and had a relatively good time. On Saturday we helped a young man in our ward work on his Eagle Project, with 2 kids in tow we only stayed an hour and a half (Bobby was working). Since no one slept well on the rocky ground, we spent most of the rest of the day napping.

Richie and Kamry on Saturday after we got the tent packed up.


Sunday, October 24; Bobby and I received callings: Bobby - Activities Committee; Selina - RS Teacher and Ward Choir Director. We are very excited for our new callings and the skills we will learn. Monday Bobby left for Idaho for 4 days, which made life a little more hectic for me. On Thursday I received my student teaching letter and am excited to be at Legacy Traditional School in Casa Grande with Jennifer Little. I am currently doing my practicum hours in Ms. Little's classroom and look forward to January and my time student teaching. Thursday, I made slippers for Kamry's halloween costume, but they were sized too small. Friday, I re-did the slippers and they look soo cute. After going to Legacy for practicum hours, I went home got the kids ready to head to our Ward Halloween Party. Bobby got called in to work and wasn't able to help set-up, so I dragged my kids to the church to represent my husband. When I got there at 4:15 (thinking the set-up started at 4), only the activity chair was there. Shortly after 2 men came to help and around 5:00 many people were helping. Somehow, I got 17 bug bites; the party was outside (which I did not expect) and after set-up started getting itchy feet. I was wearing flipflops, but had pants on. Even with pants I had bug bites on my legs. I must have stood where a colony of ants were stationed or something. My left foot is VERY swollen and I don't know how I'm going to wear dress shoes tomorrow.

Richie was a Cowboy and he had fun at the Trunk-or-Treat.


Kamry looked so cute as Tinkerbell, kind of sad to see Halloween over already.


Richie loved his cowboy costume and slept in it Friday night and wore it all day Saturday. On Saturday, Richie had a Primary Activity and at night we went to the Fall Festival put on by the City of Casa Grande. When we got there the lines for the dozen games were really long, so we went played on the playground and went home.

Richie was enjoying pushing Kamry in her stroller, but she wanted held.


Our life is busy and we're hoping it will slow down soon.

Vertuccio Farms Family Night

For Family Home Evening we decided to go to a fun farm that had a corn maze. Since we were going and there would be hay I had everyone wear long pants in 80 degree weather. The farm had a "train", cars painted like cows and pulled by a tractor, carnival games, a bounce house, hay maze, corn maze, farm animals, etc. It was a lot of fun, worth the hour of travel time each way. The only down-side was the corn maze did not have any lights; since it was night we didn't get to go very far. All the corn mazes in Idaho are lighted, so we didn't realize we would need flashlights. Other than that we had a lot of fun. Since I didn't have my camera, I used my cellphone which means the pictures aren't great. Mom is sending my camera and I will be grateful to have it in time for Halloween.


Richie and Kamry in the Hay Maze

They had a wooden cow that you could "milk", when you squeezed the teats water would squirt out into a bucket. I had fun showing Richie how to do this and he really had fun.


Richie posing at a photo op