October 2020

GENERAL CONFERENCE

While watching General Conference I noticed such a stark contrast between our church leaders, who are calm, humble, kind and clear, and the people vying for power in our government. Our family really enjoyed listening to their wise counsel. 

BIRTHDAYS

We were excited to have Joseph and Nicole's family come to visit for a few hours. It was nice to catch up and celebrate Elle's birthday! Abby and Maddy also had fun celebrating their cousins Elle and Emily's birthdays on a Zoom birthday call later in the week. 

YOUNG WOMEN'S

The girls are thrilled that they can finally meet in person for Young Women's again.

The girls had several fun hikes this month in preparation for their backpacking trip. 

They hiked at Deem Hills and Thunderbird mountain.

They even saw this cool long-nosed snake.

Abby and Maddy had an awesome backpacking trip at Horton Creek with the bishopric, their wives, and all the Young Women.

Maddy's group did 150 acts of service, including heart attacking people's doors with positive messages.

TRUNK OR TREAT

They had popcorn and Halloween movies for the kids to watch while they waited for the candy collecting to start.

Many ward members went all out with the decorations.

Our trunk matched Nathan's costume.

JACK O LANTERNS 

Nathan carved this panda one for Audrey.

Maddy did the tiger one for Brooklyn.

She also did this cool one with Elphaba from the musical Wicked.

Jared did this awesome carving from our new favorite series, The Mandalorian.

BLOCK PARTY AND TRICK OR TREATING

Our neighborhood blocked off the road and we had a fun block party. The kids had fun jumping in the giant bouncy house they set up and trick or treating without having to worry about cars. Afterwards, they sorted their candy and watched Halloween movies projected on our neighbor's garage while the adults visited. Arizona does Halloween better than any place we have lived, and I think it's because everyone is celebrating the return of cooler weather.

BROOKLYN THE TIGER MOMMY

Brooklyn has a baby tiger stuffed animal named Roary. She treats it like her baby, so it only made sense for her to dress up like Roary's mom for Halloween. 

NATHAN THE RAVENCLAW

Nathan dressed up as a Ravenclaw wizard.

AUDREY THE BRAVE

Audrey dressed up as Merida from the movie Brave. She didn't even have to wear a wig! She got to wear her costume to school for storybook day on which she retold Merida's story for her class.

ABBY RAPUNZEL

Abby looked amazing in her Rapunzel dress.

MADDY BELLE

Maddy was a stunning Belle.

AFTER HALLOWEEN DRESS UP

Audrey was thrilled with the silly face she got in her Trick or Treat bag, and Brooklyn loved wearing the spider hat from Preschool.