Happy Gilbert Days!

When we found out there was going to be a parade in AZ we planned to definitely be there! Due to the excessive heat warnings we rarely get a down-home parade! This had the potential for a great parade - If only it had a few more than 2 junior high marching bands and a lot fewer "train your daughter early how to sell herself" dance groups.

Here are some of our favs:
Eli's choice - because he continues to dream about one day receiving a light saber!

This is a random photo of German taken that same day, showing his first painting of an actual something.

Joshua's choice - no explanation needed.

Scotland informed us of every animal in or around the parade and went nuts over these little goats.

You'll see that there is no photo of my fav, so please try to visualize 40 elderly ladies in cheer leading uniforms marching and dancing with their pom-poms to popular show tunes - WOW!

More Bats, Because they are so Cute!

Cheeseball Attempt

What can I say? I tried. I will never be Martha Stewart.

Halloween 2010

Who saves pumpkin carving for Halloween morning? Apparently, we do! The carving was actually a nice family, pre-church activity. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Clark for growing the three smaller pumpkins for us - they were the perfect sizes! The sad part was when we got home from our friends' house we found our lovely pumpkins in pieces all over our yard. Why do teenagers still do that?

German loves bats and was pretty set on being a bat for Halloween this year, so Eli was also pretty set on being a bat. And if you have two, why not three?!

These are all the kids at our annual Halloween dinner. We enjoyed yummy soups and bread bowls and pumpkin custard. Thanks again everyone, especially Tiff and Dylan.

A Moment of Reflection...

Please feel free to skip if you don't want to read my thoughts! A former mission companion reminded me that it was 10 years ago today that we entered the MTC (Mission Training Center). I'm feeling a bit old all of a sudden. I guess a lot has happened in those ten years: I served in Germany for 18 months, finished college, taught 3 years of school, was married to my Man, and have had 3 children. Okay, so I guess the ten years haven't been wasted. Sometimes I'd like to go back and fix my mistakes or just relive a few of those golden moments in my past. Thanks to everyone for being a part of my life - it's a good one.