Swimmer Girl

Kammie had a swim meet on October 26th.  I snapped a few shots of her Butterfly and finally got that really great action shot.

Here she comes towards me at the end of the pool...

 This is the action photo!  No head underwater and just a splash of water.  And what great form!

 Away she goes...

 

Dancer girl

Sidnie began taking dance this past Fall from a girl in our ward who teaches out of her home.  We thought that would be a great start.  They worked on a Dance to the song Ghostbusters and performed it at our Ward's Trunk or Treat on late October.

All ready for class on Oct. 8th and demonstrating an Arabesque...

 Dressed in her white Angel costume this is her dancing debut...

A preview of their December Dance costumes...

Ward Fall Festival/Trunk or Treat

On October 25th, our ward held their Fall Festival, Trunk or Treat, Chili Cook-Off activity.

A la Studio C our cute little Shoulder Angel...

 Little Red Riding Hood

 Our cute Fox

 With his twin friends...

 Sirius Black

 Selfie by Sirius...

 Our friends...

 And my Chili took second place this year.  Probably because our family voted for it multiple times.  Yay!

Awards Assemblies

On October 25th they held the first 9 weeks (term) award assemblies.  I was wrong on the start time by 15 minutes, so I missed Sidnie's class, but saw her before she left and was there for boys.

Later they post these lists in the hall...

A kid helped me out by pointing to Spence's name...

Learner's permit

Our second daughter earned her leaner's permit after passing the written drivers test in October.  A few days later, I was going to let her drive the van home from a friend's house.  This is how her sister reacted...

Using all 3 seatbelts on herself...

Painting the Deck out back

Our back deck has needed some help for a while.  James decided we'd get to it.  I picked out this pretty barn red color and after James cleaned it good, we got to work.  It did take several days to get the right weather conditions though.  You had to wait until it would be dry for at least 24 hours afterwards before we could start and it was a rainy time. 

Before...

 Started with the benches...

 Saw this Walking Stick Bug crawling across just after we painted.  He no longer blended right in...

 We finally got one full coat of paint down before it began raining again.  Then it got cold and we haven't done the second coat.  Plus, it's all dirty again and we need to clean it up before we can paint again.  Eventually...

Face Paint

At the Elementary School's Fall Festival, I helped do face painting.  I wasn't good, but the kids enjoyed it.

 Spencer did his own...

 And Zack's was from a game they played at home having something to do with native American tribes.