"Monster Mash" Halloween '09

Sarah asked James to "Monster Mash" a halloween dance that area schools participate in. They started the night off at the Cheesecake Factory for Dinner and of course my favorite~Cheesecake~. They went to the dance and afterwards they went to the haunted house. James can never get enough of the Fear Factor, he loves it!!! As you can see they are dressed as a convict and a police woman. I think the night was a success. As you can see, in every picture that James takes he has some sort of silly pose. Ya Gotta love it.

Grandma's Halloween Party

Every year Grandma Smith has a halloween party for all of the grandkids and great grandkids! It has been a tradition for our family for many years. Everyone dresses up in their costumes and we have dinner and trunk or treating. This year Ashlee went as a hippie! She really was the cutest hippie EVER!! "PEACE"
Kylee, Samantha, Sadie and Mikayla Olsen & Ashlee

All of the grandkids/great grandkids.

Showing off their Spooky costumes....

James' Last game!!

So last night was James' last regular season game! It was Senior's night and all of the parents got to go onto the field with their sons. I was so grateful that the game was on a Thursday night so that Don could come and watch! It was a very emotional time for me, because this is the last time we will be watching James play. Each mom was presented with a rose and each dad an Olympus pin! They also had posters made of each of the players. Earlier in the week it was also time to order cap and gowns & announcements for graduation. I can't believe my baby is growing up! Where has the time gone?

An apple a day....

apples+Caramel=happy kids......Last year, one of the traditions we started is making caramel apples. The kids love to make them & we ALL love to eat them. I am always the one that has to unwrap all of the caramels.... It takes sooooo long and it's no fun, but this year as I was shopping I came across these caramel bits down by the chocolate chip aisle. I love them.....and hopefully I will never have to unwrap another caramel. Anyway, we all ate way too many caramel apples, but they were sure good!!!!

pumpkin time:)

The other night for family fun, we carved pumpkins for Halloween. I love all of the fun activities that come with this time of year. We always have lots of fun creating works of art., and spending time with each other...

Look how well they work together...Maybe that's because they all have knives in

their hands.

The "ROCK"

After the "BIG" game Skyline had to surrender the beloved rock to Olympus! The Senior's on Oly's Football team had the privilege of painting it and making it their own. Boys do things so differently than girls do, they just poured on some green paint, and called it good:)!

The guys painting the rock........

After alot of touching up, here is the finished product!! Yeah Baby!!!

Will you go to the dance with me?!?

Now that Homecoming is over with...Monster Mash is coming up! This is the cute way that Sarah asked James to go. She is SO creative! They have already bought their costumes and they couldn't be more perfect!

Senior Discount...Here we come!!

Today is Don's Birthday! He turned 48... The funny thing is, he has been getting AARP brochures in the mail for quite sometime now. Pretty soon he'll be able to get the Senior discount. I guess there are some perk's to old age:)! We love you...Happy Birthday,
Love, your favorite peeps!

So Grateful

I always love conference time! Not just because I can watch church in my p.j's (although I have to admit that I do love that), but I love that I have the opportunity to listen to the Lord's Apostles and Prophets give me direction ... and in this horrible time, a renewed hope! I am always amazed that they say EXACTLY what I need to hear at the time. I loved all of the talks but the one that stood out the most was Elder Holland's talk on the truthfullness of the Book of Mormon. I am so grateful for this book and all that it brings in my life....I am also grateful for Joseph & Hyrum Smith for their testimonies that they sealed with their blood! I love this Gospel and I am so happy that I have it in my life.