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K, one more time...I have a yes from Jeff, Justin, Lex, and us about the gift exchange.  Anyone else?  give me a yes or a no, so I'm sure.  :)

Earlier in the month, Corey got to chaperone Isaac's 5th grade overnight trip.  They went to Sky Ranch and stayed two nights in cabins.  All 3 classes at school went from wed - fri.  They had SO much fun.  Corey loved seeing Isaac with all his classmates.  He came home a proud papa.
The next weekend he took the girls to the ward father/daughter campout at Tyler State Park. Corey said it's so much different than camping with boys.  They spent lots of time singing.  At one point they had people gathering from other campsites to join the girls in the ward who were starting to take requests;)  While they were gone, me and the boys and Hazel (not invited until next year;)  went grocery shopping, picked up a treat and some Wendy's food and had our own movie fest in the theatre room.  Triple feature, Pooh's Heffalump movie, Dora's Halloween Adventure, and Mickey Mouse Club House Halloween. (Isaac was a good sport;)
our ward music person asked our family to do some sort of musical number for sacrament meeting.  We've never done anything like that before, but we practiced a song, and the three oldest girls sang while I played the piano.  They sounded amazing.  When we practiced at the church a few weeks ago, there was some push and shove for the microphone going on, so we talked a lot about the purpose of a musical number in church.  So I was so grateful that almost everyone who complimented them said they could feel the spirit so strong.  I love this church.
Speaking of, our primary program was today and it was so neat.  Glad it's over, I get so nervous to play when people sing. Emi, you're still the pianist, right?  When is your program?
Last night was our trunk or treat at the church.  Isaac wanted to be a missionary.  Everyone loved his costume.  Especially our missionaries;)

 hazel was supposed to be Minnie mouse, then she wanted the butterfly costume, then the bumblebee (we already had them all in the costume box) She buzzed like a bee all night long.  WE also have a ghost who turned her costume into a toga halfway through the night, missionary, witch, spiderman and princess

                                                                     sky ranch

                                                         

 I'm doing a home preschool with one other little boy who is 4.  We just do it once a week, but it's so fun.  Ephraim is so ready to learn.  He's starting to put words together, and he's SUPER careful with his coloring and handwriting

                                        Enjoying Texas rain! Got drenched on their walk home from school!

 Found honeycrisp apples!  Yay!  Its not fall without the smell of cooking apples! Em, I'm super jealous of your strawberry syrup!  Looked amazing.  I won't tell you how much I had to pay for this one box of apples.  Had to get them at a grocery store, and he couldn't figure out why I needed a whole box.  When I said I wanted to make applesauce he said, "How much applesauce ya'll talkin about?"  Only got nine jars, and some apple crisp and some to eat.

 So grateful for these two littles who are keeping me young.  I'm determined to take them to storytime every week, and they are loving it!  Makes me reminisce everytime I'm there and I can see each of my children at this age, sitting on the rug...soaking it all in.  Love being a mom

                               During piano lessons, we go to a nearby park to wait.